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empedocles

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12. 'Idle chatter', and similiar dismissive phrases, were the standard republican line,

Reply to TheRealNorth (Reply #5)

Mon Sep 13, 2021, 05:28 PM

Sep 2021

Last edited Mon Sep 13, 2021, 07:10 PM - Edit history (1)

across the nation!

Newspapers almost everywhere, followed that dismissive, not hardly worth mentioning, line.

[Edit] 'the news media dismissed the plot, with New York Times editorial characterizing it as a ''gigantic hoax''.

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The Business Plot To Overthrow FDR, 1933-34: Gen. Smedley Butler - Not A 'Hoax' [View all] appalachiablue Sep 2021 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2021 #1

Smedley's, FDR, Francis Perkins, Eleanor R., more appalachiablue Sep 2021 #3

Sort of sad that you have to point out that this was no hoax... hlthe2b Sep 2021 #2

At the time, some tried to dis it as a hoax. I have appalachiablue Sep 2021 #4

He was a hero to my WWII-serving father and uncles, so I heard his name even in childhood. hlthe2b Sep 2021 #6

That's great your grandfather met Gen. Butler. My mom's appalachiablue Sep 2021 #7

I have heard it dismissed as just "idle chatter" that was never seriously pursued.... TheRealNorth Sep 2021 #5

And Butler was even more dissed when his book, appalachiablue Sep 2021 #8

'Idle chatter', and similiar dismissive phrases, were the standard republican line, empedocles Sep 2021 #12

It was no hoax. The American Liberty League, the ones behind the coup attempt... brush Sep 2021 #9

I added info about the Liberty League above, thanks. appalachiablue Sep 2021 #10

Great. Your post is important considering Jan. 6, as many don't know about... brush Sep 2021 #11

THIS is the history you will never get 2Gingersnaps Sep 2021 #13

Fascists United! I didn't know FDR tangled appalachiablue Sep 2021 #14