lørdag 23. februar 2013

President Harry S. Truman om høgreekstremistar

Oliver Stone sin serie "Untold History of the United States" går for tida på NRK. I episoda som handlar om amerikansk politikk rett etter krigen tar han med utdrag frå ein tale frå president Harry S. Truman 24.april 1950.

"Now I am going to tell you how we are not going to fight communism. We are not going to transform our fine FBI into a Gestapo secret police. That is what some people like to do. We are not going to try to control what people read, say and think. We are not going to turn the United States into a right wing totalitarian country in order to deal with a left-wing totalitarian threath. In short: we are not going to end democracy. We are going to keep the Bill of Rights on the books."

Truman hadde vore stille ei stund. Dette var hans svar til kommunismekritikarar.

"Det er ingen grunn til at personer som fordømmer Norge, skal få NAV-ytelser" seier partiet Fremskrittspartiet i ein kommentar.

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