Thom Hartmann: Time for America to Dump “Homeland"

[thomhartmann]

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[The Blue Flower]

1. Agree 1,000%

It's a terrible term.

[MADem]

2. That won't happen until the SHOWTIME series ends...

[Faux pas]

3. I'm with him.

I find the label highly offensive. Reminds me of nazi BS.

[ashling]

5. When the neo-cons came up with this offensive term

I felt like I did when Nixon gave the secret service Gestapo type uniforms.



http://www.invisiblethemepark.com/2013/02/decadent-monacracy-white-house-secret-service-uniforms-during-nixons-administration/

Interestingly (or not) I was reading a book about the Peloponesian War that used that word.

[Faux pas]

7. I was around during that time, how'd

I miss that?! Probably busy working on ending my marriage. (lol)

It is interesting that they used that term way back when.

[ashling]

9. The book was written in 1959

it was talking about the similarities between the times then and now (or then,1959 )

[RufusTFirefly]

4. Amen! I've ALWAYS thought that label was very creepy. n/t

[Boomer]

6. Horrid term

Every time I hear it in political discourse I cringe. It's another warning of the creeping edge of fascism.

[KoKo]

8. Thank you Thom! It reeks of the Nazi's "Fatherland."

[nilesobek]

10. Those warmongering murderers don't have a "Homeland,"

it was taken from the Native inhabitants. They are just evil interlopers.

[annabanana]

11. No kidding! It sets my teeth on edge every time!

Some talking heads use it more often than others. Jansing seems to like the way it feels on her tongue.

[tooeyeten]

12. Scary

It's an unpleasant term, a reminder of the annihilation of six millions Jews by the Third Reich. I don't like it.