Posted on 08/13/2007 4:43:25 PM PDT by blam
HUN
Definition:
[noun] offensive terms for a person of German descent
Synonyms: Kraut, Krauthead, Boche, Jerry, Hun
I have a ‘cute’ filter, but then, open season!
My guess he was a Socialist - the anti-creation, anti-life ends-justify-means destructive force of evil on this earth.
Well, “Hun” is a derogatory term for a German, like the “N” word for a black. The appropriate use for the term “Hun” is as a reference to the Turkic (presumably) peoples from Central Asia who invaded the Roman Empire in the late Empire.
The British propaganda machine picked up on one unfortunate use of the term “Hun” by the Kaiser in WW1 when referring to his troops and how they should behave, blew it out of context, and used it a figure of speech to defame WW1 German troops.
Considering what the Brits had recently done in Ireland and were engaged in doing in India at the time, I think “Hun” would probably have been far more appropriate to employ in their case at the time.
Ping.
Hun is certainly a derisive term.
It is used most often to describe that particular quality somewhat unique to those of Germanic descent - being most comfortable and content when following orders.
Well, there are a lot of Americans who appear to have acquired that trait - they’re called liberals.
Liberals, Nazis.
They’re both Socialists (National Socialism = Nazi).
Is there a difference?
No.
Of course, we have thousands of Etruscan inscriptions from graves...it's be a nice change of pace to find a history or a work of literature or something!
Germans are not “Huns”, and the quote was from Churchill, not James Bond, who is a fictional character. Is your screen name “Stallone” because you’re as dumb as Sylvester?
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