was donald trump's father a klansman?
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dudeabides
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« Reply #25 on: September 12, 2015, 12:17:07 AM »
« edited: September 12, 2015, 12:20:35 AM by dudeabides »

Again, you're skirting the issue. Prescott Bush was not a Nazi...but the accusation is that he was someone who knowingly did business with the Nazi regime even after such business was illegal.

Trading With The Enemy doesn't require someone to be a Nazi, just to put profit before country.

The allegation here is that Trump's father was a klansman, it had nothing to do with business.

I'm sorry, but those of you who support or defend Trump are delusional, this man is harmful to our country because he is clueless and rallies people who are mentally unstable, stupid, or who don't read.
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« Reply #26 on: September 12, 2015, 12:24:13 AM »

As a sidenote I think that it would be an interesting historical research project if somebody were to look into the activities of the KKK in New York City. They must have been the grandsons of Bill The Butcher type nativists since NYC was already largely a Catholic/Jewish/Black city at that point. I guess that the only ethnic group they'd let in would be German Lutherans.


Makes me think of a recent thread discussing the probability of Archie Bunker as a WASP in All In The Family.
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« Reply #27 on: September 12, 2015, 01:05:42 AM »

Look, Trump's dad was a Klansman, Bush's grandpappy was a Nazi. Who gives a hoot? Neither Trump's successful businessman father nor Bush's Hitler-loving racist traitor grandfather are running for president.

You are a liar, and I don't ordinarily call other posters that. Your trolling has gotten out of hand. One individual accused Prescott Bush of being a nazi sympathizer, the anti-defamation league said it was false. Your attempts to smear people are based on lies, stop being a liar!

Oh the irony of you saying that.

In any case, Lief's basic point makes sense; dead parents or grandparents shouldn't affect the reputation of people running for president, unless said dead ancestors have a very clear influence on them (like if someone had a Confederate ancestor and very clearly sympathizes with Confederacy and its goals).

But I think we should just stop trying to smear family members of modern politicians, especially if said family members are not clear public figures separate from their family (like Bill Clinton, he's a public figure separate from his wife, so it's fair to use him in a point criticizing Hillary, while it's not okay to criticize Tonette Walker or Melania Trump).
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« Reply #28 on: September 12, 2015, 08:50:11 PM »

Well, Prescott Bush is a horrible person, who should have gone to jail.
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