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Disney – Ford – Nazis?

March 3rd 2008 12:52
Disney has long been at the centre of a vast number of conspiracies. A number of these are centred around Disney’s namesake – Walt Disney, famous for his capitalist passion and ability to be ‘difficult’.

Henry Ford was another Capitalist, father of the modern production line. He regarded himself a pacifist, and opposed the first world war, considering it a waste of time.

Both of these men however have been associated with some kind of Nazi connections.

Ford was the owner of the newspaper The Dearborn Independent, in which a number of articles that were right wing and anti-semantic, including the Protocols of Zion. There were published and distributed widely, including in Germany. Hitler himself was a fan of both the publication and of Ford. However when a case was brought against Ford, he spoke out against the content and claimed he was unaware of what the publications contained, though this is contested by some. He did however express a belief in the Protocols of Zion, saying they matched up with what seemed to be going on in the world.


Prior to the outbreak of World War two, Ford was awarded the Grand Cross of the German Eagle, by the German Consul of Cleveland – the highest medal that could be given to a foreigner.

However, when he was shown the actions of the Nazi’s against the Jews later in his life, he was shocked, and, reportedly, suffered a heart attack.

Disney, who is the more famously known as an anti-Semite, is the lesser qualified to hold the title. What is confirmed is that he was a great opponent of Labour Unions, a main source of his criticism, and was a strong opponent of Communism. However where we move into allegations of anti-Semitism all we have to go on are a few reports of anti-Semitic behaviour from a few who knew him, including Ford, and an oft sited example of a Jewish looking Wolf in one of the Cartoons.


The following video is not the one oft sited, but is another cartoon brought up as evidence to suggest Disney was anti-Semantic.



There has never been any credible suggestion of Disney associating with Nazis.
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Anti-Americanism in Australia

November 12th 2007 00:58
Anti-Americanism is probably the most legitimised form of Racism in Australia. I would say that the most common is probably against Aboriginals, with anti-Asian or Arab sentiment coming pretty close to the top too.

However, these other forms of discrimination or racism are generally kept more under wraps, more secret. Unless you were an attention seeking politician, or right wing shock jock, you would not bring up these criticisms in a public forum.

There are three ethnic groups Australian’s will generally rip into loudly, proudly and publicly. Kiwis, Poms and Seppos. (New Zealanders, English and Americans). However, while the first two seem to be usually in good humor, the Yank bashing seems to have a real undercurrent of bitterness and sincere anger.

A shirt recent(ish)ly gave this phenomenon solid grounding. It was blue with white writing; “I’m afraid of Americans”. This T-Shirt was worn, out and about, in public. Had it been any other nationality – Asians, Aboriginals, Africans – it would have been deemed racist. But for Americans, it was accepted.

So what do Aussies have against Seppos? I would say two things.

Firstly, the Aussies have the same issue with America that most other nations have. Politically America appears indulgent and arrogant, oblivious to the often destructive impact of it’s foreign policy. This provokes anger internationally, and Australia is no different.

The other issues is that all races and ethnicities have their good points and bad points. Aussies for example, I love for our easygoing attitude, and I become frustrated with, for our aversion to the foreign and unknown (a trait in itself partially responsible for Anti-Americanism). Americans, as they have been portrayed in Australia by the media, personal anecdotes, and unfortunately on occasion, by themselves seem to have two predominant negative traits – arrogance and seriousness. These two negative traits are, though, two of the negative traits most passionately loathed in anyone, by Australians.

The first of these, Arrogance is so abhorred in Australia that it is widely referred to as ‘Tall Poppy Syndrome.’ This is why programs such as the Chaser, which routinely mock public figures, are so popular.



A tall poppy, it is said, must me cut down to size. When you have a view of Americans widely based on Arrogant archetypes such as these folk–



It’s not too much of a stretch to see why the cutting of tall poppies may become a bit frenzied at times.

For the second point of seriousness, Aussies are prone to discourage those who take life or themselves too seriously. This is often another source of great amusement to Aussies as can be seen in this Brittish documentary, in which a family is so worried about eating English food, they bring their own American food with them. Kind of the natural antithesis to 'she'll be right mate'.



In conclusion, Aussies, as a general rule are more prone to taking the piss, than actual hatred of another race, and usually a well placed Bush joke or ‘Yay Mum!’ will identify you as one of the good guys. However as always, there will be racist dickheads who will judge you for being a yank. Just cop it sweet and give as good as you get, and make sure you represent the very best of your nation, not the worst.
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Disney Nazi Film

May 19th 2007 06:40
Crazy stuff…

Can YOU work out the Moral of the story?
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