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| Topic | Did you know? (related to ongoing antifa/neo-Nazi feud) |
| adjl 08/20/17 2:41:57 AM #6: | TheCyborgNinja posted... If anything, racism was far more widespread and acceptable during the '30s & '40s, and the West and Germany had more in common with their values socially during that period than we realize at first glance. Which is part of why there's been such a huge backlash against racism and whatnot since WWII. Hitler showed the world the horrific effects of taking racism to extremes, something he was able to do largely because the rest of the world was so complacent about antisemitism. We've seen what happens when people let enough casual racism seep into their lives that they don't pay attention to the dangerous racists. That's really not something we want to repeat, and remembering the Nazis as a horrible extreme of racism helps with that. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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