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Originally Posted by kermitology
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Well at least in all this Mel drama I can say I actually learned something new and useful today, so it wasn't a total loss!
Oh wait...nazi sympathizers are still in close contact with the president. My entire family of in-laws are jewish...*sigh*.
I often wonder why all this anti-semitism is happening again, and aside from it being humanity's most popular pastime, I can only speculate that it's been a while since it was in the public consciousness. Schindler's List was 1993, which is 30 years ago. An entire generation or two has grown up without the holocaust as part of the public consciousness. It's been 3-4 generations since the holocaust and survivors (and their stories) are rare to still find alive. It troubles me that history has the potential to repeat itself, and so soon after such an atrocity.
When I see people like Mel equivocate or rationalize how someone could be nazi adjacent, but not an actual nazi, it makes my skin crawl. It reminds me of all the beliefs and actions of nazis that normal germans allowed to exist without any real push back. We cannot allow this to happen again, and that's why there has been a consistent sentiment from the Jewish community that simply says "never again".
Thanks to the mods for putting a stop to this.