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Sure! Tragedies are also a time where we sometimes see the a response that shows the absolute best of humanity. I apologize, because I have since edited my com

Sure! Tragedies are also a time where we sometimes see the a response that shows the absolute best of humanity. I apologize, because I have since edited my comment. I was writing a bit too fast. My perspective is that this child read a POW diary from WW2, then let's assume that he saw some great examples of humanity, and then decided that "I'll live like it's the 40s!" It's strange to me to have this reaction. He claims to be a history buff. Where's the realization that the 40s were an absolutely terrible time if you weren't a straight white Christian man? Did he love that part about it? If he's not thinking of that, then he's really deluding himself with rose colored glasses. This entire story reeks of untreated childhood trauma to me. Why is he digging into the past so much? His parents are out of the picture. Thank goodness his grandmother is there to raise him. But we know that growing up without parents is its own specific kind of trauma. (Not that growing up with parents avoids all trauma!) To me, this is a story about an extremely lonely and isolated child.

dudul 3y ago
> straight white Christian man Do we always need to go there? Most people conscripted to go die like dogs on the front were straight white men. Of course the guy is living a romanticized version of the 40s, just like people who role play Vikings at the Renaissance faire, so what? He admits himself that he doesn't ration his food and I'm sure he doesn't lynch his black neighbors either.
- malcolmgreaves 3y ago
  Why are you triggered by a very reasonable reminder of the truth? You really need to ask yourself why you _all_ you feel is annoyed about something that's still a massive problem for people today. If you see a comment that doesn't concern you, why do you feel the need to make it your business?
  - merrykalikimaka 3y ago
    I don’t agree with you either, yet your view is pushed all the time by the slightly provacatively called blue-haired liberals. Life in the 40s and before that were really hard on everyone. There’s literally no need to start talking about straight white males specifically. It says a lot you completely dismissed his point about straight white males being sent to die in wars and tell him it doesn’t concern him and not to make it his business.
    - malcolmgreaves 3y ago
      > Life in the 40s and before that were really hard on everyone. Fact: it was much harder in Western societies if you were not white, straight, male, and Christian. This isn't a point for debate. It's not an opinion. You can either accept the fact, as uncomfortable as it is, and move on. Or you can be willfully ignorant to avoid feeling uncomfortable. > It says a lot you completely dismissed his point about straight white males being sent to die in wars Logically, this is irrelevant to me pointing out facts about how Western society operated during that time period. If you want to be educated, you should read more history books to realize that not every solider was straight and white. > I don’t agree with you either, yet your view is pushed all the time by the slightly provacatively (sic) called blue-haired liberals. Thanks for the laugh tonight! I didn't realize you believe that the only people who have enough fortitude to accept uncomfortable facts have blue hair! What a great joke.
      - gettodachoppa 3y ago
        >Fact: it was much harder in Western societies if you were not white, straight, male, and Christian. This isn't a point for debate. It's not an opinion. You can either accept the fact, as uncomfortable as it is, and move on. Or you can be willfully ignorant to avoid feeling uncomfortable. It may be a fact (I question the "much"), but is it a meaningful fact? Or just a dumb rhetorical device to bully and silence people for perceived crimes made by their ancestors? 1. Was there any country in the 1940s, ANYWHERE in the world, where outsiders/visitors were treated the same as the native majority? And for countries ruled by minorities, was there one where the people in power treated people of other races better than they treated the people of their own race? 2. If white men need to be loudly and constantly reminded of the sins of their ancestors (that every other society is guilty of but no one talks about it), then is it OK if white men loudly and constantly remind you about the accomplishments of their ancestors that the whole world benefits from today? Electricity, vaccines, antibiotics, computers, the Internet, trains, planes, and automobiles, TVs, air conditioning... Can you admit that the world owes all of this to white men? That their advances in medicine and agriculture saved billions of lives? ...or would that be an "uncomfortable truth"?

dudul 3y ago

> straight white Christian man Do we always need to go there? Most people conscripted to go die like dogs on the front were straight white men. Of course the guy is living a romanticized version of the 40s, just like people who role play Vikings at the Renaissance faire, so what? He admits himself that he doesn't ration his food and I'm sure he doesn't lynch his black neighbors either.

malcolmgreaves 3y ago
Why are you triggered by a very reasonable reminder of the truth? You really need to ask yourself why you _all_ you feel is annoyed about something that's still a massive problem for people today. If you see a comment that doesn't concern you, why do you feel the need to make it your business?
- merrykalikimaka 3y ago
  I don’t agree with you either, yet your view is pushed all the time by the slightly provacatively called blue-haired liberals. Life in the 40s and before that were really hard on everyone. There’s literally no need to start talking about straight white males specifically. It says a lot you completely dismissed his point about straight white males being sent to die in wars and tell him it doesn’t concern him and not to make it his business.
  - malcolmgreaves 3y ago
    > Life in the 40s and before that were really hard on everyone. Fact: it was much harder in Western societies if you were not white, straight, male, and Christian. This isn't a point for debate. It's not an opinion. You can either accept the fact, as uncomfortable as it is, and move on. Or you can be willfully ignorant to avoid feeling uncomfortable. > It says a lot you completely dismissed his point about straight white males being sent to die in wars Logically, this is irrelevant to me pointing out facts about how Western society operated during that time period. If you want to be educated, you should read more history books to realize that not every solider was straight and white. > I don’t agree with you either, yet your view is pushed all the time by the slightly provacatively (sic) called blue-haired liberals. Thanks for the laugh tonight! I didn't realize you believe that the only people who have enough fortitude to accept uncomfortable facts have blue hair! What a great joke.
    - gettodachoppa 3y ago
      >Fact: it was much harder in Western societies if you were not white, straight, male, and Christian. This isn't a point for debate. It's not an opinion. You can either accept the fact, as uncomfortable as it is, and move on. Or you can be willfully ignorant to avoid feeling uncomfortable. It may be a fact (I question the "much"), but is it a meaningful fact? Or just a dumb rhetorical device to bully and silence people for perceived crimes made by their ancestors? 1. Was there any country in the 1940s, ANYWHERE in the world, where outsiders/visitors were treated the same as the native majority? And for countries ruled by minorities, was there one where the people in power treated people of other races better than they treated the people of their own race? 2. If white men need to be loudly and constantly reminded of the sins of their ancestors (that every other society is guilty of but no one talks about it), then is it OK if white men loudly and constantly remind you about the accomplishments of their ancestors that the whole world benefits from today? Electricity, vaccines, antibiotics, computers, the Internet, trains, planes, and automobiles, TVs, air conditioning... Can you admit that the world owes all of this to white men? That their advances in medicine and agriculture saved billions of lives? ...or would that be an "uncomfortable truth"?