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More gotcha polling. 57% of

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 20:25:48 +0000

In reply to 66% of Millennials don’t know

More gotcha polling. 57% of the statistics on the internet are made up, while the other 34% are frequently off by a large margin.

66% of Millennials don’t know

ocean-kat — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 19:39:46 +0000

In reply to 66% of Millennials don’t know

66% of Millennials don’t know about Auschwitz

That's not what the poll shows. All it shows is that 66% of Millennials haven't memorized the name of the largest Nazi extermination camp. They might know about what happened in Nazi extermination camps and about the Holocaust without having memorized that one specific detail.

Poll questions like this don't tell us anything meaningful. They're designed to further a political agenda. It's similar to polls that reveal that most Americans can't identify Iraq or Afghanistan on a map. I know much more than most Americans about Iraq and Afghanistan yet I couldn't identify them on a map.

There are family members who

rmrd0000 — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 17:44:32 +0000

In reply to Jonathan Capehart opinion

There are family members who remember relatives who were lynched.

66% of Millennials don’t know

rmrd0000 — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 17:35:47 +0000

In reply to The Nazis kept out the

66% of Millennials don’t know about Auschwitz

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/04/12/two-thirds-of-millennials-dont-know-what-auschwitz-is-according-to-study-of-fading-holocaust-knowledge/?utm_term=.bf13ecc7668e

Members of the staff of a D.C. city council member wondered if the blocking off of Jews during Hitler’s time was because the Jews lived in a gated community

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-lawmaker-who-said-jews-control-the-weather-visits-holocaust-museum/2018/04/19/0b69ddde-4329-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html?utm_term=.b3a44c76e037

The Nazis kept out the

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 17:20:21 +0000

In reply to If one of them had written a

The Nazis kept out the immigrants and united Europe, while the Germans built an excellent wall.

Jonathan Capehart opinion

AmericanDreamer — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 17:17:17 +0000

In reply to Thx for the link.

Jonathan Capehart opinion piece up on WaPo now (presently among the 6 opinion pieces on the main web page, opinion part): https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/04/26/the-lyn...

True. We should just say

rmrd0000 — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 15:23:30 +0000

In reply to But the very definition of

True. We should just say “people”.

If one of them had written a

AmericanDreamer — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 15:08:38 +0000

In reply to PS - Chelsea's note to Reagan

If one of them had written a letter to the president, might it have read something ike this?

Dear Mr. President:

Someone told me that in the movie "The Sound of Music" the Nazis don't look like very nice people. My father told me there are good Nazis and other good people who are not Nazis. I am glad you are visiting their cemetery

Sincerely,

______ Trump

[others here more talented can do much better, I'm sure]

PS - Chelsea's note to Reagan

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 14:02:00 +0000

In reply to C'mon, you've got to admit

PS - Chelsea's note to Reagan is cute. What do you think Trump's kids were doing at that age?

Of course, it's always about

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 05:59:07 +0000

In reply to C'mon, you've got to admit

Of course, it's always about fanboi this, fanboi that, big man crushes everywhere, "journalists" letting their sexual adolescence free flag fly. The dynamic when a woman's involved is still a bit of an escalation though, even when not a longstanding well-hated national icon.