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Berliners are a weird group culturally. This is the same bunch of people that went on an anti-Semitic and racist bender and massacred millions of people across

Berliners are a weird group culturally. This is the same bunch of people that went on an anti-Semitic and racist bender and massacred millions of people across Europe. I don’t think they are a good example of how life should be lived. Weird/crazy people being weird. Everything is acceptable to Berliners.

virtualritz 4y ago
I can't find that funny. I have Jewish ancestry and never met my grandfather because of those criminals. I assume you are joking because comparing Berlin 2022 with Berlin during the third reich can only either be a joke or an absence of basic understanding of European history between now and then so flabbergasting that it borders on imbecility.
- xyzzy4747 4y ago
  The criminals which had widespread support across Berlin and Germany. It was also only a couple generations ago. I’m also of Jewish heritage and multiple members of my extended family were wiped out. Like I said, Germans and Berliners particularly seem very tolerant of all sorts of extremist ideas. I count “open relationships” as one of them. It’s like who cares about why things are traditionally the way they are, let’s throw out the old ideas and try new crazy ones. Whether it’s reinventing relationships or sexuality or murdering millions of people. Anything goes.
  - virtualritz 4y ago
    Well, as far as "old" goes there is very hard evidence that monogamy is rather the "new" idea. Not the other way around.
    - xyzzy4747 4y ago
      In the distant past, most likely societally important or powerful men had multiple wives. This is different than open relationships.
      - virtualritz 4y ago
        I'm afraid the History Channel is not a replacement for a curriculum in anthropology. ;) https://www.nature.com/articles/srep32472 https://www.nature.com/articles/srep32472
lesuorac 4y ago
I think you've missed an important thing in your comment. In order to kill a jew you need a jew. So in order for a berliner to be killing one, the rest of the berliners had to have been nice enough that a jew was present. Unlike say Belgium [1]. Not to say killing a jew is a good thing (it's not) but areas like Poland ended up with a relatively higher concentration because they were more tolerant than western societies. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Belgium#Early_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Belgium...

virtualritz 4y ago

I can't find that funny. I have Jewish ancestry and never met my grandfather because of those criminals. I assume you are joking because comparing Berlin 2022 with Berlin during the third reich can only either be a joke or an absence of basic understanding of European history between now and then so flabbergasting that it borders on imbecility.

xyzzy4747 4y ago
The criminals which had widespread support across Berlin and Germany. It was also only a couple generations ago. I’m also of Jewish heritage and multiple members of my extended family were wiped out. Like I said, Germans and Berliners particularly seem very tolerant of all sorts of extremist ideas. I count “open relationships” as one of them. It’s like who cares about why things are traditionally the way they are, let’s throw out the old ideas and try new crazy ones. Whether it’s reinventing relationships or sexuality or murdering millions of people. Anything goes.
- virtualritz 4y ago
  Well, as far as "old" goes there is very hard evidence that monogamy is rather the "new" idea. Not the other way around.
  - xyzzy4747 4y ago
    In the distant past, most likely societally important or powerful men had multiple wives. This is different than open relationships.
    - virtualritz 4y ago
      I'm afraid the History Channel is not a replacement for a curriculum in anthropology. ;) https://www.nature.com/articles/srep32472 https://www.nature.com/articles/srep32472

lesuorac 4y ago

I think you've missed an important thing in your comment. In order to kill a jew you need a jew. So in order for a berliner to be killing one, the rest of the berliners had to have been nice enough that a jew was present. Unlike say Belgium [1]. Not to say killing a jew is a good thing (it's not) but areas like Poland ended up with a relatively higher concentration because they were more tolerant than western societies. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Belgium#Early_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Belgium...