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Efilroft Sul

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13. Our ancestors killed the Nazis abroad but we were too scared to send the modern domestic ones screaming down to hell.

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sat May 23, 2026, 11:56 AM

23 hrs ago

HOWEVER, if by miracle there is a political solution to this problem, we need to Nuremberg the shit out of this administration and its accomplices and not let them off the hook like the Confederates after the Civil War. You want to get rid of this taint forever? It only happens when they all fall through the trap door in the floor and their necks snap.

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How will you explain this period of American history to your grandchild/great-grandchild? [View all] True Dough Yesterday OP

I won't pretend to understand it The Blue Flower Yesterday #1

Evil people took over the country. dem4decades Yesterday #2

Well, I probably won't have to, but I would refer to it as our "Period of Intense Shame' hlthe2b Yesterday #3

They are living it right along side us... MiHale Yesterday #4

allow what to happen? rampartd Yesterday #5

There have been many equally shameful periods of American history, we seem to have short memories. sop Yesterday #6

The same way it continues to let it happen -- by refusing to dismantle the white supremacy this country is built on. WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #7

I have neither so I won't be faced with that problem, which is a good thing Ocelot II Yesterday #8

We allowed the Fox Propaganda Network to go unchecked and we weren't ready to handle social media Chasstev365 Yesterday #9

And some people are gullible, unfortunately, True Dough Yesterday #10

In Chinese Renew Deal Yesterday #11

Will our plutocracy be gone then? Mysterian Yesterday #12

Our ancestors killed the Nazis abroad but we were too scared to send the modern domestic ones screaming down to hell. Efilroft Sul 23 hrs ago #13

Assuming things get better, I'll say, "It was a time of multiple, grand, society-wide psychoses." Intractable 22 hrs ago #14

They won't be learning anything in school gulliver 22 hrs ago #15

Are schools teaching about 2016 in History classes now? muriel_volestrangler 22 hrs ago #16

When I was in high school in the early '90s, True Dough 19 hrs ago #19

I didn't study anything under 30 years ago when I was at school muriel_volestrangler 19 hrs ago #20

America is an internal combustion engine burning corrupted gasoline. Midnight Writer 22 hrs ago #17

Because almost 40% of eligible voters stayed at home and even though they saw what was coming.... A HERETIC I AM 21 hrs ago #18

I'd try and explain it akin to the rise of Hitler sakabatou 19 hrs ago #21

Like the Inclosure Acts, there was a lot of common property that a few individuals fenced off meadowlander 19 hrs ago #22