[SJackson]

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[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Rosenthal also said that Butler "supported Italian fascism" in the 1930's, but it was "a time when many people did ... the notion that he was a Fascist is absurd."

Huh? He supports it but he is not it?

I wonder what ever happened to Robert Burke?

[Enchante]

Columbia and other universities were bad in that era, to be sure, but I'm a lot more interested in seeing more such attention given to one of the most bigoted anti-semites of that time, the man who occupied our single most important diplomatic position outside of the USA as WWII approached, a man whose friendliness to the Nazis and bigotry toward "Jewish influences" has never been adequately aired in this country, the man who did all in his power to undermine the defense of civilization in the face of the Nazi onslaught, Ambassador Joseph Kennedy, Sr.:

http://hnn.us/articles/697.html

"Kennedy replied that he expected the "Jew media" in the United States to become a problem, that "Jewish pundits in New York and Los Angeles" were already making noises contrived to "set a match to the fuse of the world." During May of 1938, Kennedy engaged in extensive discussions with the new German Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, Herbert von Dirksen. In the midst of these conversations (held without approval from the U.S. State Department), Kennedy advised von Dirksen that President Roosevelt was the victim of "Jewish influence" and was poorly informed as to the philosophy, ambitions and ideals of Hitler's regime. (The Nazi ambassador subsequently told his bosses that Kennedy was "Germany's best friend" in London.)"

[Valin]

Columbia Defends Its Nazi Links: "Everyone Was Doing It"

The sad fact is a great many people were "Doing It". That doesn't make it right however. Particularly in the 30's it was fashionable in certain circles to say that the day of democracy was over and Fascism or Socialism was the wave of the future.

[nw_arizona_granny]

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