George Takei recently argued that Republicans are "scapegoating" the LGBTQ+ community and recalled his experience being scapegoated as a member of the Japanese American community during World War II. Key details: Takei, 86, wrote about the issue for a The Big Picture op-ed published on Substack on Aug. 17 with the title “The Ugly Danger of Scapegoating.” Despite decades of advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights, the troubling pattern of scapegoating persists.