👴🏻ICE is out of control!
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@danyow @LeBonk @independentpen @Dtraslerwriting @D_J_Nathanson @mekkaokereke
Paperclip. Operation Paperclip.
@rayocentric @danyow @LeBonk @independentpen @Dtraslerwriting @mekkaokereke This is where my brain immediately went.
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@LeBonk @independentpen @Dtraslerwriting @rayocentric @D_J_Nathanson @mekkaokereke (not so) sorry to rain on your parade:
I wouldn’t call our denazification project a success story.
We had WAY too many Nazis in influential positions during the Cold War. This was true for judges, professors, police, etc.
Sadly, the English Wikipedia is missing all the NSDAP/SS ties of the BKA, and only has an article for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Dickopf, but that one’s a good primer on the founders of our federal police…@danyow @LeBonk @Dtraslerwriting @rayocentric @D_J_Nathanson @mekkaokereke I know almost nothing about this, but didn't Germany do some good work on its education system to make it clear to students what happened and why it must never happen again?
I was in sixth grade, TX, when a teacher told a whole classroom that the civil war wasn't about slavery, but states rights. Looking back I am appalled that classroom authority was being used to indoctrinate kids with that as recently as 1993.
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@danyow @LeBonk @Dtraslerwriting @rayocentric @D_J_Nathanson @mekkaokereke I know almost nothing about this, but didn't Germany do some good work on its education system to make it clear to students what happened and why it must never happen again?
I was in sixth grade, TX, when a teacher told a whole classroom that the civil war wasn't about slavery, but states rights. Looking back I am appalled that classroom authority was being used to indoctrinate kids with that as recently as 1993.
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@danyow @Dtraslerwriting @rayocentric @D_J_Nathanson @mekkaokereke
yeah, this was more what I meant
that clear and unambiguous affect of "this happened, it is horrific and unacceptable, it's a mark of immense shame on our country, and it's our public duty to never ever forget it or let it happen again"
(though of course in practice that didn't stop them from letting it happen again, namely in south africa and palestine) -
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yeah, this was more what I meant
that clear and unambiguous affect of "this happened, it is horrific and unacceptable, it's a mark of immense shame on our country, and it's our public duty to never ever forget it or let it happen again"
(though of course in practice that didn't stop them from letting it happen again, namely in south africa and palestine)@LeBonk @danyow @Dtraslerwriting @rayocentric @D_J_Nathanson @mekkaokereke right, my understanding is that in Germany, it is uncontroversial that the Holocaust and Hitler were horrible. It's not uncontroversial in the US that the Confederacy was horrible, that violence and voter suppression against Black people is happening and is wrong, etc. In fact people in some places are taught to celebrate or at least accept these things. Hate, and tolerance for hate, are two continuing political positions
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@LeBonk @danyow @Dtraslerwriting @rayocentric @D_J_Nathanson @mekkaokereke right, my understanding is that in Germany, it is uncontroversial that the Holocaust and Hitler were horrible. It's not uncontroversial in the US that the Confederacy was horrible, that violence and voter suppression against Black people is happening and is wrong, etc. In fact people in some places are taught to celebrate or at least accept these things. Hate, and tolerance for hate, are two continuing political positions
@LeBonk @danyow @Dtraslerwriting @rayocentric @D_J_Nathanson @mekkaokereke do you have insight on this @juergen_hubert ?
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@danyow @Dtraslerwriting @rayocentric @D_J_Nathanson @mekkaokereke
yeah, this was more what I meant
that clear and unambiguous affect of "this happened, it is horrific and unacceptable, it's a mark of immense shame on our country, and it's our public duty to never ever forget it or let it happen again"
(though of course in practice that didn't stop them from letting it happen again, namely in south africa and palestine)@independentpen
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@JuliusGoat has noted in the past how managing blame and assigning it to others is a core part of any supremacist project, so one of the most powerful ways to counter it is to accept blame and culpability in ourselves where applicable https://www.the-reframe.com/blame-management/ -
@LeBonk @danyow @Dtraslerwriting @rayocentric @D_J_Nathanson @mekkaokereke right, my understanding is that in Germany, it is uncontroversial that the Holocaust and Hitler were horrible. It's not uncontroversial in the US that the Confederacy was horrible, that violence and voter suppression against Black people is happening and is wrong, etc. In fact people in some places are taught to celebrate or at least accept these things. Hate, and tolerance for hate, are two continuing political positions
@independentpen @LeBonk @Dtraslerwriting @rayocentric @D_J_Nathanson @mekkaokereke as anything involving humans: it’s messy.
As an absolute, the statement “the Holocaust AND Hitler were horrible” is *not* uncontroversial in Germany, and has not been for a long time (if ever) in the western parts:
The sentence “not everything was bad under Hitler/the Nazis” or some flavour of it was very much a thing you’d hear, as is “X years of remembrance must be enough!”
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@independentpen @LeBonk @Dtraslerwriting @rayocentric @D_J_Nathanson @mekkaokereke as anything involving humans: it’s messy.
As an absolute, the statement “the Holocaust AND Hitler were horrible” is *not* uncontroversial in Germany, and has not been for a long time (if ever) in the western parts:
The sentence “not everything was bad under Hitler/the Nazis” or some flavour of it was very much a thing you’d hear, as is “X years of remembrance must be enough!”
So I don’t think we nearly did enough.@independentpen @LeBonk @Dtraslerwriting @rayocentric @D_J_Nathanson @mekkaokereke what is true, though:
Holocaust denial is a criminal offence in Germany, as is the overt use of several Nazi symbols (such as, but not limited to, Swastika, Hitler Salute, the SS rune) for purposes other than documentation.
And yes, if you’ve gone through German secondary school, you will have learned about the gas chambers, and Gen Y and later will most likely have visited a concentration camp. -
@independentpen @LeBonk @Dtraslerwriting @rayocentric @D_J_Nathanson @mekkaokereke what is true, though:
Holocaust denial is a criminal offence in Germany, as is the overt use of several Nazi symbols (such as, but not limited to, Swastika, Hitler Salute, the SS rune) for purposes other than documentation.
And yes, if you’ve gone through German secondary school, you will have learned about the gas chambers, and Gen Y and later will most likely have visited a concentration camp.@danyow @LeBonk @Dtraslerwriting @rayocentric @D_J_Nathanson @mekkaokereke that in itself is a huge step up from what we do here
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@Dtraslerwriting @rayocentric @D_J_Nathanson @mekkaokereke We need to draft a blueprint for a new democratic US.
@beckett @Dtraslerwriting @rayocentric @D_J_Nathanson @mekkaokereke
"The right to vote is inalienable for all citizens." or words to that effect would be a good start.
I mean, it won't stop gerrymandering as such, but it will stop gerrymandering shell games with Supermax prisons, and it will allow prisoners and ex-cons to actually have a say in the politics of their country.
Study estimates U.S. population with felony convictions - UGA Today
New research led by a University of Georgia sociologist on the growth in the scope and scale of felony convictions finds that, as of 2010, 3 percent of
UGA Today (news.uga.edu)
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@beckett @Dtraslerwriting @rayocentric @D_J_Nathanson @mekkaokereke
"The right to vote is inalienable for all citizens." or words to that effect would be a good start.
I mean, it won't stop gerrymandering as such, but it will stop gerrymandering shell games with Supermax prisons, and it will allow prisoners and ex-cons to actually have a say in the politics of their country.
Study estimates U.S. population with felony convictions - UGA Today
New research led by a University of Georgia sociologist on the growth in the scope and scale of felony convictions finds that, as of 2010, 3 percent of
UGA Today (news.uga.edu)
@juergen_hubert @beckett @Dtraslerwriting @rayocentric @mekkaokereke The prison gerrymander is obscene, so obviously I agree we should stop it. I don’t understand how your quoted language would do that. I believe that some states have affirmatively banned prison gerrymandering with more specific language.
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@juergen_hubert @beckett @Dtraslerwriting @rayocentric @mekkaokereke The prison gerrymander is obscene, so obviously I agree we should stop it. I don’t understand how your quoted language would do that. I believe that some states have affirmatively banned prison gerrymandering with more specific language.
@D_J_Nathanson @beckett @Dtraslerwriting @rayocentric @mekkaokereke
It is my understanding that right now, prison populations count for census purposes - but since the inmates cannot vote, it inflates the voting power of the people in the district who _can_ vote.
If the prison inmates also had the right to vote, this kind of shenanigan would become far more difficult. And the candidates of the district would have to court the votes of the inmates as well, which can only be a plus.
