Just how much of a Nazi was Philip Johnson?

[Mike Weaver]

Come on, the guy later described his infatuation with the Nazis as 
"unbelievable stupidity", and said "I don't know how to expiate guilt" 
which suggests he paid a lifelong price for that 'stupidity'.

On 08/11/2018 20:10, Mark Kohut wrote:
> The fall of another Crystal Palace.
>
> On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 2:58 PM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I've been to see the New Canaan house, so I knew of him, his name,
>> that he was a top flight architect, but I'd NO IDEA about this aspect
>> of his life.
>>
>> I did, however, know that he was gay. I guess that was more shocking
>> and worthy of mentioning than him being a Nazi somehow.
>>
>> Jerky
>> On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 2:50 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Yes.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 12:26 PM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> What... wait... the architect?!
>>>> On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 11:41 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>>
>> https://archpaper.com/2018/11/mark-lamster-philip-johnson-man-glass-house/
>>>>> Quotes from The Man in the Glass House, released today, author Mark
>>>>> Lamster, that provide insight into Philip Johnson's Nazi past:
>>>>>
>>>>> “The Nazis were ‘Daylight into the ever-darkening atmosphere of
>>>>> contemporary America.’” Philip Johnson, pg. 165
>>>>>
>>>>> “Submission to an artistic dictator is better than an anarchy of
>> selfish
>>>>> personal opinion.” PJ, pg. 93
>>>>>
>>>>> “When interviewed in 1942, Johnson’s former secretary Ruth Merrill
>> told the
>>>>> FBI that Johnson believed ‘the fate of the country’ rested on his
>>>>> shoulders, and that he wanted to be the ‘Hitler’ in the United
>> States.”
>>>>>   ML, pg. 139
>>>>>
>>>>> David Morris
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