I read enough about the intolerance of organized religions towards other religions, that I can’t be apart of any. For example is the Christian’s who turned Jews over to the Nazi s and now the Jews are killing others, I know that MAGA is not a religion yet they are using religion just like hitler did.
Trumps ice thugs should never be forgotten and should be hunted down for their crimes, just like the NAZI’s.
Agreed. Some religions teach vengeance, and I think that’s the least reason to demand trials and accountability. In the end, who cared if Göring or the ICC took his life; the trial educated the world so that it could recognize and prevent evil. It’s appalling we have to relearn the lessons so soon.
Excellent weaving together of lived experience and related scholarship. I do wonder though how we inoculate generations of people (there are women enabling this epidemic too) from adopting the hate and nihilism as a world view. There does, i think, need to be a reckoning if and when “this,” whatever it is, runs its course.
Accountability is essential. We witnessed this with the attempted coup on Jan 6. Within less than 4 YEARS it was minimised as a peaceful protest, and because the instigator wasn’t held to account he was able to sell this sanitised version of recent history. That’s the importance of Nuremberg, and South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation hearings. Nothing less will suffice.
I'm shedding tears reading this. My parents fought the Nazis in Europe. They educated us. I fear that my generation has failed to keep the memories alive. And are our grandchildren being taught the horrors of just a few years ago?
When I was attending drivers ed, we were shown pictures of car crashes. They were brutal and bloody. It informed my behavior behind the wheel.
At some point, every kid should know exactly what the south did to slaves - graphically depicted. Tulsa. The slaughter of indigenous peoples. Detailed descriptions.
All of it in doses. Nothing swept away.
There was a movie last year about an American WWII photographer played by Kate Winslet. Viewing and writing about something like that and much more should be a graduation requirement.
Yes, which is why they’re erasing history in museums and libraries. Sensory experience is critical to understanding.
Those drivers ed films informed my driving behavior more than anything in the driver manual or laws. When a classmate died in a car accident, I could visualise it because of the films. Somewhere along the line it was decided to protect children from harsh truths. Grimm fairy tales became Disneyfied.
Compare European parents in the 16th or 17th century during the rolling plagues with parents during Covid who fought against their children wearing masks at school. The kids centuries ago were reciting ring around the rosy (plague buboes). Protecting children requires informing them.
Like you I was moved by Winslet’s portrayal of Lee Miller. And what was American publishing’s response? Sanitize the war. Europeans lived it; Americans relied on newsreels and movies to witness the war. Money wasn’t to be made on the war’s graphic horrors and money is the heart of American power. Not the heart of its people. That’s why we respond to Lee’s images, why we cannot airbrush away evil.
Thanks for your thoughtful response and sorry for running on a bit.
I read enough about the intolerance of organized religions towards other religions, that I can’t be apart of any. For example is the Christian’s who turned Jews over to the Nazi s and now the Jews are killing others, I know that MAGA is not a religion yet they are using religion just like hitler did.
Trumps ice thugs should never be forgotten and should be hunted down for their crimes, just like the NAZI’s.
Agreed. Some religions teach vengeance, and I think that’s the least reason to demand trials and accountability. In the end, who cared if Göring or the ICC took his life; the trial educated the world so that it could recognize and prevent evil. It’s appalling we have to relearn the lessons so soon.
Excellent weaving together of lived experience and related scholarship. I do wonder though how we inoculate generations of people (there are women enabling this epidemic too) from adopting the hate and nihilism as a world view. There does, i think, need to be a reckoning if and when “this,” whatever it is, runs its course.
Accountability is essential. We witnessed this with the attempted coup on Jan 6. Within less than 4 YEARS it was minimised as a peaceful protest, and because the instigator wasn’t held to account he was able to sell this sanitised version of recent history. That’s the importance of Nuremberg, and South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation hearings. Nothing less will suffice.
I'm shedding tears reading this. My parents fought the Nazis in Europe. They educated us. I fear that my generation has failed to keep the memories alive. And are our grandchildren being taught the horrors of just a few years ago?
When I was attending drivers ed, we were shown pictures of car crashes. They were brutal and bloody. It informed my behavior behind the wheel.
At some point, every kid should know exactly what the south did to slaves - graphically depicted. Tulsa. The slaughter of indigenous peoples. Detailed descriptions.
All of it in doses. Nothing swept away.
There was a movie last year about an American WWII photographer played by Kate Winslet. Viewing and writing about something like that and much more should be a graduation requirement.
This world needs to wake up.
Yes, which is why they’re erasing history in museums and libraries. Sensory experience is critical to understanding.
Those drivers ed films informed my driving behavior more than anything in the driver manual or laws. When a classmate died in a car accident, I could visualise it because of the films. Somewhere along the line it was decided to protect children from harsh truths. Grimm fairy tales became Disneyfied.
Compare European parents in the 16th or 17th century during the rolling plagues with parents during Covid who fought against their children wearing masks at school. The kids centuries ago were reciting ring around the rosy (plague buboes). Protecting children requires informing them.
Like you I was moved by Winslet’s portrayal of Lee Miller. And what was American publishing’s response? Sanitize the war. Europeans lived it; Americans relied on newsreels and movies to witness the war. Money wasn’t to be made on the war’s graphic horrors and money is the heart of American power. Not the heart of its people. That’s why we respond to Lee’s images, why we cannot airbrush away evil.
Thanks for your thoughtful response and sorry for running on a bit.
No worries. Your "running ons" are among my favorites.