Posted on 08/22/2017 12:08:55 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Lost in the intense debate over Charlottesville is a very important lesson that all Americans should learn. It has nothing to do with American politics or ideology. It has everything to do with history.
I have written three books about World War II and am currently researching a fourth. I can tell you with certainty that most people on this planet have no clue as to how German Nazis went about their lethal business. And that includes President Trump and many other politicians both present and past.
Exceptions are the Jewish people who directly experienced genocide at the hands of the Third Reich. In most Jewish homes around the world, the gruesome German atrocities are discussed and children are taught what happened in detail.
But in many American public schools, World War II and Nazism is barely mentioned. Adolph Hitler has become a caricature of evil, a distant monster.
He should be as vivid as today's sunrise.
The historical context of the Charlottesville reaction is that mass murder was carried out by ordinary Germans while the vast majority of that population looked away out of self-interest and fear. And these folks weren't from another planet. Did you know that German Americans comprise the largest ethnic group in this country?
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
I really hate exaggeration. While most people may not know every detail about what happened I think a lot of people know Nazi's rounded up Jews and gassed them to death. Isn't that enough? So yes a lot of people including Trump have a clue that Hitler's Nazi's were bad dudes.
I don’t miss that blowhard one bit.
O’ Reilly think: If I attack Trump the leftist will like me. No Bill, you f-ing moron, they will always hate you, no matter how much you kiss their collective asses.
“And that includes President Trump and many other politicians both present and past.”
No point to read this rag after that.
O’Reilly lost altitude, and his job, probably because he did something he should not have done. He has never really explained what happened.
This article is partly virtue signaling, partly to get some spotlight, and partly to show he is the smartest guy on the outside looking inside.
Net: Trump has acted honestly and bravely in this fake news cycle and O’Reilly has not.
Says the guy who can’t tell the difference between a Loofah and a Falafel.
My how the mighty have fallen. BOR now writing to a tiny audience on topics that interest even fewer.
Is this a joke?
Bill O’Reilly’s real failure is not understanding that he, himself, is a complete ‘dooshbag’..
It’s Bill... one has to suspend one’s disbelief for a moment when approaching...
Shut your stupid ass up, Bill.
Modified joke I heard yesterday.
Big eclipse day, BOR is with a young intern. She says, “That’s it? Over in two minutes?” BOR replies, Yeah baby, now lets get out of this broom closet and go watch the eclipse.
Of course the same may,or may not,be true in Europe or elsewhere.And,for that matter,the same may,or may not,have been true here 50 or 75 years ago.
I don’t understand why it’s ok for the muslims to hate the Jews. Shouldn’t they be targeted as much as the nazis?
Bill o Reilly’s failure is that he doesnt have information about who really were those actors there carrying brand new nazi flags
As if a president whose daughter and grandchildren are orthodox Jews doesnt understand naziism..
Nazis are dead. They were defeated. A few idiots wearing Nazi regalia doesn’t a Nazi make. And pretending America is being taken over by Nazis is ludicrous on the face of it.
can tell you with certainty that most people on this planet have no clue as to how German Nazis went about their lethal business.
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I really hate exaggeration. While most people may not know every detail about what happened I think a lot of people know Nazi’s rounded up Jews and gassed them to death. Isn’t that enough? So yes a lot of people including Trump have a clue that Hitler’s Nazi’s were bad dudes.
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I agree with O’Reilly. Most people don’t have a clue. They simply know Hitler and his Nazis were bad.
Most people are very ignorant in many ways today.
Bill O’Who?
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