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OPINION | Bill O’Reilly: Trump’s real failure is not understanding the evils of Nazism
The Hill ^
| 8/21/17
| BillOreilly
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?
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: adolfhitler; billoreilly; charlottesville; germany; hitler; nazis; nazism; trump
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I think Trump understands how evil Nazis, Communists, and other murderous ideologies are just fine. Hence the fact that condemned all sides.
Also, what I don't understand is that if there was such a large movement of Nazis and White Supremacists in this country, why wasn't this issue during the 8 years Obama was President? Why is this suddenly such an issue after Charlottesville?
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posted on
08/22/2017 12:08:55 PM PDT
by
EdnaMode
To: EdnaMode
Your real failure is thinking you can rub someone’s privates with a gooey middle eastern sandwich.
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posted on
08/22/2017 12:10:14 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
(We have a Crisis of Information in this country. Our enemies hold the megaphone.)
To: EdnaMode
Bill’s real failure is not understanding Trump.
Does Bill for one moment think Trump doesn’t detest NAZIism?
What a dumb ass.
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posted on
08/22/2017 12:10:15 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Exempting Trump and his team, our media and government have adopted the Zoolander management style.)
To: EdnaMode
OK, we get it. Trump likes Nazis.
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posted on
08/22/2017 12:10:29 PM PDT
by
thesharkboy
(Charter member of the Basket of Deplorables)
To: EdnaMode
He understands. His critics’ failure is in not understanding that marauding Communist thugs are just as bad as marauding Nazi thugs. This was the president’s position. I don’t see what could possibly be wrong with it.
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posted on
08/22/2017 12:10:47 PM PDT
by
TBP
(0bama lies, Granny dies.)
To: EdnaMode
Not you, Edna. Bill o’ Felafel.
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posted on
08/22/2017 12:11:01 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
(We have a Crisis of Information in this country. Our enemies hold the megaphone.)
To: Yaelle
Your real failure is thinking you can rub someones privates with a gooey middle eastern sandwich.LOL. Do I really want to know what you're referring to?
Answer: I do not.
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posted on
08/22/2017 12:11:23 PM PDT
by
thesharkboy
(Charter member of the Basket of Deplorables)
To: Yaelle
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posted on
08/22/2017 12:12:00 PM PDT
by
EdnaMode
To: EdnaMode
Doesn’t Bill have a teenager to harass or something?
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posted on
08/22/2017 12:12:06 PM PDT
by
bar sin·is·ter
(Climate Scientology - another example of science fiction morphing into a religious cult)
To: EdnaMode
Where are the pictures of the islamic SS units with the Fezes.,or the Grand Mufti meeting with Hitler.
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posted on
08/22/2017 12:12:50 PM PDT
by
brianr10
To: EdnaMode
I was actually stating to miss Ted Baxter. I am reminded again by his virtue signaling of what a stupid POS he really is.
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posted on
08/22/2017 12:13:12 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: EdnaMode
Trumps real failure is not understanding the evils of Nazis Progressives.
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posted on
08/22/2017 12:13:38 PM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: EdnaMode
Ah shaddup! BOR is still a bloviating blowhard!
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posted on
08/22/2017 12:13:46 PM PDT
by
pgkdan
(The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
To: EdnaMode
O’Reilly “writes” about four books a year on “scholarly” topics so, of course, he is an expert. Thanks, Bill. I had no idea about Hitler and the Nazis.
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posted on
08/22/2017 12:14:05 PM PDT
by
Southside_Chicago_Republican
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: EdnaMode
To: Yaelle
...a gooey middle eastern sandwich.Uh, loofah?
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posted on
08/22/2017 12:16:29 PM PDT
by
semimojo
To: EdnaMode
Oreilley having delusions of adequacy
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posted on
08/22/2017 12:16:40 PM PDT
by
Godzilla
( I just love the smell of COVFEFE in the morning . . . . .)
To: brianr10
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posted on
08/22/2017 12:16:41 PM PDT
by
bar sin·is·ter
(Climate Scientology - another example of science fiction morphing into a religious cult)
To: Yaelle
Your real failure is thinking you can rub someones privates with a gooey middle eastern sandwich. But...but..it's okay to be EATING the sandwich, isn't it?
To: EdnaMode
Trump love Putin, yeah right..
Trump loves Nazis, yeah right..
But
Obamas real failure was not understanding the evils of Islam. Trump understands that, and he also understands the evils of Liberals, and that's more important.
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posted on
08/22/2017 12:17:05 PM PDT
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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