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| Topic Started: May 29 2013, 10:27 AM (566 Views) | |
| Archaicwisdom | May 29 2013, 10:27 AM Post #1 |
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Here's a story you probably haven't heard, unless you read Drudge or Breitbart. The Independent in the U.K. has published a story (from which I pull freely), as have a couple of Jewish outlets. That's all I can find. You tell me if it qualifies as "news" that the "news " media should be covering. It involves a young man who would someday become one of the best-known and most powerful men in the world. A new book is out. It explores recently uncovered diaries kept by this young man. The journal entries document his fascination with Adolf Hitler and Nazism. This young man traveled to Germany three times between 1937 and 1945. Clearly he admired the Germans -- and that includes the racial imperatives of Nazism. The Independent reveals this entry logged after he visited the Rhine in 1937: "Very beautiful, because there are many castles along the route. The towns are all charming which shows that the Nordic races appear to be definitely superior to their Latin counterparts. The Germans are really too good -- that's why people conspire against them -- they do it to protect themselves." By today's standards, that sentiment is clearly racist. It glorifies Aryans as "superior" to brown people. (If you doubt me, contact your local La Raza office, read them that passage, and solicit a comment or two.) This young man wrote as well: "I have come to the conclusion that fascism is right for Germany and Italy. What are the evils of fascism compared to communism?" His travelling companion, Lem Billings, would later state that the young man was "completely consumed by his interest for the Hitler movement." The young man would return to Germany after the war, in 1945, and after visiting Hitler's famous "Eagle's Nest" mountain-top retreat, would write that, "Anyone who has visited these places can imagine how in a few years, Hitler will emerge from the hate that now surrounds him and come to be regarded as one of the most significant figures that ever lived. There is something mysterious about the way he lived and died and which will outlive him and continue to flourish. He was made of the stuff of legends." This man was 20 in 1937. It is undeniable that any pro-Nazi sentiments that might have existed in his youth -- his father was a public apologist for Hitler -- evaporated with time. Still, this man was one of the most prominent men of the 20th century. How could this not be of interest to the media? You can hear the explanations. They are what the press had to say to justify not reporting the late Senator Robert Byrd's membership in the KKK. It's not news. He was young and naive. This is in some respects true. There is no "hard" news here, but how often do we find news reports about a prominent person's past? George W. Bush for one would find this curious. How many stories -- hundreds? -- were filed about his wild partying days at roughly the same age? It's not news. These clearly were not his views during his public years. Again, a defensible position. Yet when former Senator Trent Lott said in 2002 that when, as a young man at approximately the same time (1948) he'd supported the segregation agenda of Strom Thurmond, a position he'd come clearly to repudiate, there followed an avalanche of negative press and he was forced to resign in disgrace. It's speculative. Admiration does not necessarily an endorsement make. I'll buy that one, too. Clearly when this young man evinced his admiration for the "superiority" of the Nordic races, he had no idea that Hitler would make this a justification to slaughter six million Jews. We could state just as emphatically that to declare Hitler would be "one of the most significant figures that ever lived" is, in fact, accurate. He was "the stuff of legends" -- and so was Nero. But what if this man's name was Ronald Reagan? None of this would apply. Youthful ignorance would be no excuse. A man of his historic importance? Admiring the "superiority" of Nazism? You betchum we're going to cover it! Taken further, they would argue, Who are we to declare these views had no impact on his thinking? After all, in some circles, his name is synonymous with radical right, even fascistic, leanings. Most importantly, the news media would tell us, It is precisely because it is speculative that it should be reported. At best, it's a simple curiosity, at worst, a bombshell of Nagasaki proportions. Don't the American people deserve to be told, and shouldn't they be allowed to judge for themselves? If this young man's name was Ronald Reagan, it is undeniable that this new book would be a top-shelf media story everywhere. But his name wasn't Reagan. It was John F. Kennedy. |
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| reddgirl64 | May 29 2013, 12:31 PM Post #2 |
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Do you know the name of the book? or the authors? Intriquing.....but will not get any press. |
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| Whozthatgurl | May 29 2013, 01:42 PM Post #3 |
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I doubt your conservative sources. And the fact that Ronald Reagans is brought up in the coversations proves that there is a bias slant, but anyways. It looks as if they are interpreting what was said and taking what was said out of context. Of course Kennedy it not here to explain what was said. If this is true, Kennedy may have had a fasination on how one man was able to convince a whole nation to turn against a group of people. There are many people who probably had a fasination for Hitler. This doesn't mean that he admired or wanted to be like Hitler or do the things that Hitler did. This is an example of how something it taken out of contest. "LATIN" in this case meant the "ROMANS" not brown people. The Nordics destroyed the Roman Empire, an empired that had been in controlled for hundreds of years. So yeah!! the Aryans were superior. So you can not go by todays standards. And don't ignore the fact that there are many conservatives that hate Jews and they admired Hitler. Just go right down to the South among many places and you will find them. |
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| kennyinbmore | May 29 2013, 02:02 PM Post #4 |
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L. Brent Bozell III is the president of the Media Research Center. To find out more about Brent Bozell III, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. As far as admiration for Hitler by JFK(prior to WW2). Hitler took a destitute country and got it back on it's feet despite being under crippling reparations. I'm sure he had lot of admirers at the time for what he'd accomplished at the time before his tanks started rolling. This would be a real story if it said JFK admired Hitler after 1939 Edited by kennyinbmore, May 29 2013, 02:11 PM.
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| Glenn D. | May 29 2013, 08:30 PM Post #5 |
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Ummm it wasnt JFK... It was his father JFK was a U.S. Sailor. Commanding a Patrol Torpedo boat. Some of us had to read a book "PT-109" About JFK's heroism during WWII. Edited by Glenn D., May 29 2013, 08:32 PM.
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| UTB | May 29 2013, 08:47 PM Post #6 |
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AFIK, the Germans were a smart, great, people. Who do you suppose made them to be enemies of the world? Adolph knew what time it was. Germany was for Germans, NOT Jews. Did NOT the Mau Mau think the same way? |
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| UTB | May 30 2013, 09:02 PM Post #7 |
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Do I hear crickets chirping? Surely someone will defend the JEWS. Oh damn, I forgot, I mentioned Germany is for the GERMANS, NOT Jews! Next whine...........................
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| Whozthatgurl | May 30 2013, 10:01 PM Post #8 |
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There were Germans who were Jews. |
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| Zechariah | May 30 2013, 10:35 PM Post #9 |
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LOL, in his zeal to say something smart, he neglected that little fact.
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| Archaicwisdom | May 31 2013, 12:01 AM Post #10 |
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LOL...how is talking about Reagan an indication of a bias? Are you being biased when you talk about Obama? Either way, you and others have missed Bozell's point. Also, the Drudge is not a conservative news source. |
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