Internment is awesome

I usually like to inject some humor into these posts, but this one has me just straight pissed.  So short and sweet:


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/18/the-mayor-of-roanoke-va-cited-japanese-internment-camps-favorably-in-make-case-for-halting-syrian-refugees-really/

Roanoke, Virginia Mayor David Bowers issued a statement on Wednesday that his city should block any arrival of Syrian refugees until the world calms down a little bit.  Not all that uncommon an opinion in the immediate wake of the Paris attacks. 

Personally, I think it's a little disingenuous that so many people are afraid of the violence to the point of wanting to bomb everything that moves, yet they have no interest in helping the very people who are FLEEING that violence.  But that's not the point here.

As much as I disagree with that opinion, Mayor Bowers picked a really bad way to make his case:

 Yep, you read that right.  He's using the internment of the Japanese Americans during World War II as a positive reference for why we should all curl up in the fetal position like the scared bitch he clearly is.

Sir:  You should resign immediately.  You're not fit to clean the toilets of a public office, let alone hold one.

Whatever you feel about the topic and whatever your idea might be for dealing with the horrors of the world we live in, if you use an event that's universally condemned as one of the most shameful periods in the history of our nation as a justification for your position, you have a permanent seat on ShortBus.

Go fuck yourself, buddy.

Or, in a more official statement:

STATEMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF SHORTBUS ENTERPRISES

November 18, 2015

     Dear Mayor Bowers:

     Die in a fire.

     Sincerely, 

     Everyone Else.