The US rehabbed the Nazis and folded them into NATO. Brought them into the space race program. Interned Japanese ONLY. Allowed Nazis to take refuge in Latin America. Went after American communists rather than American Nazis. Brought Japanese war criminals into bio weapons program

  • MagisterSinister [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Just realized that McCarhtyists where so deranged they even would've called Obama a commie, based entirely on his cringy attempts to impress leftist women in college.

    • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Red Scare was legit scary shit. Anti-communist purges are always brazenly indiscriminate, and even the slightest suspicion is enough to get people imprisoned or killed.

    • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      they even would’ve called Obama a commie

      https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhendrickson/2012/07/25/book-review-the-communist-does-frank-marshall-davis-have-an-ideological-godson-in-president-obama/?sh=51b11c6d3c5d