|
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend Bookmark this thread |
This topic is archived. |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) |
arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 09:48 AM Original message |
When Germany was defeated in World War II |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
benddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. Having lived in Germany |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. Germany had to reject Nazism - but they didn't have to reject Conservatism |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 09:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I think it could be eliminated through education. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 09:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. That's very hopeful. But of course many of the Conservtive leaders |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. That's because in kingdoms, only the aristocracy should be educated. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. That's of course why Conservatives are fighting literacy |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Well then ... Thank God for the Texas School Book decision |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Toilet (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. If you believe |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
33. What an appropriate moniker! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
3. The ones that did |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
6. As Bertolt Brecht put it in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
7. We had to defeat German with war, but we are losing the war with the right wing. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Eh, I think Obama agrees with the conservatives on many issues.. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
35. Well, if he didn't agree with them he wouldn't give in to them.. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
8. Actually, a lot of the Germans who believed in the Nazi ideology went |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
12. Deleted message |
Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
14. There is still right wing extremism in Germany. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Toilet (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Look |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Oh come on. I am somewhat sympathetic to the idea that we shouldn't compare |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. We invaded Iraq in a way that mirrored Hitler's invasion of Poland. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Apparently you never studied history...if you had you would realize what an arse you are making.. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:39 AM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Nazism is just another camp within right wing authoritarianism. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:39 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. no, they just invade the middle east with fervor |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Presumably Reid, Pelosi and Obama are in their camp? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
31. That's just silly |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
15. You say they were defeated... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
16. watch the movie "Hotel Berlin" |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
18. There's a good book on this subject: |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
19. Personal experience. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. I've been there too |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
22. You know the Nazi ideology still exists fairly strongly in Germany right? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
25. There were many Nazis who escaped capture and lived in various |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
28. Unquestionably there are still Nazis there |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
30. My experience in Germany was a good one... in fact |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
34. It's a pretty good analogy. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
36. Oh my, where to begin... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Outstanding post. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Thanks. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-04-10 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
37. Read They Thought They Were Free |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) | Thu May 02nd 2024, 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
Advertisements [?] |
Top |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) |
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.
Home | Discussion Forums | Journals | Store | Donate
About DU | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.
© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC