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Originally posted by JudgeHolden JudgeHolden wrote:

I enjoy Mencken. He certainly has a gift for compressing ideas into short, memorable phrases. Perhaps he held some opinions that might seem “unenlightened” by today’s standards, but that’s a charge you could level at quite a few historical figures.

And probably more unfair with Mencken, as he seemed to pretty much not like anyone.


Some?LOL The man was a racist, extreme Social Darwinist who hated the poor, democracy, Jews, America, but loved Germany and the Prussian ruling class and didn't mind the Nazis.Wink
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With someone so prolific, you need to be careful cherry picking singular quotes. Gore Vidal:

Far from being an anti-Semite, Mencken was one of the first journalists to denounce the persecution of the Jews in Germany at a time when The New York Times, say, was notoriously reticent. On November 27, 1938, Mencken writes (Baltimore Sun), "It is to be hoped that the poor Jews now being robbed and mauled in Germany will not take too seriously the plans of various politicians to rescue them." He then reviews the various schemes to "rescue" the Jews from the Nazis, who had not yet announced their own final solution.[52]

As Germany gradually conquered Europe, Mencken attacked President Roosevelt for refusing to admit Jewish refugees into the United States and called for their wholesale admission:

There is only one way to help the fugitives, and that is to find places for them in a country in which they can really live. Why shouldn't the United States take in a couple hundred thousand of them, or even all of them?[53]
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"The Jews could be put down very plausibly as the most unpleasant race ever heard of. As commonly encountered, they lack many of the qualities that mark the civilized man: courage, dignity, incorruptibility, ease, confidence. They have vanity without pride, voluptuousness without taste, and learning without wisdom. Their fortitude, such as it is, is wasted upon puerile objects, and their charity is mainly a form of display."
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And that’s a sentiment he disowned.

Again you need to look in a broader context. Churchill once said he was all for gassing “uncivilised tribes” of northern India. How much does that define the man?
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As I said earlier Tlaz you're a copybook Google expert with no idea on the subject.

And a quote from Gore Vidal on the subject of Mencken's so called anti semitism -

Far from being an anti-Semite, Mencken was one of the first journalists to denounce the persecution of the Jews in Germany at a time when The New York Times, say, was notoriously reticent.
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Originally posted by JudgeHolden JudgeHolden wrote:

And that’s a sentiment he disowned.

Again you need to look in a broader context. Churchill once said he was all for gassing “uncivilised tribes” of northern India. How much does that define the man?


Where?
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Presumably from the same place you got the quote:

That passage was removed from subsequent editions at his express direction.
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Originally posted by JudgeHolden JudgeHolden wrote:

Presumably from the same place you got the quote:

That passage was removed from subsequent editions at his express direction.


Are you making this up as you go along? Evidence?
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That line comes via wiki from a book on Mencken by Fred Hobson.
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http://winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour/finest-hour-160/leading-myths-churchill-advocated-the-first-use-of-lethal-gas/
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Originally posted by JudgeHolden JudgeHolden wrote:

That line comes via wiki from a book on Mencken by Fred Hobson.
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What? He didn’t? Feel free to correct the record.

In any event, a decade later he was publicly agitating for the resettlement of Jewish refugees in his own country. I for one question his “commitment” to antisemitism.
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In the rebuttal from the Churchill people they say he wouldn't have used gas first but would have second. Does that make it right?
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A superb comedic effort here - Brexit Titanic!
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Tweet of the Year conteder - this is NOT how you bale hay 
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"contender" of course - bl00dy precious keyboard
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And here we have contender number two - 
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And here's the final nomination for today - last but not least
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Tweet of the day ......
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Love it !!!    Should be more of it. 
animals before people.
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Great tribute from the BA Household Division ....
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Anyone ever seen any black dudes in the Household Cavalry  (  or Horse Guards )  ??
I heard Arteha,s service was 8 hours long, and I noticed Bill Clinton having a doze Smile
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Sorry,,,Aretha  Embarrassed  
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Tweet of the day ....

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President Kardashian will fix this
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This guy's been a real hit on social media last few days ... looks like he really excels at being a whale -
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And if you really want to turn into a whale then here's a supper suggestion -
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Originally posted by ThreeBears ThreeBears wrote:

And if you really want to turn into a whale then here's a supper suggestion -


Most amusing and clever    NOT
Pity you don't have the guts to admit your assertion that I am Softy was totally stupid and embarrassing LOL
Declaration of Independence, signed after The Civil War. Trump said so.
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Originally posted by Whale Whale wrote:

Originally posted by ThreeBears ThreeBears wrote:

And if you really want to turn into a whale then here's a supper suggestion -


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Pity you don't have the guts to admit your assertion that I am Softy was totally stupid and embarrassing LOL

so, that makes YOU, whale, totally stupid and embarrassing for calling me something else in your last life on tbvLOL 
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Originally posted by Isaac soloman Isaac soloman wrote:

Originally posted by Whale Whale wrote:

Originally posted by ThreeBears ThreeBears wrote:

And if you really want to turn into a whale then here's a supper suggestion -


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Pity you don't have the guts to admit your assertion that I am Softy was totally stupid and embarrassing LOL

so, that makes YOU, whale, totally stupid and embarrassing for calling me something else in your last life on tbvLOL 

that makes 3 times you have posted after me in the last 10 minutes, am I in your head Wink
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maybe you are worthwhile keeping a close check on.

I know you dont like itLOL
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