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ck4829

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1. K&R. That seems to be the strategy across the board

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Feb 14, 2022, 11:34 AM

Feb 2022

A "friendlier" Holocaust
A "friendlier" slavery
A "friendlier" KKK
A "friendlier" segregationist regime

People were denied basic human rights, civil rights, were humiliated, were murdered, dehumanized in the worst ways (turned into property and items), demonized, etc. There's no rational, ethical, or moral way one can turn that into a "warm version" of those things.

It's kind of chilling if you think about it, if someone can slap a smiley face sticker on the atrocities of yesterday, what's stopping them from slapping one on the potential atrocities of tomorrow?

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"They want to teach the Holocaust. They just want a friendlier Holocaust to teach." [View all] kpete Feb 2022 OP

K&R. That seems to be the strategy across the board ck4829 Feb 2022 #1

Repugs already have a "friendlier Jan 6th" KS Toronado Feb 2022 #4

Probably should add Dan Feb 2022 #5

These are people desperate for proof of redemption in history. haele Feb 2022 #6

If repugs print a "friendlier Holocaust" book KS Toronado Feb 2022 #2

Oil companies oppose teaching climate science, rightwing christians outlaw mentioning gays, sop Feb 2022 #3

That pretty much sums things up. Retired Engineer Bob Feb 2022 #7

What a profound statement by Art Spiegelman. Every word. Hekate Feb 2022 #8

One Of The Stories About The Holocaust modrepub Feb 2022 #10

It is not enough to obey... Wounded Bear Feb 2022 #9

It's a very not-Christian book? peggysue2 Feb 2022 #11

I think what he meant is that there is no arc of redemption or salvation localroger Feb 2022 #12

Post 12 covers it well, but I have to add: "Evangelical" is a specifically American denomination Hekate Feb 2022 #14

"Life Is Beautiful" vs. "Nuit Et Brouillard"; "Schindler's List" vs. "Shoah" . . . hatrack Feb 2022 #13

"pajamafication." Behind the Aegis Feb 2022 #15

School districts from TX to TN eagerly awaiting a Pixar Holocaust movie, I'm sure . . . hatrack Feb 2022 #17

K&R Solly Mack Feb 2022 #16