General Moseley took his ugly talk to a whole new level in Springfield, Illinois. He was particularly riled because a major radio network had refused to broadcast his speech that day across the nation, citing Moseley’s religious bigotry. The general’s reaction to this mid-twentieth-century version of being canceled was unhinged. “Probably all our names will be taken down and listed for liquidation,” he told his “Christian” audience in Springfield. “But no, the tide is turning definitely in America from coast to coast, and if there is going to be any liquidation, it may be of a very different
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