# How We Get From Here To Internment Camps **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 16, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-we-get-from-here-to-internment-camps/772186 "2016-11-16T18:22:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-we-get-from-here-to-internment-camps/772186/141 "2016-11-19T19:02:13Z")
Oh, you poor dear! Did I offend your dignity? None of my business, really, but I’ve found that dignity is like having a show dog for a pet, its expensive and won’t hunt. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-we-get-from-here-to-internment-camps/772186/142 "2016-11-19T19:07:30Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Ok, helped then. How did I do that? And how would he know? You aren’t exactly subtle or a closed book. You wear your allegiances and your hatreds on your sleeves for all to see. In fact, displaying them seems to be one of your motivating factors for posting here. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-we-get-from-here-to-internment-camps/772186/143 "2016-11-19T19:11:38Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > You aren’t exactly subtle or a closed book. You wear your allegiances and your hatreds on your sleeves for all to see. In fact, displaying them seems to be one of your motivating factors for posting here. When did I do or post anything in support of President-Elect Trump? Also, what are my alleged “hatreds”? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-we-get-from-here-to-internment-camps/772186/144 "2016-11-19T19:26:06Z")
Perhaps you should open a Pit thread complaining of your unjust persecution? That usually goes so well. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-we-get-from-here-to-internment-camps/772186/145 "2016-11-19T22:37:56Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Perhaps you should open a Pit thread complaining of your unjust persecution? That usually goes so well. I never claimed to be persecuted, unjustly or otherwise. Where are you getting this from? ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-we-get-from-here-to-internment-camps/772186/146 "2016-11-20T02:43:22Z")
We already have detention camps for those suspected of immigration violations or terrorist connections. The number of detainees seems likely to increase. > [@Smapti](#): > > Which eight Senate Democrats do you think are going to join a unanimous Republican bloc and vote for internment camps? Do keep in mind that enough Republican senators have stated that they have no interest in removing the filibuster. You ignore the power of the U.S. Government and its President. Suppose Joseph Arpaio, the new Secretary of Homeland Security(\*), declares Muhammed al-Amerigo to be an alien or terror sympathizer. Do you think he needs permission from the Senate to arrest Muhammed? - - I’ll guess that mass arrests are very unlikely: Trump will walk the narrow line between appeasing his bigoted base while maintaining a semblance of sanity in Washington. However, there is tremendous damage Trump and his right-wing appointees can do for which any Democrat filibuster would be irrelevant. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-we-get-from-here-to-internment-camps/772186/147 "2016-11-20T05:37:46Z")
As usual, I’m confused. I keep hearing about approx. 2 million undocumented criminals running around on the streets, presumably causing mayhem. My question, in all ignorance is, how was this number arrived at? Are these people who were arrested for something and are out on bail, were convicted of crimes and then for some unknown reason released, or what, exactly? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-we-get-from-here-to-internment-camps/772186/148 "2016-11-20T07:38:52Z")
Good Lord, two million of them! And here I am, stuck without single automatic weapon to my name! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-we-get-from-here-to-internment-camps/772186/149 "2016-11-20T14:50:20Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > When did I do or post anything in support of President-Elect Trump? > > Also, what are my alleged “hatreds”? Your Nathan-Thurm-style rhetorical jabs have really got him on the ropes. Now, deliver the “no u” _coup de grâce_! ---
**Author:** ![Neo-Calredic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@Neo-Calredic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neo-Calredic)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-we-get-from-here-to-internment-camps/772186/150 "2016-12-09T01:04:36Z")
> [@Einstein\_was\_a\_Hippie](#): > > Paranoia will destroy ya. It’s not paranoia when it’s based on what people have openly and repeatedly said they want to do. Trump and his ilk have said, many times, that they want to register Muslims and round up “illegals.” How do you round them up? You need a force dedicated to doing so – maybe the police, maybe a new agency. Where do you put them after you round them up, during the long, long process of trying to get their countries of origin to take them back? Maybe a private prison? Maybe a camp of some kind? You people act like this is complete fantasy; that it’d be unprecedented in human history or something. You’re either painfully unfamiliar with human history, or you haven’t noticed how hateful and divided this country is right now. It _can_ happen here, and the pieces are falling into place. Doesn’t mean it _will_ happen, but you’re blind if you can’t see the ugly direction things are headed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-we-get-from-here-to-internment-camps/772186.md?page=7)