> Thats the spirit!
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>> “I don’t care what freedom of speech says”
Actually, he’s got a valid point.
My father was an Italian national living in the US on an immigrant visa when WWII broke out.
While he was in the process of becoming an American citizen, and had no sympathies with Mussolini and the fascists, the FBI confiscated his camera and kept him under surveillance. He was not allowed to complete the naturalization process while hostilities existed between the US and Italy.
Foreign nationals who expressed any pro-Italian or pro-German sympathies were deported or locked up for the remainder of the war in detention camps.
That was under a DEMOCRAT president.
At the end of the war, my father was allowed to continue the naturalization process and all the freedoms Americans enjoy.
He never did see his camera again.
You’re right. Things used to be much different. I don’t want to stop citizens of this country from saying what they please, but I don’t think those who speak treason should be allowed to become citizens.
My German grandparents had been citizens for many years before the war, and they were questioned by government officials. They came to their home and questioned them about what they used their radio for. I don’t know if they were watched beyond that, but they never complained about it. They didn’t go around speaking German and demand people be more understanding of their culture or protest in the streets. Instead, my grandpa was one of many who helped build the USS Missouri.
With the media and Senate we have now, I don’t believe we could have ever won WWII.