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617Blue

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1. So many people constantly mainlining soc media misinfo right into their brains

Reply to EndlessWire (Original post)

Tue Apr 15, 2025, 11:25 AM

Apr 2025

Walk into a public space, people all scrolling their safety blanket devices staring at the pretty colors.

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Look, the shoe is on the other foot [View all] EndlessWire Apr 2025 OP

So many people constantly mainlining soc media misinfo right into their brains 617Blue Apr 2025 #1

Apathy Iamscrewed Apr 2025 #2

A lot of them said they didn't know.... Dan Apr 2025 #3

Like I have said DENVERPOPS Apr 2025 #4

lol..."Unamerican"??? Fix The Stupid Apr 2025 #5

Thanks. SamKnause Apr 2025 #6

Where do I get off? EndlessWire Apr 2025 #8

I'd say The USA is a mix of actions... electric_blue68 Apr 2025 #33

Right on! PJMcK Apr 2025 #9

WW2 Got in after Pearl Harbor.. homegirl Apr 2025 #10

We can only live in the present so American or unAmerican is whatever we make it during our time. n/t Uncle Joe Apr 2025 #12

Are there some citations and expanded discussions to back up these assertions? Ol Janx Spirit Apr 2025 #23

What enemies did the US sell to before WW2? kwolf68 Apr 2025 #26

Revisionist kookery on brand for that poster. BannonsLiver May 2025 #45

We didn't sell weapons to Germany in WWI ITAL Apr 2025 #28

Germany's concentration camps were built in Poland..... Dixiegrrrl Apr 2025 #7

Stunning information KT2000 Apr 2025 #11

The extermination camps were in Poland. Mariana Apr 2025 #36

My protest sign this weekend will have to do with due process Ohioboy Apr 2025 #13

"They are over there for the precise reason that they couldn't really exist within our borders" - see also Guantanamo nt thesquanderer Apr 2025 #14

yes Bush W.... Mustellus Apr 2025 #15

All the 'good' Germans. All the 'good' Americans Joinfortmill Apr 2025 #16

Gandhi used hunger strikes to great effect. Kaleva Apr 2025 #17

Gandhi was dealing with a free press in America and a semi-free press in the UK. n/t TygrBright Apr 2025 #19

What is your opinion of Maddow, Lawrence, Olbermann, Kaleva Apr 2025 #20

They preach beautifully to a small choir. n/t TygrBright Apr 2025 #22

The press in old GB during the time of Gandhi was far more constrained Kaleva Apr 2025 #30

We did do something about it. We elected a brutal, tyrannical imbecile. n/t TygrBright Apr 2025 #18

I disagree that Germans did nothing. 3Hotdogs Apr 2025 #21

Not only that, but by the time the Nazi government was exterminating Jews and others, there wasn't much the average raccoon Apr 2025 #37

The only problem I have with Justice ReRe Apr 2025 #24

There was an active German Resistance from the '30's throughout moniss Apr 2025 #25

Great post kwolf68 Apr 2025 #27

Our resistance might not succeed either biophile Apr 2025 #29

Read this excerpt from... Woodycall Apr 2025 #31

Great post. raccoon Apr 2025 #38

Thank you so much EndlessWire Apr 2025 #41

Thank you. Woodycall Apr 2025 #42

None of Hitler's camps was on German soil. soldierant Apr 2025 #32

That is false. Mariana Apr 2025 #43

Your right. I was thinking of death camps and misspoke. Thanks. soldierant Apr 2025 #44

The Shoe is on the other foot?? Radical Lutheran Apr 2025 #34

There is support for authoritarianism throughout society iemanja Apr 2025 #35

I said these exact same things to wifey yesterday. Ferrets are Cool Apr 2025 #39

the term "good German" will soon be replaced by "good American". nt Javaman Apr 2025 #40