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In reply to the discussion: AOC's Chief-Of-Staff Wears T-Shirt Featuring Nazi Collaborator [View all]Cha
(297,032 posts)17. Serious lapse
in judgment. Beyond tone deaf. Thinking.. "nobody knows who he is.. I'll just wear him"?
Somebody should ask him why?
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This guy is REALLY bad news. AOC is really really foolish not to ditch him without delay.
hlthe2b
Jul 2019
#1
He was probably hoping that no one would have recognized the face, but the Jewish Forward....
George II
Jul 2019
#11
The self victim of extremely superficial historical learning. He needs to resign ...
marble falls
Jul 2019
#7
Yes, the certain other BLACK Democrats are like the southern Democrats of the 1940s.
George II
Jul 2019
#10
Fine...it is complicated, but a tshirt doesn't allow for nuance. You're representing your candidate
AJT
Jul 2019
#28
Yep, don't inject your personal politics into your rep's office where it reflects back on her.
brush
Jul 2019
#109
He collaborated with both the Japanese in Asia and the Germans in Europe. He ran....
George II
Jul 2019
#35
His actions were rejected by Indians AT THE TIME . There is no reason to rationalize it now
JI7
Jul 2019
#129
Why would a "progressive democrat" even consider buying that shirt, much less do it, and then.....
George II
Jul 2019
#16
Yes, the fact that Bose collaborated with the Axis powere--the Nazis in particular--
lapucelle
Jul 2019
#32
FDR was never an admirer of Stalin. Both countries were fighting the nazis at the time, and it was
still_one
Jul 2019
#91
You're still getting it wrong - the US and the USSR were allies against Germany and Japan....
George II
Jul 2019
#96
You keep trying to meander off course. I'm sure not many really care what Bose did....
George II
Jul 2019
#104
That's not really fair. Gandhi has now achieved a form of sainthood, for sure, but back in
PatrickforO
Jul 2019
#162
Where some Indian nationalists may see an Indian "freedom fighter," Jews see a Nazi collaborator.
DFW
Jul 2019
#22
She's racking up enemies, calling the Speaker a racist and making a lot of mistakes just 6 months...
brush
Jul 2019
#122
She just might with this COS issue and Jewish constituents. There was also election day confusion...
brush
Jul 2019
#152
Once the Republicans tell people who the guy is, does anyone really think everyone
world wide wally
Jul 2019
#30
Actually, the Indian National Army was the Japanese version of the Free India Legion
geardaddy
Jul 2019
#36
Love your her-story. ❤️☘ In context, I thought you were going to talk about another Irish thing...
Hekate
Jul 2019
#50
Big leagues with big stakes! Yeah, that British thing, mom was not allowed to watch
Tech
Jul 2019
#52
Yep, Washington is the big leagues and "there's no collaborating in baseball/DC." My apologies to...
brush
Jul 2019
#53
"Bull Durham" was good but I swore off Surandon in 2016 so my second is the recent Jackie Robinson..
brush
Jul 2019
#88
The bottom of your graphic is not a mistake, they endorsed republican Ryerse in Arkansas.
George II
Jul 2019
#65
Justice Democrats (Chakrabarti's PAC) paid Brand New Congress LLC (Chakrabarti's OTHER PAC)....
George II
Jul 2019
#74
I'm sure if you wanted to you could have found non-right wing sources for most, if not all...
George II
Jul 2019
#100
Both of those screen shots are responses to posts of yours, so I guess you're just as busy a bee....
George II
Jul 2019
#106
nope nice try, here is my full reply to you on the other thread, this whole story is RW spew
Celerity
Jul 2019
#114
Bose may be a hero to some in India, but he won't ever be a hero here in the US
struggle4progress
Jul 2019
#71
Chakrabarti was born in Fort Worth, graduated from Harvard, and is 32 years old...
RHMerriman
Jul 2019
#84
Yes, Bose's Indian National Army was fighting against the United States during that time.
George II
Jul 2019
#111
Well said. Let's see how AOC deals with the arrogance of her COS paying tribute to a nazi...
brush
Jul 2019
#156
You seem to have overlooked the fact that the British were our ally during WWII....
George II
Jul 2019
#81
I can't believe no one has brought up the real reason he was sporting the Bose T-shirt...
GulfCoast66
Jul 2019
#118
A socialist perhaps but the nazi and fascism affiliation takes it way past just that.
brush
Jul 2019
#155
The airport in Kolkata is named after him. He's considered an important freedom fighter
Recursion
Jul 2019
#135
Bose wanted ruthless dictatorship in India, Met with Mussolini during Trip to Europe
JI7
Jul 2019
#132
I've gotta be honest, I'm in Kolkata often enough that I wouldn't blink twice at a Netaji shirt
Recursion
Jul 2019
#139