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TreasonousBastard

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2. This is our history-- google around for the "No Nothing Party" for a shining example of...

Reply to icymist (Original post)

Sat Jan 27, 2018, 06:38 PM

Jan 2018

pre-Civil War hospitality. Ant-immigration laws have been around since the founding of this nation of immigrants.

We refused Jews under attack from Nazism, Chinese and Japanese with specific anti-Oriental laws, and many others depending upon the prejudices of the time.

Edit-- Forgot to mention that what truly frightens me is that Trump and his minions are reversing history and taking us backwards. We were supposed to lead the world toward peace and tolerance, but look where we are going.

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A walk down memory lane. Some things never change. 1935 Dr Seuss (I believe) [View all] icymist Jan 2018 OP

Wow, is that frightening or what! Ohiogal Jan 2018 #1

Dr Suess (Ted Suess Geisel) did a lot of political cartoons for a newspaper during WWII htuttle Jan 2018 #3

+++ I have a collection book of his work from that era lunasun Jan 2018 #4

Dr. Suess's contraptions were always a wonderful mixture of Rube Goldberg and Steampunk. Aristus Jan 2018 #6

This is our history-- google around for the "No Nothing Party" for a shining example of... TreasonousBastard Jan 2018 #2

some of his world war 2 d_r Jan 2018 #5

OMG: Mitch McConnell in drag cojoel Jan 2018 #7

He was viciously anti-Japanese... Archae Jan 2018 #8

Everyone was. Squinch Jan 2018 #10

There was a nasty kerfuffle at DU year before last over the book collection of Seuss's WW II toons Hekate Jan 2018 #9