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In reply to the discussion: Remember: Nazi Propaganda taught Germans to hate the Jews. [View all]riqster
(13,986 posts)22. Granted. Just as homophobia has existed for millenia.
That does not mean we needn't call out the propagandists who amplify the existing phobias and prejudices, thereby causing events like the Holocaust, Rwandan genocide, etc.
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The past's "Look at that shitty product. I bet, a Jew made that." vs today's "That's gay."
DetlefK
Jan 2015
#3
Worse than that, Rick Warren called us horrible things like pedophiles and was rewarded with
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#9
Propaganda is a powerful tool of the moneyed elite against the "unwashed masses". It works
BlueCaliDem
Jan 2015
#5
To deny the existence of propaganda is to surrender to it - willingly or unwillingly.
BlueCaliDem
Jan 2015
#19
And our President who has claimed to oppose LGBT rights because of his own religion is packing a jet
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#8
Outright hatred of Jews was firmly ingrained in Europe for centuries before the Nazis.
olegramps
Jan 2015
#17
Like Americans have been taught to care more for money than their neighbor. n/t
jtuck004
Jan 2015
#12
No, by all means call them out. I'm with you on that and didn't mean to single you out.
Bonobo
Jan 2015
#24
Can you offer any citations for your claim of thousands of years of anti gay bullshit?
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#30
I read post 22 and my response was also that you should learn the history prior to preaching....
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#37
I am focused on the less than authentic 'support' among my own Party thanks.
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#45
I'm always going to speak out against anti gay, anti woman bigots, religion or no religion. Got it?
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#41
And again with the personal attacks and insinuations and denigrations and insults
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#62
The article mentioned several groups that are the target of hate in the US...
Violet_Crumble
Jan 2015
#64
Labeling people and sectioning them off into little tiny groups is a way of dehumanizing others
btrflykng9
Jan 2015
#58