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Re:It's an Age of Marvels by 77pt77 on Monday May 13, 2024 @09:25AM (#40343091)
> he thought _Germans_ weren't sufficiently white for america in his 50s

50s!

I repeat, 50s!

This was no teen edgelord.

This was a man in his 50s in a time when most people he grew up with didn't get any more life experience than that.

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Re:It's an Age of Marvels by AnimalMuppet on Monday May 13, 2024 @09:32AM (#40343165)
OK, but that's also a person who changed his mind in his 50s, and would not defend his previous position. Don't minimize that.
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Re:It's an Age of Marvels by pfdietz on Monday May 13, 2024 @10:53AM (#40344029)
In the same vein as George Wallace then.
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