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Monday, September 27, 2010

nice attack on Lindbergh

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/201613/Charles-Lindbergh-Hitler-s-all-American-hero

The stuff in the article is well known, at least to anyone who has studied the history of America at that time.  I think the important thing to remember is how appealing nazism and fascism were to a whole bunch of folks, not just those in the Axis.  And while it is personally appalling/funny to see a whole generation of Germans deny the fact that they were, for the most part, enthusiastic nazis, we must rmember that that type of denial was/is prevalent in virtually all nations.  Here, it wasn't just Loathesome Lindy; Henry Ford Sr. was a virulent nazi, he and hitler were warm correspondents and there's some evidence he helped nazi spies.  The infamous radio demagogue, father coughlin, was also pro nazi.  And many Americans were more than willing to at least make a profit off of them, regardless of the consequences, just look up how IBM got started with punch cards, if you want to be appalled, (Google something like "IBM, Holocaust").  The last president's grandfather was another example.  Europe was no better, and a small but vibrant fascist "underground" has existed there up to this day, in virtually every country.  Lindy is just the tip of a very large and dark iceberg.

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