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69. It's surprising to me

Sat Dec 9, 2023, 06:55 AM

Dec 2023

After talking to yioung people in the East, the South, and the West in recent years, their knowledge of history is so scant, I would be amazed to hear that as many as four fifths of Americans under 25 had ever heard of the Holocaust at all, much less that they accept it as accurate history.

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One in five young Americans think the Holocaust is a myth [View all] TheProle Dec 2023 OP

That is scary -- that's how it could happen again. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2023 #1

This is why I say that despite some of their progressive views, young people still scare the fuck outta me. SoFlaBro Dec 2023 #89

Not stupid; ignorant, which is universal and universally correctable. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2023 #91

Can we trade some of these young Holocaust deniers for hostages held by shitstain Hamas. SoFlaBro Dec 2023 #95

Their elders have failed them. Mariana Dec 2023 #96

Frightening! RubyRose Dec 2023 #2

Never Again sarisataka Dec 2023 #3

Yeah, and it already has happened again. In Rwanda and other places. raccoon Dec 2023 #30

Getting bdamomma Dec 2023 #4

Blame our schools, not social media TexasDem69 Dec 2023 #6

It is possible the schools are not teaching sarisataka Dec 2023 #8

I visited Dachau when I was 15 with a group of high school students and none of us had any doubts ripcord Dec 2023 #42

Correction: bdamomma Dec 2023 #9

This is the real problem. Big Blue Marble Dec 2023 #45

Parents as well. TheKentuckian Dec 2023 #49

How are they JustAnotherGen Dec 2023 #5

Is it taught in schools? TexasDem69 Dec 2023 #7

Yep JustAnotherGen Dec 2023 #17

They did when i was i school DetroitLegalBeagle Dec 2023 #18

That's great to know, thanks for posting. Schindler's appalachiablue Dec 2023 #54

For us it was Europa Europa Sympthsical Dec 2023 #65

That is a great movie! Behind the Aegis Dec 2023 #68

Depends on where you are. ShazzieB Dec 2023 #19

All other states need to get on board TexasDem69 Dec 2023 #21

I'm surprised bdamomma Dec 2023 #73

Graduated HS in '77 Igel Dec 2023 #50

Good question! H2O Man Dec 2023 #87

A lot of high schools basically just shove them out DetroitLegalBeagle Dec 2023 #16

Our district JustAnotherGen Dec 2023 #24

I graduated from my NJ high school in 1965 riverbendviewgal Dec 2023 #25

I'm friends with the high school teacher JustAnotherGen Dec 2023 #27

Excellent to read this. riverbendviewgal Dec 2023 #31

I, too, was in high school in the Sixties and we were not taught about the holocaust. Big Blue Marble Dec 2023 #47

Difficult to deny bdamomma Dec 2023 #76

Sometimes it's the luck of the draw. Igel Dec 2023 #52

I don't think it was taught back then. Too fresh. Teaching about the holocaust started marybourg Dec 2023 #53

We didn't cover the Holocaust in hIgh school (1965 grad- Queens NY) Mossfern Dec 2023 #59

I don't recall it ever being mentioned in school. Demobrat Dec 2023 #36

Our life insurance man came to the house in the late 50's/early to mid 60s to collect the premiums; Backseat Driver Dec 2023 #55

In Texas slaves are called "unwilling workers" or something like that. Very racist schooling uponit7771 Dec 2023 #66

The workers reference wasn't Texas's fault. It was the publisher. TwilightZone Dec 2023 #77

Texas should not be controlling the content of nationwide history books. LiberalFighter Dec 2023 #10

Is it? TexasDem69 Dec 2023 #20

Can't blame Texas for this one. TwilightZone Dec 2023 #23

I teach social studies in Texas Bucky Dec 2023 #71

This! bamagal62 Dec 2023 #44

Texas requires that high school students be taught about the holocaust. TwilightZone Dec 2023 #74

THIS!!!👆🏿👆🏿👆🏿 uponit7771 Dec 2023 #67

Texas requires that high school students be taught about the holocaust. TwilightZone Dec 2023 #75

Eisenhower had that all well documented because he was afraid this would happen ripcord Dec 2023 #11

this is the result of a decades long relentless assault on our kid's education Takket Dec 2023 #12

You can't just blame read states ripcord Dec 2023 #41

I'd typically leap to the same conclusion but rounding up the usual suspects TheKentuckian Dec 2023 #72

20% BlueIdaho Dec 2023 #13

But another 30% "aren't sure." That's 50%. yardwork Dec 2023 #15

and how does that % stack up historically? FHRRK Dec 2023 #14

If People Are This Ignorant DET Dec 2023 #22

The dumbing down of our kids/schools. bamagal62 Dec 2023 #46

The dumbing down bdamomma Dec 2023 #79

Do they have it broken down by region? edhopper Dec 2023 #26

Scary and almost unbelievable. As most of the WWII era adults rapidly dies off and nows the walkingman Dec 2023 #28

I hope bdamomma Dec 2023 #81

4 in 1 knows it's bullshit............ Lovie777 Dec 2023 #29

MAUS was banned in some schools... Docreed2003 Dec 2023 #32

Maus was required reading Mossfern Dec 2023 #61

Many respondents espouse the canard that Jews wield too much power in America patphil Dec 2023 #33

Is that not the Republican position on all under the sun? TheKentuckian Dec 2023 #38

That's pretty much their policy: whatever the moment requires. patphil Dec 2023 #39

27% of black respondents agreed with that, 13% of white. mathematic Dec 2023 #57

I missed it the first time TexasDem69 Dec 2023 #34

20% say myth, 30% aren't sure, and we probably TheKentuckian Dec 2023 #35

Our churches have a hand in this DonCoquixote Dec 2023 #37

The churches have a hand in the ignorance of American students? TexasDem69 Dec 2023 #40

ever see Fundy churches try to cur educations funds DonCoquixote Dec 2023 #94

Dumb Fucks Purposely or otherwise Cha Dec 2023 #43

Did we stop teaching history in high school? WHEN ???!!! DemocraticPatriot Dec 2023 #48

Wow.. Texasgal Dec 2023 #51

Some people deny the Holocaust. keithbvadu2 Dec 2023 #56

When I was in my early twenties Demobrat Dec 2023 #60

Some right wingers deny the Holocaust. Others openly brag about it. keithbvadu2 Dec 2023 #58

""Context-dependent?" DFW Dec 2023 #62

Looks like someone else gave her the hint!! n/t DFW Dec 2023 #86

A lot depends on where and when you went to high school. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2023 #63

This isn't at all surprising to me. Behind the Aegis Dec 2023 #64

It's surprising to me DFW Dec 2023 #69

Sad, but still better than the moon's numbers Bucky Dec 2023 #70

I do not ever recall the holocaust being mentioned in school or college bucolic_frolic Dec 2023 #78

I believe they're ignorant. no_hypocrisy Dec 2023 #80

I simply refuse to believe that. NT Patton French Dec 2023 #82

A lot of Germans did as well TheProle Dec 2023 #84

I recall reading Anne Frank in 7th grade English class, 1991 or thereabouts NickB79 Dec 2023 #83

Hit paywall, How many people were surveyed? MagickMuffin Dec 2023 #85

Soooo...those respondents are idiots. And? flvegan Dec 2023 #88

The sick irony is the very same people who say the Holocaust didn't happen... Silent3 Dec 2023 #90

I wish this surprised me. It doesn't. Captain Stern Dec 2023 #92

Social media partly to blame, I imagine. shrike3 Dec 2023 #93

What are their screen names? BannonsLiver Dec 2023 #97