It's no secret that America in the 1940's ...

Post #263,598 by bluke 8/3/06 11:04:13 AM Reply	It's no secret that America in the 1940's ... was on the whole a racist and anti-semitic place. This colored the decisions of the leadewrship as well.
Post #263,603 by bepatient 8/3/06 11:14:17 AM Reply	So you go from saying no such thing...to openly stating it. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #263,604 by bluke 8/3/06 11:20:10 AM Reply	Do you deny that America was a racist anti-semitic ... place then? Everything needs to be taken in context. Rossevelt and the US government would never have actually gone about killing Jews, they just didn't like them and didn't feel a great need to try to save them. Given the atmosphere of the day it doesn't surprise me. You are judging them by today's standards I am not.
Post #263,607 by boxley 8/3/06 11:24:23 AM Reply	whatchu mean then? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
Post #263,610 by bluke 8/3/06 11:26:52 AM Reply	That given the overall atmosphere in the US Roosevelt was no more anti-semitic then the rest of the country.
Post #263,613 by boxley 8/3/06 11:31:58 AM Reply	I assume you have lived in America at some point Here we are free to be bigotted except in the matter of equal access to public discourse. Having said that, although bigots that we are we also played a huge role in the creation and defense of Israel. So when people here are calling for Israel to tone it down, you may heed that call or not. You live in a free society. Be aware though that alliances are not forever. Only Israel is in charge of Israel. thanx, bill Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
Post #263,616 by bluke 8/3/06 11:36:08 AM Reply	Born and bred in NYC I lived from birth until the age of 30. I have tremendous appreciation for the US and understand the US role with Israel. It doesn't change the facts about WWII.
Post #263,683 by Ashton 8/3/06 8:03:12 PM Reply	That was my experience then, too - Think it a fair statement that Roosevelt reflected no extreme view - from my experence growing up here, daily hearing the vox populi; it was not necessary even to use the ever-popular weasel euphemisms like 'darkies' for nigras/niggers; there was a wide assortment of nasty mouth-breather-grade 'nicks for Jews. I Heard Them All. I concur - FDR was Everyman, in that regard. (And, as our 'Conservatives' are today the 'Reactionaries' of that period when language had not been G\ufffdbbelsized to the extremes of '06: many are Still living 1940s slogans, from right here in Yuppie wine country --> to the wastelands of the Rust Belt.) Pity. Maybe the transistorized-kids can skip a couple generations - having grown up with, become inured to? the lies on kiddie-ad-pushing Tee Vee for New Consumers. Maybe.

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