I’d guess, just off hand, that an enthusiastic Nazi who had somehow gotten into the 82nd Airborne in 1943 might have felt a “climate of persecution” too.
There are those who listen to their gut, and instincts.
And there are those who listen to Obama urge Americans to deny reality.
And so they do. Deny reality.
Great point. But the times they ain’t a changin’...they’ve already changed!
If anyone who “noticed” had said anything they’d have been charged with racism. If they were officers that would have been the end of their careers.