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Part Four: America's First Fascist Governor

2024/10/17
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Garrison 和 Robert:尤金·塔尔梅奇的政治生涯始于对新政的反对,最终演变为对白人至上主义的极端捍卫。在二战时期,随着南方社会对新政的接受,种族隔离的矛盾日益突出,塔尔梅奇将白人至上主义作为其政治生涯的最后堡垒。他利用各种手段,包括攻击进步教育家、煽动反犹太主义情绪、以及与三K党合作等,来维护其种族主义立场。塔尔梅奇的策略与当今的政治策略相似,他利用种族平等与共产主义的联系来煽动民众,这一策略延续至今。塔尔梅奇的极端种族主义观点导致他反对任何可能导致种族融合的微小步骤,甚至不惜牺牲乔治亚州教育体系的完整性。他的行为最终导致南方认证委员会暂停了乔治亚州多所学校的认证,并引发了社会强烈反弹。塔尔梅奇的竞选活动充满了暴力和恐吓,他的煽动性言论被认为是莫里斯·福特私刑事件的导火索。尽管塔尔梅奇在1946年的选举中失败,但他的种族主义遗产对乔治亚州乃至整个美国都产生了深远的影响。他的政治策略和种族主义言论为后来的政治人物提供了模板,并延续至今。 Garrison 和 Robert:塔尔梅奇的对手阿诺德虽然也持有种族主义观点,但他以更谨慎的方式表达,并试图将选举的焦点放在教育问题上,而不是直接的种族问题上。阿诺德的策略最终取得了成功,他击败了塔尔梅奇。然而,大多数乔治亚州人仍然是种族主义者,这表明塔尔梅奇的种族主义观点在当时社会中仍然具有相当大的影响力。塔尔梅奇的死并未结束他的政治影响,他的儿子赫尔曼试图继承他的政治遗产,引发了“三州长争议”,进一步展现了塔尔梅奇的政治遗产的持久性和复杂性。塔尔梅奇的政治生涯反映了美国南方社会在二战后经历的剧烈变革,以及种族主义在政治中的持续影响。

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Following his rejection by the people of Georgia as their representative in the U.S. Senate, Eugene Talmadge returned to the governor's office as World War II loomed. With the rise of New Deal liberalism in the South, Talmadge's focus shifted to defending white supremacy, particularly within the education system.
  • Talmadge's political focus shifted from opposing the New Deal to upholding white supremacy.
  • The education system became the primary target of Talmadge's racist agenda.
  • Prior to the 1940s, racism was not a central theme in Talmadge's politics due to the pervasiveness of racist views among white Georgians.

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Garrison is joined by Robert to conclude the story of Eugene Talmadge and how his campaign for a White Supremacist Georgia lead to his death.

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