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Kind of Blue

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38. So true. And thanks, Blue_true.

Tue Jun 18, 2019, 09:21 PM

Jun 2019

I won't say who said this because it might detract from the OP. But it goes...

I grew up feeling the pathos expressed in the declaration, “Never again!” However, you must understand that this not an exclusive directive. When it is not applied to *all* human beings it rings a hollow tone.

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@AOC tweet to Liz Cheney...... [View all] riversedge Jun 2019 OP

K&R BlueJac Jun 2019 #1

AOC is 100% correct. Sanity Claws Jun 2019 #2

No, she is wrong dansolo Jun 2019 #7

What makes you think volstork Jun 2019 #14

No, she isn't and you need an update on the phrase Kind of Blue Jun 2019 #15

good post gabeana Jun 2019 #17

Thanks a lot Kind of Blue Jun 2019 #21

Excellent post. Blue_true Jun 2019 #31

So true. And thanks, Blue_true. Kind of Blue Jun 2019 #38

You last paragraph cuts to the heart of what AOC was saying, IMO. Take care. nt Blue_true Jun 2019 #40

You too, Blue_true. Kind of Blue Jun 2019 #42

She is right. Blue_true Jun 2019 #29

Let's put to rest the "specific reference to the Holocaust." Kind of Blue Jun 2019 #41

It is a gradual creeping process UpInArms Jun 2019 #44

WOW! BlueMTexpat Jun 2019 #47

King con has stopped Sports and xxqqqzme Jun 2019 #54

The Nazis rounded up people and put them in camps first delisen Jun 2019 #3

It was actually 11 million. cwydro Jun 2019 #39

Good for her Beringia Jun 2019 #4

What does the Honorable Liz Cheney call the camps that the Japanese-Americans were interned? Red Pest Jun 2019 #5

There are a lot of Jewish people in the 14th District, many of whom are.... George II Jun 2019 #6

Have you seen the reports coming out of these camps? Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #9

It wasn't so much calling them concentration camps that got many people offended..... George II Jun 2019 #10

Agreed then, she shouldn't have said "Never Again". Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #11

The term Never Again was used long before the Holocaust. Blue_true Jun 2019 #34

Excellent point! eom BlueMTexpat Jun 2019 #48

Absolutely no comparison... cactusfractal Jun 2019 #13

There are a lot of Jewish people in the responses defending AOC Saviolo Jun 2019 #12

+1000 Kind of Blue Jun 2019 #18

I would be one of them, if I had a Twitter account. bullwinkle428 Jun 2019 #22

+1000 smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #24

George, two people have made good points in this thread. Blue_true Jun 2019 #33

George hates everything about AOC because she was pro-Bernie. Lucky Luciano Jun 2019 #53

Rounding people up is step one in the process. patphil Jun 2019 #8

We have misused the term concentration camp with regards to what happen to Jews during the Holocaust gabeana Jun 2019 #16

+100,000 Kind of Blue Jun 2019 #19

Beat me to it. Excellent historical post. Caliman73 Jun 2019 #28

yes you are absolutely right gabeana Jun 2019 #32

Liz Cheney is another Dick. n/t Harker Jun 2019 #20

Take no prisoners, AOC. paleotn Jun 2019 #23

Even if it was an exageration.......SO WHAT if it makes the point? LiberalLovinLug Jun 2019 #25

I stand with AOC. She is one of the few that is brave enough to stand up to Ferrets are Cool Jun 2019 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #27

In a battle of wits, I think Ms Cheney is unarmed... Wounded Bear Jun 2019 #30

K&R UTUSN Jun 2019 #35

K&R UTUSN Jun 2019 #36

she's dropping the hammer again! Liz picked a fight with the wrong woman LOL Takket Jun 2019 #37

My take. sellitman Jun 2019 #43

Expert on Concentration Camps Says That's Exactly What the U.S. Is Running spedtr90 Jun 2019 #45

Ryan Saavedra is ultra RW, white nationalist, Rump virtual-fellating worm Celerity Jun 2019 #46

if it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, its a duck. AllaN01Bear Jun 2019 #49

perhaps you should ask lt sulu what a concentration camp is. AllaN01Bear Jun 2019 #50

she very specifically (and wisely) said "concentration camps." cab67 Jun 2019 #51

AOC 2024/2028! zentrum Jun 2019 #52

It would have been nice if AOC told Lizzy that, if she is so concerned about Submariner Jun 2019 #55