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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnyone out there think Lara Logan might be longing for the days of Apartheid?
Maybe its a jump but she grew up, privileged, white and in Apartheid SA
I'm guessing she wants to go back to that
MontanaMama
(23,366 posts)That is all.
RFCalifornia
(440 posts)MontanaMama
(23,366 posts)for 60 minutes. They don't just hire anyone for that program. She's nuts these days.
iemanja
(53,127 posts)Do you?
RFCalifornia
(440 posts)And she does now too
amb123
(1,581 posts)Good nickname for her.
RFCalifornia
(440 posts)DavidDvorkin
(19,505 posts)Years ago, she wrote about her opposition to Apartheid.
I also grew up white and privileged in Apartheid South Africa. Don't make such assumptions.
RFCalifornia
(440 posts)Or did she do it when it was safe?
DavidDvorkin
(19,505 posts)But the answer to your question wouldn't mean much. Not having the courage to object when it was dangerous wouldn't mean that she supported Apartheid.
RFCalifornia
(440 posts)I don't buy it
You know who wasn't a "Good German?"
Sophie Scholl
Look her up
DavidDvorkin
(19,505 posts)We left the country, instead. Many others did the same. Some couldn't leave.
Some Germans were indeed good but feared to speak up.
LonePirate
(13,437 posts)Initech
(100,139 posts)And people were waking up to how insane the church was and how much they were getting screwed by it. So I wouldn't mind if we had another period like that!
amb123
(1,581 posts)OneGrassRoot
(22,923 posts)after her attack. I dont know what else may have happened around that time or in the interim but I see that as a key event in her shifted worldview.
RFCalifornia
(440 posts)I could see her going on the anti-Immigration train, but this is public health, totally unrelated to her attack in Egypt
OneGrassRoot
(22,923 posts)just an observation about the timeline in her right-wing shift.
peggysue2
(10,849 posts)Too bad she's taking the conspiracy track.
RFCalifornia
(440 posts)She just knew who signed her checks
Once it became Murdoch and co, get on board the crazy train!