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Post #435,098 by pwhysall 7/10/20 10:05:39 AM 7/10/20 10:05:39 AM Reply	You answer your own question So, was it blindness (willful or otherwise) or common bigotry that allowed our reputation to achieve its height in Europe in an era when our government was passing and enforcing the most racist laws in our post Civil War history? I cannot say I know the answer to that question. You're in a better position than I to answer that question, so feel free to choose the one that suits you best. Blindness, like I just fuckin' said :D
Post #435,102 by mmoffitt 7/10/20 11:55:27 AM 7/10/20 11:55:27 AM Reply	Willful? bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.
Post #435,103 by pwhysall 7/10/20 11:58:48 AM 7/10/20 11:58:48 AM Reply	Now you're just being obtuse. You know the answer.

Euro take on dis-US's crumbling future re any 'trans-Pacific-Alliance' ... and implications. - (Ashton) - (21) - July 3, 2020, 05:29:59 PM EDT

We're finally achieving the world title we should have had since 1980. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (20) - July 6, 2020, 08:20:56 AM EDT

Err, ~1620? if we look for Root-causes.. - (Ashton) - (19) - July 7, 2020, 05:29:18 PM EDT

IME, it didn't necessarily take truthiness. - (mmoffitt) - (18) - July 8, 2020, 12:14:01 PM EDT

Not gonna happen -NT - (drook) - (14) - July 8, 2020, 12:57:39 PM EDT

YM rebuild US reputation? Naah, I'm with Droo: That peaked forever somewhere between JFK and Reagan. -NT - (CRConrad) - (13) - July 10, 2020, 06:21:50 AM EDT

Also, Obama was wildly popular outside the US -NT - (pwhysall) - (12) - July 10, 2020, 08:14:02 AM EDT

Peaked in Europe following WWII and Marshall Plan? - (mmoffitt) - (11) - July 10, 2020, 08:37:43 AM EDT

I think you're conflating two things that don't need conflating. - (pwhysall) - (8) - July 10, 2020, 09:01:08 AM EDT

Disagree. - (mmoffitt) - (7) - July 10, 2020, 09:52:29 AM EDT

You answer your own question - (pwhysall) - (2) - July 10, 2020, 10:05:39 AM EDT

Willful? -NT - (mmoffitt) - (1) - July 10, 2020, 11:55:27 AM EDT

Now you're just being obtuse. - (pwhysall) - July 10, 2020, 11:58:48 AM EDT

in the 70's in england the local yout's asked me what kind of machine gun I owned - (boxley) - (3) - July 10, 2020, 11:27:30 AM EDT

Right - and unfortunately for the Russians . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - July 10, 2020, 11:30:37 AM EDT

It couldn't have been "all movies" in the UK. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - July 10, 2020, 11:59:05 AM EDT

Stahp. - (pwhysall) - July 10, 2020, 12:02:39 PM EDT

A) Yes, and B) What a stupid question and statement. - (CRConrad) - July 13, 2020, 09:24:54 AM EDT

And to a large extent, they still don't care. Or at least, not in a way to make things better. - (scoenye) - July 13, 2020, 07:58:48 PM EDT

Thanks ... good to realize your take, then. - (Ashton) - July 8, 2020, 03:59:33 PM EDT

I am not "around the world", but . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - July 8, 2020, 04:11:36 PM EDT

No, we don't know what it means either.
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