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HeiressofBickworth

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24. Are you suggesting

Fri Feb 2, 2018, 10:33 PM

Feb 2018

that the involuntary incarceration, loss of homes, jobs/income, property and businesses was the same as "protective custody". How about no persecution or tolerance of directed hate instead?

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My friend whose family was beaten to death by gestapo [View all] tavernier Feb 2018 OP

It can easily get out of control. lpbk2713 Feb 2018 #1

Yes. Quickly. tavernier Feb 2018 #4

Control? It is a means of control. The modern hatemongers are very frightening. nt Hekate Feb 2018 #17

Exactly! mountain grammy Feb 2018 #29

And it can happen here atreides1 Feb 2018 #2

I agree with you. It absolutely can happen again. smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #3

Her father was ordered to shoot his father tavernier Feb 2018 #5

God, that is so horrible! I can't imagine such cruelty although I know it has and does smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #7

She is almost 80 but looks 60 tavernier Feb 2018 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author tavernier Feb 2018 #9

It has happened here-- not a nation gone insane like Germany in the 30s with... TreasonousBastard Feb 2018 #6

To be fair... jberryhill Feb 2018 #15

Rainey Bethea lunasun Feb 2018 #32

Folks we don't have to go back to far in American history, look at the 50s/60s when KKK iluvtennis Feb 2018 #10

or January, this year, sadly Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2018 #11

You're all probably too young to remember Eric Sevareidbut.. Demoiselle Feb 2018 #12

..Er, Eric Sevareid. The but was meant to start the next phrase. Sorry. Demoiselle Feb 2018 #13

You can edit your posts lunatica Feb 2018 #22

I remember Eric Sevareid mountain grammy Feb 2018 #30

The hate is aleady helping to embolden groups like Atomwaffen Division herding cats Feb 2018 #14

My next-door neighbor and best buddy's grandfolks didn't make it through raven mad Feb 2018 #16

Do you mean Bergen-Belsen? dhol82 Feb 2018 #27

The US was half way there HeiressofBickworth Feb 2018 #18

i know it was bad, but what if it saved some from worse. pansypoo53219 Feb 2018 #20

Are you suggesting HeiressofBickworth Feb 2018 #24

ok then why not round up Germans in the US? lunasun Feb 2018 #33

They were harder to identify, for one. Mariana Feb 2018 #41

why did an older man KT2000 Feb 2018 #19

hate media is killing amerika. pansypoo53219 Feb 2018 #21

the hate starts at the local rw radio station and there is NO pushback certainot Feb 2018 #23

Limbaugh was the start of the hatefulness as far as I'm concerned. llmart Feb 2018 #34

unfortunately they put him on 600 stations, many major, so no one could escape it certainot Feb 2018 #36

And still most people don't understand this Tumbulu Feb 2018 #37

"Sticks and stones may hurt my bones, but words will never hurt me." Pacifist Patriot Feb 2018 #25

I agree. That's why it's important to protest and speak out in the face of hatred & hostility Honeycombe8 Feb 2018 #26

Right! Sophia4 Feb 2018 #28

The Rwanda genocide comes to mind too. summer_in_TX Feb 2018 #31

That is always in the back of my mind somewhere. And part of the USA certainly is well-armed... Hekate Feb 2018 #35

Time To Fight colsohlibgal Feb 2018 #38

It still happens. Daily. All over the world GatoGordo Feb 2018 #39

Hate sucks world wide wally Feb 2018 #40

A friend of mine just turned 70, and his father WAS beaten to death DFW Feb 2018 #42