Stephen_Coyle
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Under Trump, the Republicans have become the pro-Russia party. They hate the FBI, they hate the American intelligence community, they hate American ideals like freedom of the press, freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, but they’re enamored with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
I’d like to say that this is something new, but the sad truth is America has a long history of right-wing extremists in America who embrace foreign dictators and oppose to American ideals.
In the 1930’s and 1940’s, a radio preacher named Charles Coughlin was an outspoken advocate for Adolf Hitler. He praised Hitler while simultaneously attacking President Roosevelt.
And Coughlin had millions of followers. They embraced Hitler as a righteous Catholic and decried Roosevelt for appointing so many Jews to his administration. They sneeringly referred to his New Deal as the “Jew Deal” and accused him of being “Pro-Jew”.
And just as Trump supporters today are rabid about keeping Syrian refugees and Central American refugees out of America, Coughlin supporters were rabid about keeping Jewish refugees out of America.
Coughlin’s supporters even created a right-wing extremist group that called themselves the “Christian Front”. This was a pro-Hitler, anti-Jewish group that conspired to steal weapons, kill Jewish leaders, and overthrow the United States government by force. Luckily, their plans were halted by the FBI before they even got past the early planning stages of their plot.
Charles Coughlin used his radio show to show his support for the Christian Front. He called them “Pro-American, “Anti-Communist” and “Pro-Christian”.
The Christian Front of the 1940’s bears strong resemblance to right-wing extremist groups of today, such as QAnon and the Proud Boys. It’s a different decade, but the same sort of mindset, support for dictators, contempt to democracy and hatred of minorities.
Charles Coughlin with his love of authoritarian dictators, hatred of minorities and use of the media to incite hatred, ignorance and violence bears a strong resemblance to Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly and Donald Trump.
It’s about 80 years later, but almost nothing has changed. It’s like we’ve learned nothing. We have millions of Americans who are embracing fascism and rejecting American ideals. We have right-wing extremists who praise foreign dictators, while bad-mouthing the FBI and others who are trying to protect America’s National Security.
All Trump has to do is tell the right-wing extremists that he hates black athletes who peacefully protest before football games, he hates the Central American refugees, he hates the Kurds, he hates Syrian refugees and he hates little Latino children, and he has them eating out of the palm of his hand.
As long as Trump hates the same people they hate, they’ll kiss Putin’s ass and put America’s national security at risk.
I’d like to say that this is something new, but the sad truth is America has a long history of right-wing extremists in America who embrace foreign dictators and oppose to American ideals.
In the 1930’s and 1940’s, a radio preacher named Charles Coughlin was an outspoken advocate for Adolf Hitler. He praised Hitler while simultaneously attacking President Roosevelt.
And Coughlin had millions of followers. They embraced Hitler as a righteous Catholic and decried Roosevelt for appointing so many Jews to his administration. They sneeringly referred to his New Deal as the “Jew Deal” and accused him of being “Pro-Jew”.
And just as Trump supporters today are rabid about keeping Syrian refugees and Central American refugees out of America, Coughlin supporters were rabid about keeping Jewish refugees out of America.
Coughlin’s supporters even created a right-wing extremist group that called themselves the “Christian Front”. This was a pro-Hitler, anti-Jewish group that conspired to steal weapons, kill Jewish leaders, and overthrow the United States government by force. Luckily, their plans were halted by the FBI before they even got past the early planning stages of their plot.
Charles Coughlin used his radio show to show his support for the Christian Front. He called them “Pro-American, “Anti-Communist” and “Pro-Christian”.
The Christian Front of the 1940’s bears strong resemblance to right-wing extremist groups of today, such as QAnon and the Proud Boys. It’s a different decade, but the same sort of mindset, support for dictators, contempt to democracy and hatred of minorities.
Charles Coughlin with his love of authoritarian dictators, hatred of minorities and use of the media to incite hatred, ignorance and violence bears a strong resemblance to Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly and Donald Trump.
It’s about 80 years later, but almost nothing has changed. It’s like we’ve learned nothing. We have millions of Americans who are embracing fascism and rejecting American ideals. We have right-wing extremists who praise foreign dictators, while bad-mouthing the FBI and others who are trying to protect America’s National Security.
All Trump has to do is tell the right-wing extremists that he hates black athletes who peacefully protest before football games, he hates the Central American refugees, he hates the Kurds, he hates Syrian refugees and he hates little Latino children, and he has them eating out of the palm of his hand.
As long as Trump hates the same people they hate, they’ll kiss Putin’s ass and put America’s national security at risk.
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