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Oakenshield

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80. Anything else to add Gramps?

Wed Nov 13, 2013, 02:40 AM

Nov 2013

Maybe an explanation of why most seniors vote Republican despite their supposed wisdom? This country isn't in a shithole because of those darn foolish kids. It's in a shithole because people from your generation, people who were around when this country was at its most prosperous, let future generations down when they sat idly by as right wing grifters looted this country.

I'm twenty two, and my parents had better prospects when they were my age. The same can be said of millions of other young people across the country. That's a god damn bitter pill to swallow.

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What do you know about WWII. Really? [View all] trof Nov 2013 OP

It's not "the younger generation" Scootaloo Nov 2013 #1

If you think the IMDB forums are full of ignorance Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #2

Leaving aside how boring "kids these days sure are clueless" threads can get... Posteritatis Nov 2013 #3

it also depends where you learned about it, amazing how mamy americans believe 12/07/41 loli phabay Nov 2013 #23

Ethiopians... sarisataka Nov 2013 #25

yup Abyssinia and manchuria, it all depends where one learned about it loli phabay Nov 2013 #26

The Koreans might even say earlier than that davidpdx Nov 2013 #39

Screwed GP6971 Nov 2013 #78

All you need to know is........ whistler162 Nov 2013 #4

WHAT!!!! I thought it was Clinton's Penis that caused it all. Bandit Nov 2013 #55

my tenant doesnt know if ww2 or nam came first, or if we were against the germans or russians. sad, dionysus Nov 2013 #5

Because that's where the Germans were!!! Iggo Nov 2013 #6

"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!" hatrack Nov 2013 #7

Piece of advice... cynatnite Nov 2013 #8

I am not exactly the younger generation... Demo_Chris Nov 2013 #9

A lot, actually. My father won his Bronze and Silver Stars in the Battle of the Bulge. My uncles WinkyDink Nov 2013 #10

Is that right? Oakenshield Nov 2013 #11

"Especially since most of you vote for conservatives." Well, that zinger will die quickly HERE! WinkyDink Nov 2013 #12

Now, see, "The Final Solution" wasn't about the economy. And the US entered WWII after 12/07/41, not WinkyDink Nov 2013 #13

Yup ... The main cause of that war was the harsh terms of surrender dictated to Germany, after WWI. 1000words Nov 2013 #14

The terms of surrender created the political climate for someone like Hitler to rise to power. Oakenshield Nov 2013 #19

it was not the world so much as it was the "Tiger" hfojvt Nov 2013 #33

Good post 1000words Nov 2013 #34

you are too kind hfojvt Nov 2013 #50

Though the treaty of Versailles was whistler162 Nov 2013 #70

And the Germans also lost some of the land that had been theirs for centuries. Sognefjord Nov 2013 #15

What a ignorant comparison. Oakenshield Nov 2013 #18

I was trying to agree with you, old chap. Sognefjord Nov 2013 #20

My apoligies. Oakenshield Nov 2013 #30

No offense taken Sognefjord Nov 2013 #36

Why not tone it down a notch? enlightenment Nov 2013 #28

I beg your pardon kind sir. Oakenshield Nov 2013 #29

I do hope you enjoy your stay on DU. enlightenment Nov 2013 #47

Maybe you should help the "old timers" be better informed? NealK Nov 2013 #35

giggle annabanana Nov 2013 #38

However, fascism arose first in Italy - which had been on the winning side of WW1 muriel_volestrangler Nov 2013 #41

Look up "mutilated victory" - many in Italy were very unhappy with how things turned out n/t Chathamization Nov 2013 #62

Sure - they wanted bigger gains from the war muriel_volestrangler Nov 2013 #64

How does that explain the rise of fascism in all the other countries, like Austria, Britain, Italy, Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #44

I wasn't gonna rise to the bait. I really wasn't. But I just gotta. trof Nov 2013 #66

Someone who tries to shame all young people because of a few comments on IMDB... Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #69

Oh dear. I offended you? trof Nov 2013 #71

If you're trying to play the victim now, I am completely indifferent. Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #73

Now, now, let's not let the taint of ageism ruin the valid point dougolat Nov 2013 #81

Anything else to add Gramps? Oakenshield Nov 2013 #80

I knew quite a bit about the European and North African campaigns... hlthe2b Nov 2013 #16

My father was at Pearl Harbor when it was bombed. tblue37 Nov 2013 #17

So because you run into a few idiots on the internet... Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #21

At the start of WWI, British soldiers were heard cheering that they would finally Recursion Nov 2013 #22

lots, but i am a bit of a buff, love war movies set in that era loli phabay Nov 2013 #24

More than that. Wow. nt Deep13 Nov 2013 #27

my grandfather was at Dunkirk Skittles Nov 2013 #31

Yes. We are unlearning what we learned from that war. JDPriestly Nov 2013 #32

There are kids running around who think Germany and Japan were our allies in WW2. MADem Nov 2013 #37

I'm a Gen X'er so all I learned was based on reading davidpdx Nov 2013 #40

Same here. laundry_queen Nov 2013 #53

Well I should amend what I said slightly davidpdx Nov 2013 #65

"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans B Calm Nov 2013 #42

I do believe you are misattributing that quote CBGLuthier Nov 2013 #45

LOL B Calm Nov 2013 #46

The French as "surrender monkeys" is actually really recent Prophet 451 Nov 2013 #43

It's cheese-eating surrender monkeys Brother Buzz Nov 2013 #58

correct that and how the italians are crap soldiers were commonplace in the uk from the forties loli phabay Nov 2013 #79

Well, I read Le Taz Hot Nov 2013 #48

I have a Master's in military history LibertyLover Nov 2013 #49

At least it's better than WW1 el_bryanto Nov 2013 #51

I love when OP don't reply to any of the responses snooper2 Nov 2013 #52

From K through 12, my school spent a total of zero minutes on WWII Orrex Nov 2013 #54

Hogan's Heroes won us the war Capt. Obvious Nov 2013 #56

Born in 10/63. I grew up with an Encyclopedia of American History maxsolomon Nov 2013 #57

My father and uncles served in uniform then. . . DinahMoeHum Nov 2013 #59

A friend of mine did a poll in his high school on world history WilliamPitt Nov 2013 #60

Wow. Now that's really something. NealK Nov 2013 #74

I live WW2 every second of every day riverwalker Nov 2013 #61

Thanks for sharing that. Really. trof Nov 2013 #67

lots of us riverwalker Nov 2013 #76

I regard WWII as the last truly just and necessary war this country waged. Paladin Nov 2013 #63

I agree. The rest have been for purely polical reasons. trof Nov 2013 #68

I know it messed my dad up and that he wouldn't talk about it graywarrior Nov 2013 #72

Hey trof, I referred to your post in a video I posted in the Video section. Remember Cabaret? madfloridian Nov 2013 #75

It doesn't surprise me. Beacool Nov 2013 #77