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Today it is totally inappropriate and stupid to blast a German for the Nazis, regardless of your nationality. (Unless the individual is a Nazi, but that's not t
by pekk 13y ago
Today it is totally inappropriate and stupid to blast a German for the Nazis, regardless of your nationality. (Unless the individual is a Nazi, but that's not the same thing).
Of course, it is very accepted to blast every American for slavery today, so that is just sort of an international double standard.
- leot 13y agoIn school, Germans are taken on field trips to the concentration and death camps that their countrymen set up. As a consequence, Germans are acutely aware of the horribleness of their heritage. Do you believe Americans, as a group, are similarly educated or aware?
- mickeyr 13y agoMy classes were taken to plantations for field trips. Are germans also taught about the Herero & Namaqua genocide? If not, should we start holding that against them as well?
- rdouble 13y agoYeah, there's all sorts of reminders of civil rights abuses in secondary school history classes. That said, American culture isn't as heavy on shame as German culture is. It's presented more like, here's some crappy stuff that happened in the past, isn't it great you live in the present?