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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess I'm curious how would you have prepared your children for the nuclear carnage of the Truman era?

...The witch hunts of the Eisenhower era? 
...The brutal and multiple assassinations of elected leaders and the threat of nuclear apocalypse in the Kennedy era? 
...The bloody quagmire of the LBJ era? 
...The undermining of public trust in the Nixon era? 
...The utter malaise of the Carter era? 
...The pure greed of the Reagan era?

I could go on.

What is it exactly that you expect from this imperfect country, and what exactly makes you special in this particular period of American upheaval? Nothing. raise your kids accordingly, and with a strong compass, and life will go on.[/quote]

If you don't see the unique threat Trump poses to the American way of life you are beyond help. [/quote]

FDR put people in internment camps and Truman killed 200,000 civilians with a nuclear bomb. What were you taught in school? You are historically illiterate, have no context of how bad it was in the past, lack coping skills, and are completely unhinged.[/quote]

Both Truman and FDR's actions against Japan and Japanese Americans were in response to an act of war committed by Japan. You can disagree with the necessity of these actions in hindsight but the American people in the 1940s had a valid reason to fear the Japanese and a valid reason for why the war in the Pacific needed to be ended (Japan refused to give up and the only alternative to the A-bombs was putting American troops on the ground on Japanese soil which would have led to as many deaths as the bombs caused).

I don't view Trump as a specific threat to the American people but his arrogance and lack of integrity makes him a very poor leader and it's human nature for people to be uncomfortable when their leader is a very poor leader. What happened between the US and Japan 80 years ago does not relate whatsoever.[/quote]

So why did Roosevelt send Mexican American citizens back to Mexico in the 1930s and why were East Coast Japanese not placed in internment camps.  Then tell  us why both Roosevelts believed in Eugenics and why Franklin Roosevelt insisted that neighborhoods be red lined so that no FHA loans could be used in neighborhoodd with African Americans.   You think Trump is scum, look no further than Roosevelt to see the vilest of the vile.[/quote]

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