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In reply to the discussion: Twas a time when people wondered how an advanced nation like Germany allowed Hitler to become ruler [View all]PurgedVoter
(2,217 posts)In grade school I remember the children who were loudest in their disgust for anyone that would support Hitler. It is fifty plus years later and I have kept up with the politics of those same children. I don't stay in contact with these Fascists. But I watch so I can know who to avoid.
The White Rose Society stood up without violence against the rise of the Nazis. There is a picture of the memorial to them on the Wikipedia page.
I live in a very conservative community. I have bicycled with my children around the elder Bush's library. When you wave and say howdy, the odds are good you are waving at a Fascist who thinks Liberals are Fascists. Most would not come after you, but most would sympathize with someone that did.
I have attended a showing of the "Diary of Anne Frank," with an audience that for the most part would support ICE without question.
On occasion I shed tears for these poor souls that I grew up with.