Talk:Charles Lindbergh

What are all these descriptions of the Nazi atrocities doing in the Charles Lindbergh article? Yes, he was an anti-semite and had pro-Nazi leanings, but shoe-horning these paragraphs in here is unnecessary and makes the article read like a first attempt at a history essay. The article should be about Lindbergh and his history and not someone's opinion piece on the man.

All of these edits appear to be made by a single user. Zebidiah27 (talk) 07:24, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

I removed most of them. Zebidiah27 (talk) 07:43, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

The sentence "Wallace noted that it was difficult to find any social scientists among Lindbergh's contemporaries in the 1930s who found validity in racial explanations for human behavior." seems blatantly incorrect OR perhaps the intended word where it says "contemporaries" was meant to be "acquaintances" or such. Because:

1 - see Wikipedia's article on eugenics: "The scientific reputation of eugenics started to decline in the 1930s." Not prior. 2 - the definition of contemporaries is such as (and specifically per Oxford Languages) "a person or thing living or existing at the same time as another" or "a person of roughly the same age as another"

So either the intention is that Wallace was speaking of Lindbergh's direct acquaintances and the sentence is correct aside from a word, or the sentence is, while correctly citing Wallace, generally incorrect and misleading as to the scientific embrace or lack thereof by the scientific community Zornqui (talk) 13:04, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

I have read more than one article that takes the view of Lindbergh as a publicity opportunist. I thought I'd find a reference to this point of view in this article, but I don't see it. In general I sense that today (2025), Lindbergh is looked down upon, and I think this article should reflect that. If I had the time I would definitely begin such a section - but I don't have the time. But I encourage others to do so. - kosboot (talk) 14:03, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

You have the sense that "Lindbergh is looked down upon"? By whom? Certainly not by modern aviators who understand the importance of Lindbergh to modern developments in flight. Perhaps you mean that he is "looked down upon" by the rabid modern progressive left who makes sport of second-guessing the decisions people made 90+ years ago, unless of course they supported Soviet communism, in which case they are given a free pass. If you want to add that obsessive progressives "look down upon" Lindberg today then by all means have at it, but all you are doing is applying your childish contemporary standards to events which transpired nearly a century ago. 66.27.104.46 (talk) 05:33, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

I don't think such a tirade was necessary (or in accordance with WP:NPA). WokeScientologist (talk) 13:07, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

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209.44.217.188 (talk) 13:33, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Charles Coughlin had no connection to America First. While Coughlin opposed entering the war, the America First movement tried to avoid being tainted by anti-Semitism, even removing Henry Ford from its organization. Coughlin's donations were returned by Robert Wood, the President of America First and the sale of his newspaper was forbidden at America First rallies. In April 1941, Coughlin publicly denounced America First. By this time, he had been nearly completely taken off the radio. Aconvenientvillain (talk) 01:02, 22 January 2026 (UTC)