Talk:Douglas Reed
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[edit] Importance?
I am surprised to see a tag on the page - particularly without any discussion on this page. Regardless of writing quality or general offensiveness, thirty years after his death Reed is still often quoted, and deserves to be recorded on that basis alone. Humansdorpie 12:34, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
I have removed the importance tag. Also removed the pointless redlinking. Humansdorpie 14:34, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hitler Admirer?
Having just finished reading Insanity Fair - i can state in all honesty the man hated the Nazi's before they started WW2, and certainly hated Hitler. The point about anti-semitism, however, i accept. Insanity Fair does not put the Jews in a particularly good light, but there is some sympathy for them. If anyone comes up with evidence of Reed liking Hitler i'll restore the point. Pydos 19:44, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Insanity Fair does have high praise for Jews. He praises their hard work as the source of their money. Perhaps some other book he wrote might say something worse about Jews but what I read really didn't seem bad at all. Noting that someone has money and explaining the source of the money was hard work is not insulting to me. He is definately not a Hitler Admirer in this book. Reed carefully cites many National Socialist shortcomings, while he fails to cite anything good about National Socialism. He does say the Nazi's wanted war and they scare him.
[edit] Long quotes
Such long quotes do not belong in the bio. I guess that the insistence to reinsert them here is only because they contain Holocaust denial. That would explain the links to antisemitic websites as well. ←Humus sapiens ну? 04:15, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Is it just the fashion?
I'm a little troubled that such a short article on a very well-known person, who lived 81 years, mentions at the beginning that the NYT obit called him a "virulent anti-Semite." What else did the paper say about him and is that equally noteworthy? Others have clearly noted here that Reed was anti-Nazi and anti-Hitler, so is it just the current fashion to feel compelled to mention his thoughts about Jews? What did he think of other small groups: the Albanians, Montenards, Parsi? Maybe we should mention them all and forget other, more important factors? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.220.15.66 (talk) 21:40, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
