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To: Olog-hai
I read Mein Kampf in H.S., not because it was assigned, but rather so that I could educate myself and not go by talking points on a syllabus. What I found was although there were a few stirring quotable quotes, that the book was very repetitive. Hilter was clearly an obsessed nationalist, and raving lunatic... and wrote the same things over and over and over again... it was a bit like saying "Build a wall with a Big Beautifool Door" or "Yes we can!" over and over again. The educated person can see right through it.
12 posted on 12/19/2015 5:37:23 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: Rodamala

The only world leader who read Mein Kampf before WWII was Winston Churchill. That’s how he knew he was dealing with an unstable person.


17 posted on 12/19/2015 6:07:58 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: Rodamala
Even a lot of the top Nazis didn't read Mein Kampf, and Hitler himself reportedly laughed at it and called it "dated". It's an extremely tedious book, and assumes a lot of knowledge about obscure factions of south German and Austrian politics in the teens and twenties.
47 posted on 12/19/2015 9:13:21 PM PST by Campion (Halten Sie sich unbedingt an die Lehre!)
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To: Rodamala

I am with you. It is a terribly poorly written book based on the few passages I have read. I am going to steel my self again when I spend about two years reading biographies about him.


51 posted on 12/19/2015 10:16:05 PM PST by Retain Mike
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