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Dear future,
It is 1940-odd. I am in a war with Germany, Italy, and Japan.
I will not try to excuse my actions which are truly wrong, such as the Japanese internment camps of the West Coast. I will leave the issue of the nuclear bombs I am developing in the air to be argued about at a later date.
But please do not judge me for propaganda posters in which the viewer is exhorted to buy stamps and bonds in order to defeat the Japs, Japanazis, Nazis, or other enemy groups. I am in a war. With Japan and Germany. And frankly? I'm not always looking to win. Right now, I'm trying to defeat Japan and Germany. And /they started it/. This is not 'politically incorrect' or 'racist.' (The internment camps, on the other hand, are; I already promised not to try to excuse those, because I can't.)
I am trying to win a war. I am fighting people that gas people for being different. I am fighting people that are doing terrible things in China and Korea. I am fighting people that are /evil/, as well as people that are just on the wrong side.
And it is not wrong or racist of me to ask for my citizens' help in this war. You are judging me by your day, but things are very different right now. My young men are dying; these posters are an effort to keep as many of them alive as I can. Thank you, and have a nice century.
Love, 1940s America.
It is 1940-odd. I am in a war with Germany, Italy, and Japan.
I will not try to excuse my actions which are truly wrong, such as the Japanese internment camps of the West Coast. I will leave the issue of the nuclear bombs I am developing in the air to be argued about at a later date.
But please do not judge me for propaganda posters in which the viewer is exhorted to buy stamps and bonds in order to defeat the Japs, Japanazis, Nazis, or other enemy groups. I am in a war. With Japan and Germany. And frankly? I'm not always looking to win. Right now, I'm trying to defeat Japan and Germany. And /they started it/. This is not 'politically incorrect' or 'racist.' (The internment camps, on the other hand, are; I already promised not to try to excuse those, because I can't.)
I am trying to win a war. I am fighting people that gas people for being different. I am fighting people that are doing terrible things in China and Korea. I am fighting people that are /evil/, as well as people that are just on the wrong side.
And it is not wrong or racist of me to ask for my citizens' help in this war. You are judging me by your day, but things are very different right now. My young men are dying; these posters are an effort to keep as many of them alive as I can. Thank you, and have a nice century.
Love, 1940s America.
