I think the world is too complicated to work out a formula on what exactly it would take to make someone's bad actions completely poison my opinion of him no matter what good he did. I'll take it on a case by case basis thank you very much, and the internment is extremely troubling to me and lowers my opinion of FDR quite a bit but does not completely poison it. (But I do hate Andrew Jackson.) Censorship troubles me also but I am inclined to judge FDR there against other presidents during major wars which makes him look a lot better.
I, in turn, would like to know why exactly the "wrongful" in "wrongful imprisonment" makes the imprisonment equivalent to slavery when rightful imprisonment is not. Or is it "okay" slavery because they committed a crime?
In any case, I think it was very poor word choice when you supported your argument that FDR is racist by saying that he "practically enslaved" Japanese Americans, when you mean that he wrongfully imprisoned them and you believe all wrongful imprisonment is practically slavery.
Tag (courtesy of fkusumot): "Please feel free -- nay, I encourage you -- to offer rebuttal."
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My advice to fanboys: Brag about stuff that's true, not about stuff that's false. Predict stuff that's likely, not stuff that's unlikely. You will be happier, and we will be happier.
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." - Sen. Pat Moynihan
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