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In reply to the discussion: The good that came out of FDR does not out weigh the bad [View all]thucythucy
(8,048 posts)Like Lincoln, JFK, LBJ, Clinton and Obama, there were times FDR took relatively bold public and not so public stands for equality, and times when for reasons personal or political he waffled, backtracked, or copped out. He was a politician, who accomplished amazing things, but also fell short, far short, of perfection.
I'm not "justifying" anything--as I keep saying. I'm simply disputing the OP that says that the good that FDR did does not "outweigh" the bad. I don't see how anyone--particularly any Democrat--can be at all informed and hold to such an opinion. On one side of the scale--saving the world from Hitler and Tojo and Mussolini, and preventing the extermination of the two thirds of the world's remaining Jews, and preserving the nation so that decent civil rights legislation could eventually be passed. On the other side of the scale, the horrific imprisonment of innocent Japanese Americans (who were eventually released, and reimbursed through a US Supreme Court case), and not being bold enough on race relations.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. You have yours, and I have mine. I doubt we'll settle the issue here and now.
Best wishes.