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hillo538 t1_j9s4ogh wrote

Jesse owens had became something of a nazi sympathizer because of the big reaction in contemporary Germany to his athleticism: they changed a street name in his honor, and infamously hitler had gave him a wave.

Iirc during ww2 he publicly spoke against intervening against the nazis, and when he was an even older man iirc during an interview with a journalist he produced a picture of hitler that he carried with him in his wallet.

Kind of a sad thing to have happened, it’s not like America offered him any positive reinforcement during the most emotional and influential moments in his life, hitler straight took advantage of him :(

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citizensbandradio t1_j9tbb7g wrote

You are so full of shit that I'm honestly astounded that you actually got upvotes for that incoherent load of verbal diarrhea.

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hillo538 t1_j9uqlx1 wrote

Care to fact check anything I said?

This picture makes me sad because it reminds me of how this guy was emotionally taken advantage of, and ignored by the American president and the leaders of western nations

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