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#811: February 24, 2004

Knowledge Fight

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The Rosavelt Myth

John t flinn was a major figure in the early like creation of the america first committee which was organized primarily to keep the u.s out of world war two that group had some serious problems with anti-semitze and nazi sympathizers and its ranks what but i don't know any reason to think that flinn was one such person he seemed to be primarily motivated by the like opposition to u.s intervention in all foreign wars wow wow however yeah after the attack on pearl harbor flinn entirely abandoned his beliefs hell yeah it fully supported the war effort don't blow up my fucking place manYeah it's somewhat ironic too because his later career largely revolved around disseminating

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