Think Disney is anti-semite? Watch this banned cartoon from the 30-40s

[NVMojo]

Hitlers Children-Walt Disney cartoon (Banned)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jbA437FHFU

I think Disney was anti-Nazi.

[Bobbieo]

1. That was pretty much a 'given' during WW2

[NVMojo]

2. I know, bobbieo, but there are people accusing them of being

anti-semite in the past due to their support of Mel's next movie.

[Irreverend IX]

5. Opposition to the Nazis is one thing...

Opposition to their anti-Semitism is another. "Education for Death" attacks the fascist, militant mentality of Nazi Germany but does nothing to oppose that regime's anti-Semitism.

[Behind the Aegis]

3. And?

How did that prove that Walt Disney wasn't an anti-Semite?

[NVMojo]

4. apparently you didn't watch it.

[Behind the Aegis]

8. I did watch it...all 10:11 minutes of it.

You have a point here?

There was nothing in that cartoon that proves Disney is not an anti-Semite. Even the allusion of the 'rabbit," it was about nations! not once did he mention Jews...not even with the field of the dead which was all CROSSES! The house of worship attacked? A CATHOLIC church!

Obviously you are trying to prove something, but for the life of me, I can't figure out what it is. Because if the point is that Walt Disney is not an anti-Semite because he produced an anti-Nazi propaganda film, then you have failed in your task!

[azurnoir]

6. Apparently Disney himself

may have been a Nazi sympathizer prior to the war
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mdisneyfascist.html

[LTR]

12. Some conservative businessmen at the time were initially pro-Nazi

A few examples off the top of my head:

Henry Ford
William R. Hearst
and, of course, Prescott Bush

[OldSiouxWarrior]

7. Those old cartoons are funny.

Check this anti-Hitler one out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcEHd0nGNuo&mode=related&search=

Hilarious

[Wonk]

9. Welcome to DU :-) Thanks for the chuckle. nt

[Clark2008]

11. Woah.. do you think the propaganda was a bit THICK there.

Seriously, how did people watch that?

I mean, Hitler WAS a "skunk" (from the movie), but we had to make cartoons about it?

Man...

[Swamp Rat]

10. Wow!

That was great! I've never seen that one before. :hi: