Talk:Carel Gerretson

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I do not deny the facts in the text about Gerretson being "an active fascist politician" (without having checked them), but without any further explanation and context the current text amounts to an outright lie. Gerretson has been involved in attempts to establish antidemocratic political movements, yes, but this was in the 1920's and 1930's. He has been a member of the CHU - a conservative party of protestant christians. He was a professor of History and a poet whose pen name was Geerten Gossaert. Whoever reads this article could not be blamed when he gets the impression that Gerretson was a lot worse then let's say Jörg Haider in Austria - and that is absolutely wrong. Theobald Tiger (talk) 19:19, 2 May 2010 (UTC)Reply

Removed text about "an active fascist politician". Theobald Tiger (talk) 20:12, 5 May 2010 (UTC)Reply

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