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This one was published the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor
Many more can be found at...
http://www.history.com/news/when-dr-seuss-went-to-war
Cavemango
I never knew Dr Seuss actually drew the art in his books...
brinz
Are we all going to ignore his support of internment camps?
CheeseKaiser
America First? Sure, sounds like Trumps (Steve Bannon's) inauguration speech. A rallying cry for Nazi sympathizers in the 40's and today.
ishouldprobablybeplayingpokemonATM
It was trumps speech, I don't care who was on the team that wrote it, the godam POTUS should own every word that he says
katherinanne
Poignant AF
ChurdyMaGoo
What a fabulous post. Thanks OP!
lindabelchersfirstcousin
Dead on balls accurate! Gottdamn! Go Theo!
cplchuck
IIIIIIIIIDENTICAL
Squanchers
Want to know more? http://www.history.com/news/when-dr-seuss-went-to-war
BallsToYouSirAndOrMadam
I'm doing my part!
Meltemi
The Kidnapper's a low blow. Why? Charles Lindbergh supported America First, and his baby was kidnapped and killed just 10 years before.
suiseiseki
When I saw the first one I honestly thought it was a recently drawn parody in Dr. Seuss's style to reflect current events.
Dudexwait
love them. thank you!
Fiss
A chuckle is what one gets, when they think that with photoshop these words were made, not ink!
kruulik
I genuinely thought these were modern cartoons mimicking the style of Dr. Seuss.
MakerOnTheMove
"American Hemisphere"
FrayAdjacent
AFAIK, the "America First" movement was a post WWI isolationist movement. Rumored to be sympathetic to Nazi Germany, probably only up until
FrayAdjacent
actual aggression started. Not sure, but isolationism isn't such a bad idea. You do your bit, I'll do my bit, and let's not Fuck w eachother
TheMayorOfTittyCity
I honestly wonder if Trump knows this was the motto of Nazi-sympathizers or if he is ignorant of it's history and that of the USA
Copperbrat
According to friends and family members, Trump has studied Hitler and his speeches, so I think it very likely he's familiar with it.
Trojkan
I doubt Hitler ever mentioned America First tho
Copperbrat
He didn't. I'm just saying Trump isn't ignorant of Nazi history and as it pertains to the US.
JohnJacobJingleHeimerSmitt
Yeah he drew a shitload of racist ones as well, targeting japanese americans
stoffelbruh
It's funny how Germany is facing the same problem with the AfD (for non-euros: a right-wing party) and their sympathy for putin.
Asteroidrules
And Britain with BNP/UKIP, Austria with FPO, France with FN, and Poland with some similar party that I can't even remember the name of.
stoffelbruh
probably PiS. And they all suck up to mad vlad. :( imma move to canada.
Polysloth
Punch Hitler right in the snoot!
FnordGallop
[nazi punch meme goes here]
DepartmentofAlternateFacts
boop Hitlers snoot!
RaptorCav
With your Boot!
SquidJesus
I wanted to find a picture of a boot that is also a gun. I could only find high heels. I'm too squidly to post it though.
ButtholeFlower
Das boot.
fuck123456789
and whats a slogan of the Trump campaign? America First!
FrayAdjacent
Hillary's was "stronger together".. which was Benito Mussolini's slogan. He was literally the founding fascist. He created the term.
NotSoDarkKnight
But Donald isn't exactly afraid of putting warheads on foreheads, or so he says when it comes to ISIS
Camelspotting
Except ISIS isn't really a big threat. He refuses to confront Russia.
JarrenKell
well that seems to be the trend of the decade sadly
Thereminista
Some of the ones by Winsor McCay are really stinging too. "America First". I think I heard that just today in fact. "Doomed to repeat it."
Kaylyaindia
Trump "Dr Seuss is wrong. There are alternative facts. Our Amrica first will be the greatest ever."
meowseedong
This isn't saying 'America first' is bad you idiots, it means isolationism and NOT GOING to war would mean death for liberty.
giveitarestalready
What do you see as the distinction between these two things?
meowseedong
Good question. In WW2 is was about not entering the war. Now, it is about prioritising Americans. Obama sender ng 221 mill is an example...
Fishworshipper
221 mil is very little, relatively speaking, yet if sent to the right target could be worth a great deal in global PR.
Asteroidrules
It was also referencing how 'America First' was and is a slogan of the American Nazi movement.
meowseedong
Ah very good.
gossegotha
The comparison would hold more water had Obama not done a lot of appeasement (Iran, Cuba) and vacuum-leaving (Iraq) himself.
JoeBobBriggs
Context is lacking here I see. The US was in the middle of the Great Depression and many WWI vets wanted nothing to do with another war in
JoeBobBriggs
Europe. Some US Nazi were American First but they also had no idea what the Nazis really were. The war crimes and horrors didn't come to
JoeBobBriggs
light till after the war. When the camps were liberated it was a genuine shock to the whole world.
ZeRootOfAllEvil
And all three houses were controlled by the Republicans. But you're right, totally different.
SirShakesHeadaLot
And people wonder why I got upset at a high school football game announcer when he asked everyone in the stadium to remain standing 1/2
SirShakesHeadaLot
Until the flag left the field. Unchecked, zealous nationalism scares me more than ISIS and Westboro Baptist
Regdabmaof
Those are also zealous groups though. The is just has a bigger influence which I guess may be your point.
Regdabmaof
The US
dontsayretarded0itsgay
Wow are these all pre WW2? So relevant
TedTheMan
So who are we supposed to be going to ear with currently?
DrForester
Most are pre-WWII, more specifically, pre-USA entering of WWII. The "Buy War Bonds" ones at the bottom are from after the US entered WWII.
dontsayretarded0itsgay
I'm embarrassed to admit that inside my head, "pre-ww2" and "pre-usa entering of ww2" was a redundant distinction until this moment
ZeRootOfAllEvil
To most schooling systems, the big focus os on your country. Russian teaching ignores the Allies almost completely.
dontsayretarded0itsgay
Here, we don't learn much that happened before 1776. J
dontsayretarded0itsgay
I was not a good student outside the physical sciences, but I'm trying to catch up
UsernamePC
America First was an anti war protest group back then
dontsayretarded0itsgay
Selfishness, expressed for different reasons, with the same slogan
BattlexBacon
and also nazi sympathizers
TedTheMan
So who are we supposed to be going to ear with currently?
Ifixthingsthatdestroyotherthings
With luck, no one. But given that the president has made a habit of insulting foreign countries and leaders and is pushing isolationist
Ifixthingsthatdestroyotherthings
Policies and slogans, who knows? My vote is China, with a side of further involvement in the Mid East after we remove support from Isreal
sweetfeetpete
You must be Putin us on. Not that I want to Russian to anything but Ukraine see where this is all headed
GogglesGreek
Isolationism will only empower Russia. Retreating from NATO/UN helps only Russia, not us. Why do you think Putin helped Donald win?
Tarelgeth
I'm betting China. We antagonize China, Russia is our "ally" against them with no real commitment, US and China both lose power and Russia
dontsayretarded0itsgay
One does not simply beat up one's best customer/debtor
Tarelgeth
picks up what China drops.
TheFlyingSatan
So, what's "America First"?
ThatFellow
Apparently the one thing nazis and communists can agree on.
ZoidbergIsGreat
The rallying cry of white supremacists and cowards. It was thought that staying out of the war was better for the US so they did nothing.
8213641987365983276598265
Modern day liberals.
JudgeMentalCat
Historic slogan of the anti-WW2 group pre-Pearl Harbor, used by American Nazis at the time a lot. Today, it's a slogan for white supremacist
JudgeMentalCat
groups to convey their message in a "PC" way- it's been a slogan of the KKK for decades.
Tywinning
From my understanding, appeasement policy tied in with racial politics. No one really wanted another war or to get involved once WWII 1/
Tywinning
kicked off because of the destruction caused by the last one, Neville Chamberlain tried to keep the UK out for as long as possible for 2/
Tywinning
example. The "America First" group went beyond not wanting to get involved to the point of "let em kill eachother, why give a damn" IIRC 3/3
GigavoltFox
In the time leading up to and including most of WWII, the US had a very isolationist mindset to global affairs
Elrondsniffingpie
i don't know but i may be that the government was putting its county first and not giving a damn about other countries(Europe) trying to 1/2
Elrondsniffingpie
2/2 resist Hitter thus letting him slowly take over the world
Elrondsniffingpie
or maybe it was a moment to keep america neutral and out of the war
DonaldTrumpsFlaccidHairpiece
There was a group of people who wanted to stay out of WW2, they thought it more important to think about our country vs rest of the world. >
DonaldTrumpsFlaccidHairpiece
That group disbanded the day of the attack on Pearl Harbor and basically hopped on the war train. The group was about 700k-800k members iirc
yveris
they were nazi sympathizers just as much as they were isolationists.
JoeBobBriggs
Some were. Most were WWI vets and people who were anti war like Charles Lindbergh.
TotallyNotStartingAnArgument
its worth pointing out they bought into a lot of the anti-semitism
DonaldTrumpsFlaccidHairpiece
Hmm, I dunno. From what I understand, they were labled that mainly because they were apathetic to the jewish plight.
giveitarestalready
uhhhh ...
TotallyNotStartingAnArgument
"Their greatest danger to this country lies in their [jewish people] large ownership and influence in
TotallyNotStartingAnArgument
our motion pictures, our press, our radio, and our government."-said at an america first convention
valkuma
Wish more people could see the relation between all the radical left on twitter and fascism. Redefining language leads to nazis.
Camelspotting
I'm pretty sure scapegoating leads to Nazis too.
DrForester
Left aren't the ones silencing scientists and pushing "alternative facts"
valkuma
No,they're the ones redefining language to mean what they need it to, the ones trying to dehumanize an entire gender. Much better.
DrForester
"dehumanize and entire gender"...
valkuma
well that debate got pathetic real quick. Go bully people on twitter or something.
DrForester
But I want to hear more of your hilarious alternative facts.
F23q98
Wow, Dr. Seuss was savage in some of these
zhukoz
I was needed though...the isolationist movement was strong and Churchill had a lot of trouble trying to convince Roosevelt - until 1942
zhukoz
*It, dammit lol
jimthe70yearoldfarmer
Don't be humble
zhukoz
Imgur badly needs an edit function for comments
TyrionLannisterTheImp
He wasn't perfect. He was a strong supporter of the Asian internment camps.
Robot31
Never forget that George Takei said his fellow citizens saluted their home country's flag in the camps.
AwesomelyLonely
Just because you like your country doesn't mean you advocate it going to war. Ask any number of peace protesters.
Fossilhunter15
To be fair, he felt really guilty about it and always tried to make up for it.
ODSTsRule
These camps where a very bad idea and the Government needed DECADES to apologize.
GaySocialistLiberalMuslimCommieAtheist
And before they began "apologizing" they had a massive PR and rebranding campaign.
TyrionLannisterTheImp
XZorbys
rocketman89
Amazing how blind we were to the hypocrisy back then. Grew up and still live less than an hour away from where one was.
shesaidwellanyway
I live near Tanimura & Antle. Look at their story, it's awesome!
shesaidwellanyway
I live near Tanimura & Antle. Look at their story, it's awesome!
rocketman89
Visiting my sister who is stationed in Monterrey in a couple months. Might have to check it out!