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To: Nowhere Man; ml/nj; ExTexasRedhead; cripplecreek; luvbach1; SJackson; Political Junkie Too; ...
I'm also fascinated by animations from other countries such as the Communist era USSR, Nazi Germany and North Korea. I know we have had our cartoons over here like Donald Duck's "In Der Fuhrer's Face" and Disney's "Education for Death" with Little Hans but as we know our adversaries made their own cartoons and films.

There is a fine line between being "fascinated" by these totalitarian regime produced films and being entertained or even inspired by them, especially if the viewer is immature and/or ignorant of history - which regrettably is all to often the case with the younger generations in today's United States.

And historical ignorance, in turn, is a major reason why younger voters were significantly more prone to vote for Obama in the last two presidential elections than were their parents and grandparents.

When you see man (or woman) in the street interviews on shows like "Hannity" on FoxNews, you can't believe how freakin' dumb some "millenials" are on American history and current events! Expose these nitwits to the films you mentioned and you're like playing with dynamite.

42 posted on 05/13/2014 9:44:58 AM PDT by justiceseeker93
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True. Although I'm interested in those animated films, I mean we hardly ever get to see how the "other side" looked from their end. Being fascinated is more of s study into them and I certainly do not endorse their take on things but it is just interesting to see something that we rarely see. Heck, I'm part Jew myself and I am proud my grandfather went all the way from Normandy to Buchenwald.

I do see your point. To many of the younger people, Hitler, Stalin and so on seem more like cartoon figures than real history and that is the sad point.
43 posted on 05/13/2014 11:45:15 AM PDT by Nowhere Man (Mom I miss you! (8-20-1938 to 11-18-2013) Cancer sucks)
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