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In reply to the discussion: Wake up folks: nobody with power gives a fuck about you. [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)I was about to provide links, but someone else has corrected your statement.
As for the internment camps, they were a stain on FDR's otherwise progressive legacy, no one denies that.
Every administration has its stains some worse than others. Eg, the drone killings of innocents in other parts of the world, and the failure to prosecute Wall Street Bankers and War Criminals, will be part of this president's legacy.
However, he will have four more years to correct those policies. Although lives cannot be restored, ending those horrific policies would go a long way to mitigating the harm already done. Just as FDR's other major achievements, while not excusing internments, or diminishing the harm done, makes him one of the better presidents overall, so far. Unlike, eg, Bush, who had no major achievements that benefited human beings to mitigate the slaughter of so many human beings on his watch.
Interesting though, that you would highlight FDR's negative history, despite his major progressive achievements, while falsely accusing him of something that was not true.