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bdamomma

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76. Difficult to deny

Reply to Big Blue Marble (Reply #47)

Sat Dec 9, 2023, 08:24 AM

Dec 2023

and to say it was a myth. There have been plenty of movies and documentaries about the holocaust.

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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