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In reply to the discussion: The good that came out of FDR does not out weigh the bad [View all]Demsrule86
(68,556 posts)122. The policies were aimed at white men...but they also people of color...who can argue against the
good Roosevelt did...but interment was bad of the Japanese and the theft of their property was evil ...I can't defend that. The times were different then so it isn't really fair to judge him based on today's standards.
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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