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To: Zionist Conspirator
I had heard that Capra supported General Franco. Doesn't sound like a lifelong apathy towards Catholicism.

Did he "support" them, with money and influence, or did he "root" for them? There's a difference.

At that time, there were also more obvious reasons to root for Franco than the fact that the Catholic Church in Spain was on Franco's side against the communists. In Capra case, it was most likely because he was such a vocal opponent of FDR and the New Deal.

179 posted on 12/28/2015 10:28:36 AM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: presidio9
I never meant that Capra sent money to Franco, nor was I condemning support of Franco. I simply heard somewhere that Capra "supported" Franco. Many Catholics did, and someone who did so does not sound apathetic towards his Catholic upbringing.

The accusation that Capra made IAWL to promote Communism just doesn't ring true. And he certainly was not pro-Fascist considering the anti-Fascist themes of so many of his films and the fact that he directed the "Why We Fight" series of films.

181 posted on 12/28/2015 10:40:24 AM PST by Zionist Conspirator (The "end of history" will be worldwide Judaic Theocracy.)
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