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The people on the right side of history in WWII locked up their own citizens based on their ethnic heritage.
by tomjen3 5y ago
The people on the right side of history in WWII locked up their own citizens based on their ethnic heritage.
- pjc50 5y agoQuite. The UK also had a formal censorship regime; America managed with an informal one voluntarily carried out by media organisations: https://censorshipissues.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/censorship-during-ww2/ https://censorshipissues.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/censorship... (See the varied career of William Joyce: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Haw-Haw https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Haw-Haw from informing against the IRA to British fascism to German propaganda broadcaster; he was eventually hanged for treason.)
- worker767424 5y agoFDR's track record on individual rights is rather poor. Seizure of gold, censorship, and internment come to mind.