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In reply to the discussion: The good that came out of FDR does not out weigh the bad [View all]msongs
(67,413 posts)17. yep shoulda let the germans win. bad F D R. nt
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The OP point was that internment outweighed the good works of FDR. It doesn't. They coexist. Nt
FreepFryer
Jun 2018
#85
The money and property taken were not returned either...I can recognize that FDR saved
Demsrule86
Jun 2018
#118
FDR made a mistake on this without a doubt, but on balance remains among our best US Presidents
hlthe2b
Jun 2018
#6
You do have to consider the times and that's why using him to attack Democrats today is bs
JI7
Jun 2018
#12
So... his quote applies to himself besides FDR & Pius XII and many others of many eras.
UTUSN
Jun 2018
#39
"What Trump is doing right now with immigrants reminded me of the stain on FDR."
tenderfoot
Jun 2018
#137
LBJ's Great Society was far from free of internalized racism, eg. peroetuating income inequality...
FreepFryer
Jun 2018
#87
Are you suggesting that Medicaid and Medicare (for example) do not reflect any internalized racism?
FreepFryer
Jun 2018
#124
Sorry, there can inherent racism in the implementation of any program...different thing with
Demsrule86
Jun 2018
#147
Nowhere, that was my point, I was arguing that the OP was attacking FDR w/o comparison or context.
FreepFryer
Jun 2018
#139
I consider LBJ one of our best presidents we ever had domestically...the war off course was a shit
Demsrule86
Jun 2018
#119
It's easy to look down our noses at 1938 from the comfort and perspective of 2018
EffieBlack
Jun 2018
#92
Thank you for your post. He also founded the March of Dimes and the Roosevelt Warm Springs
Lady_Chat
Jun 2018
#44
The racial climate in the US in the 1930s was entirely different from 1960 and beyond.
George II
Jun 2018
#114
That is not fair. I have seen the letter sent to Roosevelt begging him to help Black families who
Demsrule86
Jun 2018
#121
"Fair" would be not implying that FDR and Donnie two-scoops have anything in common whatsoever
Hekate
Jun 2018
#125
FDR was an honorable man and way ahead of his times...but I can see both sides here...Donnie two
Demsrule86
Jun 2018
#132
Apparently, black people - like my grandmother - were too stupid to understand FDR was bad for them
EffieBlack
Jun 2018
#95
The policies were aimed at white men...but they also people of color...who can argue against the
Demsrule86
Jun 2018
#122
Sure you're not. You are creating a false equivalency between the man who fought fascism ...
Hekate
Jun 2018
#98
This op and this thread are some prime shit-stirring. Fucking false equivalencies, whataboutism...
Hekate
Jun 2018
#82
Patent idiocy. The good absolutely outweighs the bad, Unless you'd rather live in a global Germany.
FreepFryer
Jun 2018
#84
Ask George Takai, who was interned in the camps. I'm sure he'd disagree with you. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2018
#107