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  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    mcgruff10 said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    Just don't be like this Tempo! ... ;) but kinda serious too actually. This is one of the more apt Onion articles, and no, not because of the Nazi comparison, lol!




    It is crazy how many people have forgotten about the holocaust. 
    It is crazy. And it is crazy how many Europeans don't even know their own history. I know the US gets bashed about lack of perspective and lack of historical knowledge. But a recent CNN poll on antisemitism shows that Europeans are pretty ignorant and antisemitic themselves.

    Third of Europeans know little or nothing about Holocaust

    Anti-Semitic stereotypes are widespread in Europe, with more than a quarter of Europeans saying Jews have too much influence in business and finance, according to a poll published Tuesday.

    According to the CNN/ComRes survey into European attitudes towards Jews, 34 percent of Europeans surveyed said they knew just a little or had never heard of the Holocaust, while 20 percent of French people between the ages of 18 and 34 said they had never heard of the Holocaust.

    A third of Europeans said Jewish people use the Holocaust to advance their own positions or goals, according to the poll, for which 7,000 people across Europe were surveyed in September.

    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,650
    Christ, people are just the worst.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,111
    Jeff, I read the same article today. Unreal. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,324
    PJ_Soul said:
    Just don't be like this Tempo! ... ;) but kinda serious too actually. This is one of the more apt Onion articles, and no, not because of the Nazi comparison, lol!




    I'm not Jewish so it will be hard to be like that...  I have no idea what you mean "don't be like this"?

  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Many have tried to help those kinda slow on the uptake understand the obvious and painful reality to what’s slowly manifesting. 

    I’ll try again by submitting this tweet:

    https://twitter.com/auschwitzmuseum/status/1067175336184606720?s=21
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Hard to watch:

    https://twitter.com/saeed6ali/status/1067479762787028994?s=21
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,590

    Sitting at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, with a stack of papers, magazines and a soda at the ready, Trump said he now believes that a pitched battle over the border is a "total winner" politically for his party, and a loser for Democrats. 

    "I don't do anything ... just for political gain," Trump said. "But I will tell you, politically speaking, that issue is a total winner. People look at the border, they look at the rush to the police, they look at the rock throwers and really hurting three people, three very brave border patrol folks -- I think that it's a tremendous issue, but much more importantly, is really needed. So we have to have border security."

    Trump was referring to a confrontation at the southern border on Sunday in which some migrants threw rocks at U.S. Border Patrol officers, although his claim that three were seriously hurt is unsubstantiated.

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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,324
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    Hard to watch:

    https://twitter.com/saeed6ali/status/1067479762787028994?s=21
    I do hope that everyone involved and everyone that watched and did nothing gets prison time for that.

    If you haven't watched this then you need to.

    A high school kid pins down a Syrian refugee and waterboards him... and they filmed it.

    What the hell is wrong with people?!?
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    Hard to watch:

    https://twitter.com/saeed6ali/status/1067479762787028994?s=21
    I do hope that everyone involved and everyone that watched and did nothing gets prison time for that.

    If you haven't watched this then you need to.

    A high school kid pins down a Syrian refugee and waterboards him... and they filmed it.

    What the hell is wrong with people?!?
    Read the thread for a while- you’ll see the bully’s roots a little. The right is might!
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,324
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    Hard to watch:

    https://twitter.com/saeed6ali/status/1067479762787028994?s=21
    I do hope that everyone involved and everyone that watched and did nothing gets prison time for that.

    If you haven't watched this then you need to.

    A high school kid pins down a Syrian refugee and waterboards him... and they filmed it.

    What the hell is wrong with people?!?
    Read the thread for a while- you’ll see the bully’s roots a little. The right is might!
    I will go back to it. I had to get off it as I was disgusted with what I saw...
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,111
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    Hard to watch:

    https://twitter.com/saeed6ali/status/1067479762787028994?s=21
    I do hope that everyone involved and everyone that watched and did nothing gets prison time for that.

    If you haven't watched this then you need to.

    A high school kid pins down a Syrian refugee and waterboards him... and they filmed it.

    What the hell is wrong with people?!?
    That’s insane.   Are there hate laws in place in England?

    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    I watched it before I went to bed last night. Big mistake. I lied there hoping that if my son was ever near such an incident- he'd kick that shithead's ass.

    At the end of the clip, you can hear some young lady rushing in and swearing at the oaf. There's more good than bad, but holy Christ... the bad sure feels like they've got a legitimate voice these days- that their perspective is one worthy of not only protecting, but asserting.

    These incidents are not diminishing as I thought they might. The rats aren't scurrying when something bigger comes their way.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,324
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    I watched it before I went to bed last night. Big mistake. I lied there hoping that if my son was ever near such an incident- he'd kick that shithead's ass.

    At the end of the clip, you can hear some young lady rushing in and swearing at the oaf. There's more good than bad, but holy Christ... the bad sure feels like they've got a legitimate voice these days- that their perspective is one worthy of not only protecting, but asserting.

    These incidents are not diminishing as I thought they might. The rats aren't scurrying when something bigger comes their way.
    I am still not quick to say that it's happening more now but that people actually documenting it better.  People are dumb enough to film their stupidity now fearing no repercussions.  It's out there for everyone to see now where it was maybe reported in the past at best.

    I don't understand how someone can do that to an individual...
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,324
    mcgruff10 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    Hard to watch:

    https://twitter.com/saeed6ali/status/1067479762787028994?s=21
    I do hope that everyone involved and everyone that watched and did nothing gets prison time for that.

    If you haven't watched this then you need to.

    A high school kid pins down a Syrian refugee and waterboards him... and they filmed it.

    What the hell is wrong with people?!?
    That’s insane.   Are there hate laws in place in England?

    If I read correctly the Mother was brought up on hate speech charges.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    I watched it before I went to bed last night. Big mistake. I lied there hoping that if my son was ever near such an incident- he'd kick that shithead's ass.

    At the end of the clip, you can hear some young lady rushing in and swearing at the oaf. There's more good than bad, but holy Christ... the bad sure feels like they've got a legitimate voice these days- that their perspective is one worthy of not only protecting, but asserting.

    These incidents are not diminishing as I thought they might. The rats aren't scurrying when something bigger comes their way.
    I am still not quick to say that it's happening more now but that people actually documenting it better.  People are dumb enough to film their stupidity now fearing no repercussions.  It's out there for everyone to see now where it was maybe reported in the past at best.

    I don't understand how someone can do that to an individual...
    I'm on the fence about this too. To me it COULD be the same as people thinking there's a pedophile on every corner only because of the news, when in reality crime has gone down over the last few decades. 

    Of course, I'm sure if there had been neo-nazi marches that ended in the death of someone during Obama's tenure, it obviously still would have been news; I'm referring to the day to day hate that we are seeing in media/social media. 
    Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall




  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,324
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    I watched it before I went to bed last night. Big mistake. I lied there hoping that if my son was ever near such an incident- he'd kick that shithead's ass.

    At the end of the clip, you can hear some young lady rushing in and swearing at the oaf. There's more good than bad, but holy Christ... the bad sure feels like they've got a legitimate voice these days- that their perspective is one worthy of not only protecting, but asserting.

    These incidents are not diminishing as I thought they might. The rats aren't scurrying when something bigger comes their way.
    I am still not quick to say that it's happening more now but that people actually documenting it better.  People are dumb enough to film their stupidity now fearing no repercussions.  It's out there for everyone to see now where it was maybe reported in the past at best.

    I don't understand how someone can do that to an individual...
    I'm on the fence about this too. To me it COULD be the same as people thinking there's a pedophile on every corner only because of the news, when in reality crime has gone down over the last few decades. 

    Of course, I'm sure if there had been neo-nazi marches that ended in the death of someone during Obama's tenure, it obviously still would have been news; I'm referring to the day to day hate that we are seeing in media/social media. 
    Antisemitism is up here in NY.  I remember hearing it on the news.  There is a watch group that monitors the incidents but again is it reported more on social media?  I don't know.

    It's all bad anyways.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,324
    Maybe I am wrong about how much more is happening...
    https://nynj.adl.org/news/anti-semitic-incidents-up-96-percent-in-n-y-state-in-2017/
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    I watched it before I went to bed last night. Big mistake. I lied there hoping that if my son was ever near such an incident- he'd kick that shithead's ass.

    At the end of the clip, you can hear some young lady rushing in and swearing at the oaf. There's more good than bad, but holy Christ... the bad sure feels like they've got a legitimate voice these days- that their perspective is one worthy of not only protecting, but asserting.

    These incidents are not diminishing as I thought they might. The rats aren't scurrying when something bigger comes their way.
    I am still not quick to say that it's happening more now but that people actually documenting it better.  People are dumb enough to film their stupidity now fearing no repercussions.  It's out there for everyone to see now where it was maybe reported in the past at best.

    I don't understand how someone can do that to an individual...
    I'm on the fence about this too. To me it COULD be the same as people thinking there's a pedophile on every corner only because of the news, when in reality crime has gone down over the last few decades. 

    Of course, I'm sure if there had been neo-nazi marches that ended in the death of someone during Obama's tenure, it obviously still would have been news; I'm referring to the day to day hate that we are seeing in media/social media. 

    I'm not on the fence at all. I think we weren't witnessing neo-Nazi marches en masse and small scale violent acts towards minorities prior to this recent era because in the past (and for the most part) those people skulked in the dark. For whatever reason, that movement has become emboldened and now at least seems to display a propensity for public displays.

    When they were in the shadows lurking... their impact wasn't truly felt. Out in the light, the movement has managed to affect people and not only that... invite more demonstration given its increasing frequency and support.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    I watched it before I went to bed last night. Big mistake. I lied there hoping that if my son was ever near such an incident- he'd kick that shithead's ass.

    At the end of the clip, you can hear some young lady rushing in and swearing at the oaf. There's more good than bad, but holy Christ... the bad sure feels like they've got a legitimate voice these days- that their perspective is one worthy of not only protecting, but asserting.

    These incidents are not diminishing as I thought they might. The rats aren't scurrying when something bigger comes their way.
    I am still not quick to say that it's happening more now but that people actually documenting it better.  People are dumb enough to film their stupidity now fearing no repercussions.  It's out there for everyone to see now where it was maybe reported in the past at best.

    I don't understand how someone can do that to an individual...
    I'm on the fence about this too. To me it COULD be the same as people thinking there's a pedophile on every corner only because of the news, when in reality crime has gone down over the last few decades. 

    Of course, I'm sure if there had been neo-nazi marches that ended in the death of someone during Obama's tenure, it obviously still would have been news; I'm referring to the day to day hate that we are seeing in media/social media. 

    I'm not on the fence at all. I think we weren't witnessing neo-Nazi marches en masse and small scale violent acts towards minorities prior to this recent era because in the past (and for the most part) those people skulked in the dark. For whatever reason, that movement has become emboldened and now at least seems to display a propensity for public displays.

    When they were in the shadows lurking... their impact wasn't truly felt. Out in the light, the movement has managed to affect people and not only that... invite more demonstration given its increasing frequency and support.
    as I said, I wasn't referring to the marches like that. I'm talking day to day interactions. since I don't generally watch the news or read the paper, all I see is the constant outrage on social media, which is often magnified for dramatic effect, facts are skewed, or is downright false. 

    I do lean to the side of what you are saying, that these fools feel emboldened and have come out of the shadows. I'm just not certain that the perception matches the reality. 
    Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall




  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,324
    Can anyone find out if that Syrian boys attacker is being charged?  I can't find anything in a normal news outlet.

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