Tue Oct 18, 2022, 05:56 PM

JoanofArgh (14,934 posts)

Norman Lear turned 100 years old recently and is tweeting

Producer of All in the Family, Good Times, One Day At A Time, The Jeffersons, Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, Princess Bride - Author of Even This I Get to Experience

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Norman Lear
@TheNormanLear
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I was 9 years old when my dad was found to have committed fraud & was sent to prison for a few years. Alone in bed one night, my father away, I was playing with a crystal set radio and came across the vicious antisemitic voice of Father Coughlin railing against American Jews. 1/3

I’m confident that that horrifying moment resulted in my early enlistment in WWII and the 52 combat missions over Nazi Germany that followed. 2/3

Norman Lear
@TheNormanLear
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Today, having recently turned 100, I read Donald Trump’s appalling words about American Jews, and I am nine years old again. The phrase, a horse’s ass, was an everyday expression when I was nine and it occurs to me again now. 3/3

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Norman Lear turned 100 years old recently and is tweeting (Original post)	JoanofArgh	Oct 2022	OP
Of course he must have heard that horrendous "Father" Coughlin. He's seen & heard a lot of good	hlthe2b	Oct 2022	#1
I can't imagine hearing that stuff at the age of 9.	yellowdogintexas	Oct 2022	#13
I will check it out. Thanks. Rachel Maddows ULTRA podcast is touching on all this as well	hlthe2b	Oct 2022	#15
I was going to recommend that podcast too	Sanity Claws	Oct 2022	#23
This message was self-deleted by its author	yellowdogintexas	Oct 2022	#26
I started watching Ultra last night. Eagerly awaiting the	yellowdogintexas	Oct 2022	#30
Excellent book.	cbabe	Oct 2022	#19
aha! someone else who has read it! nt	yellowdogintexas	Oct 2022	#28
Just downloaded this. Thanks for posting.	JoanofArgh	Oct 2022	#29
I remember Rev Carl Mcintire	SCantiGOP	Oct 2022	#17
Norman Lear has done so much to fight hatred	Marthe48	Oct 2022	#2
All in the Family was a monumental accomplishment	Mysterian	Oct 2022	#18
I recently had a discussion with someone about All in the Family.	Jedi Guy	Oct 2022	#21
Maude was a spinoff	LisaM	Oct 2022	#24
Good on Norman Lear!💙🕯🕊🌈 nt	Cha	Oct 2022	#3
An American treasure!	mcar	Oct 2022	#4
He certainly is. We need more just like him nt	yellowdogintexas	Oct 2022	#14
K&R	MustLoveBeagles	Oct 2022	#5
He also runs a very good organization started in 1981: People for the American Way	blogslug	Oct 2022	#6
K&R	Solly Mack	Oct 2022	#7
IIRC, when he turned 90, someone brought up the poem Edward Lear wrote	soldierant	Oct 2022	#8
back to page 1	Behind the Aegis	Oct 2022	#9
K&R,	uponit7771	Oct 2022	#10
Norman Lear did so much good with the character of Archie Bunker	nightwing1240	Oct 2022	#11
Compare Lear's work with the crap that was on tv at the time. He did good.	Hermit-The-Prog	Oct 2022	#25
Too bad we can't go on bombing raids over Mar-a-Lago.	70sEraVet	Oct 2022	#12
Indeed!	calimary	Oct 2022	#20
As disgusting as it is I think the Orange monkey sent that tweet out because K West	Heather MC	Oct 2022	#16
I was 5 and I remember hearings by the house on	burrowowl	Oct 2022	#22
Same here with Army-McCarthy hearings (I was 8)	yellowdogintexas	Oct 2022	#27

Response to JoanofArgh (Original post)

Tue Oct 18, 2022, 05:59 PM

hlthe2b (95,545 posts)

1. Of course he must have heard that horrendous "Father" Coughlin. He's seen & heard a lot of good

in his life, but certainly lived through some of the absolute worst as well.

Hang in there with us Norman. We need your intelligence, grace, and voice.

Norman Lear turned 100 years old recently and is tweeting

1. Of course he must have heard that horrendous "Father" Coughlin. He's seen & heard a lot of good

13. I can't imagine hearing that stuff at the age of 9.

15. I will check it out. Thanks. Rachel Maddows ULTRA podcast is touching on all this as well

23. I was going to recommend that podcast too

30. I started watching Ultra last night. Eagerly awaiting the

19. Excellent book.

28. aha! someone else who has read it! nt

29. Just downloaded this. Thanks for posting.

17. I remember Rev Carl Mcintire

2. Norman Lear has done so much to fight hatred

18. All in the Family was a monumental accomplishment

21. I recently had a discussion with someone about All in the Family.

24. Maude was a spinoff

3. Good on Norman Lear!💙🕯🕊🌈 nt

4. An American treasure!

14. He certainly is. We need more just like him nt

5. K&R

6. He also runs a very good organization started in 1981: People for the American Way

7. K&R

8. IIRC, when he turned 90, someone brought up the poem Edward Lear wrote

9. back to page 1

10. K&R,

11. Norman Lear did so much good with the character of Archie Bunker

25. Compare Lear's work with the crap that was on tv at the time. He did good.

12. Too bad we can't go on bombing raids over Mar-a-Lago.

20. Indeed!

16. As disgusting as it is I think the Orange monkey sent that tweet out because K West

22. I was 5 and I remember hearings by the house on

27. Same here with Army-McCarthy hearings (I was 8)