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Originally Posted by hawkeyejohn14
No offense TM but could you broad brush a little more....?  |
Probably not, but you too will have to acknowledge that the historic knowledge of the average american is not exactly top of the list. Not saying here it is, but still. I browse a lot of international forums and sites, and I don't know if you ever noticed, but whenever someone presents a blatantly false representation of history as fact, you can bet your @$$ it is an American. Maybe I notice more, since like you I love history and always have so I probably am aware a little more than average.
Regardless, it would be good if people did a little research before using history in forum posts and try to get their facts straight before presenting something as fact. Not only does it stop you looking like an ignorant fool to those that do know the facts, it also stops you from unwittingly hurting people to the core of their existence by minimizing or changing facts that are a major fabric of who and what they are.
The comments made here in this thread about the holocaust, basically stating Jews owe it to themselves the Nazi regime was pretty successful in attempting to exterminate them because they did not pick up weapons and put up a fight, is not only historically false it is also extremely insulting to Jews in general and to anyone having lost close relatives in the death-camps in particular. Perhaps people with such a skewed sense of history should consider skipping the bike trip this year and instead book a flight to Munich so they can visit Dachau for some very sobering lessons in WW2 history.