There\u2019s much buzz in the news world over Oliver Stone\u2019s recent remarks about Hitler, WWII, Stalin, and of course that real big, bad country America, and now his apology. Many are calling him anti-Semitic. Others anti-American. Well, there\u2019s so much in his quotes worth looking at that I want to take time to digest it all, work it through, and take each subject one at a time. I\u2019ll be back with the first thoughts when I\u2019ve had a chance to sit and let it sink in. One thing I don\u2019t want to do if I can avoid it is simply jump in and start hurtling insults or accusations. It\u2019s true that what he said was incredible. But, I suspect, not for the reasons many are saying.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s much buzz in the news world over Oliver Stone\u2019s recent remarks about Hitler, WWII, Stalin, and of course that real big, bad country America, and now his apology. Many are calling him anti-Semitic. Others anti-American. Well, there\u2019s so much in his quotes worth looking at that I want to take time to digest it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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