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forest444

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21. Spain - and the world - have gotten so fast-paced since then, haven't they.

Reply to DFW (Reply #20)

Wed Jan 20, 2016, 08:24 PM

Jan 2016

It was before my time; but my impression of the era between World War II and 1974 is that, while certainly not perfect (just ask the Vietnamese!), the world really was by and large a kinder, gentler place back then.

I agree with observation on today's media. Were it not for Raygun's rescission of equal time media guidelines, and of course the illegally-licensed Faux News, public opinion among most right-wing Americans would probably resemble that of their counterparts in Western Europe, Canada, or Australia - rather than the fanatical hate-group mentality they as a group have now.

Fox News and pied pipers like Pig Boy Limbaugh have a lot to do with that extremist shift - as did many televangelists and the church in general, just as the Opus Dei helped keep conservative Catholics on Franco's side at the time.

God help us all.

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Spain digs up Franco-era graves, 80 years after civil war that brought him to power. [View all] forest444 Jan 2016 OP

Proving once again that Francisco Franco is still dead. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2016 #1

And good riddance. BillZBubb Jan 2016 #2

Maybe you don't remember the ongoing Franco joke on SNL The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2016 #3

Good one! I fell for it too (see below). forest444 Jan 2016 #8

They're referring to the thousands buried in Franco-era mass graves. forest444 Jan 2016 #4

and rtracey Jan 2016 #7

Me too. LanternWaste Jan 2016 #10

I lived in Spain during the last years of the Franco era DFW Jan 2016 #5

Amazing! forest444 Jan 2016 #9

One of the most successful cooperatives in the world created while he was in power. jtuck004 Jan 2016 #11

Whenever I mention that today's GOP meets all 14 criteria for fascism, I always add this caveat: forest444 Jan 2016 #14

Might add - Franco had nothing to do with this, and tried to kill them. The people were stronger. jtuck004 Jan 2016 #15

Good to know. Thanks! forest444 Jan 2016 #17

Look at those names. No bell ringing here? DFW Jan 2016 #23

Yup. It takes people standing together. n/t jtuck004 Jan 2016 #27

That is a tough one DFW Jan 2016 #12

Thank you for that, DFW. forest444 Jan 2016 #13

I can believe that's an old photo! DFW Jan 2016 #20

Spain - and the world - have gotten so fast-paced since then, haven't they. forest444 Jan 2016 #21

Spain of the 1960s and early 1970s was a place of another era DFW Jan 2016 #22

Congratulations on 40 years of a beautiful marriage, DFW. forest444 Jan 2016 #24

Thanks for the warm sentiments. We have no choice but to play the genetic hand we're dealt DFW Jan 2016 #25

Here's to you and your loved ones, DFW. forest444 Jan 2016 #28

Moltes gràcies! DFW Jan 2016 #29

K&R Solly Mack Jan 2016 #6

Franco is in hell Stimoyo Jan 2016 #16

But his maggoty corpse is in a much better spot: forest444 Jan 2016 #18

Built by POW's AKA slave labor and managed by the catholic church...nt Jesus Malverde Jan 2016 #30

And welcome to DU, Stimoyo! forest444 Jan 2016 #19

For someone who is referred to being the least brutal of the four major fascists the last century... Reter Jan 2016 #26

A cartoon used to circulate, clandestinely, of course DFW Jan 2016 #31