Conversation with friend (not a freeper)

Talking about varied assortment of political stuff.
She is one that doesn't like Bush--but no real particular reason.
It didn't sink in to her why randomly picking up Muslim men and throwing them in detainment centers was a bad thing--after all, she reasons, we want to make sure we get the terrorists.
So...I laid it in terms she could relate to. Her husband is Asian, and her kids are 1/2 Asian.
I asked her what she would do if Bush decided we had an Asian boogeyman.
Would she feel comfortable if they picked up her husband and kids and held them 3 years without charging them to "make sure we got the terrorists"?
She finally understood why this kind of profiling can't happen and why it upsets me.
Whew...finally.

it smacks of extreme selfishness and ignorance. Why don't people look at ALL people as human f***ing beings? Do they not truly understand what DO UNTO OTHERS really means ???

No identification with 'THEY' because 'THEY' are different... not like us. 'THEY' are a different color, a different race, a different religion, a different class. So easy to criminalize, easy to marginalize...