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I never heard of Father Coughlin.

silverotter11 9 Oct 16
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Through graduate study in U.S. history, I was well aware of Father Coghlin, as well as the other bigots of the era.

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Me either, until the ULTRA podcast by Rachel Maddow. We learned about nazi propaganda in school, but we learned the propaganda was in the other countries, not on our own soil. I'm sure there were millions of Americans who was immersed in and believed the propaganda.

I remember my daughter had a rich roommate in college who somehow thought my daughter had Jewish heritage, which she doesn't, but nevertheless, the rich parents got their daughter moved out of the dorm room, so she didn't have to share a room with someone she "thought" was Jewish. Oddly enough, my daughter is part German on her dad's side, with Catholic roots on all sides, with zero Jewish heritage.

WOW! The thing with Jewish genes is they literally can be found in the oddest places. On my Dad's side a first cousin did the DNA thing to find out something about his back story. My Dad's mom (our grandmother) was an orphan, her records and such were destroyed in a fire. She did not know exactly how old she was or her exact birthday. Plus she was VERY Catholic, in fact my Dad being the yougest had been designated to be a priest, such is the custom in a very Catholic family. It did not work out and Dad was atheist most of his life.
My cousin's results showed some Jewish genes. For me, my mom's side is most English and German. I met a Syrian woman years ago and she admitted to disliking me from jump because she thought I "looked" Jewish.
When I was in my teens and was working for an Italian family owned pizza joint in NJ people thought I was one of the owners daughters.
I think mostly because I had dark hair and a big nose.
The rich can be such snobs! But ignorant people everywhere are truly the worst😏.

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Coughlin was a Catlic Racist, Bigoted Anti-Semite Nazi priest that had a nationally syndicated radio show as his Platform..sound familiar? Only now the Neo Nazis have the internet, radio and FUX News to spew their White Kkkristian Nationalism..

Yes, NOW I know. I enjoy Rachel, her deep dives are great. History that really is not covered well in school.

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It’s history that’s well hidden from students who are not taxpayer-subsidized candidates for doctorates, who want to join America’s ruling class, but may become whistleblowers.

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