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DFW

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19. The Hitler Jugend was something else entirely
Fri Apr 25, 2025, 05:37 AM
18 hrs ago

It was a state apparatus involved in a mass brain-washing operation of racially selected children.

A friend of mine was one of them. He was ten years old when the war ended, and it took him a while, even with institutionalized de-Nazification, to return to a semblance of normalcy. In his seventies, he used to tell me that the degree of total brain-washing they were subjected to was almost impossible for someone to imagine if they had not undergone it themselves. In his elder years, he used to tell me how much he hated the socialist regime in East Germany, since their youth indoctrination programs reminded him so much of what he went through as a child.

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He needs to... 2naSalit Thursday #1
I never liked that name. Dave Bowman Thursday #2
Many victims suffered horrific torture and physical abuse before death. John1956PA Thursday #5
As much as I dislike Cenk, I don't think he had anything to with the Armenian genocide ... marble falls Thursday #9
While I find him H2O Man 23 hrs ago #13
And Cenk being Turkish is probably only a coincidence ... marble falls 16 hrs ago #20
And the fact that he wrote an editorial as a senior at U Penn denying the genocide lapucelle 15 hrs ago #21
Right. H2O Man 11 hrs ago #27
What are you talking about? Where did you hear that he was trying to re-establish the Ottoman Empire? lapucelle 10 hrs ago #30
Actually it's pretty weak for Uygur to pretend that the name isn't a reference to the Ottoman Empire group. lapucelle 14 hrs ago #23
The Hitler Jugend was something else entirely DFW 18 hrs ago #19
Why is he still a thing Johonny Thursday #3
Yuck !!!!! Not a fan Trueblue1968 22 hrs ago #16
Is he a part of JustAnotherGen Thursday #4
Good question. sheshe2 23 hrs ago #10
Maybe not, Cenk said Hogg's PAC is only doing safe blue seats but he's going for the full revolution betsuni 19 hrs ago #17
It wouldn't surprise me if Uygur tried to glom on to the latest iteration of entryist politics. lapucelle 14 hrs ago #25
Yeah JustAnotherGen 14 hrs ago #26
After all the Dem-bashing sh*t he has pulled, he's still a Democrat? Eugene Thursday #6
I don't think he ever was a Democrat. He was a founder of Justice Democrats. lapucelle Thursday #7
He was never a D he is really right wing leaning and crazy and it was pretty obvious Meowmee 23 hrs ago #12
Bet we see a lot of people trying to make a name and money from upcoming elections. Silent Type Thursday #8
He needs to take a ticket. sheshe2 23 hrs ago #11
Grifters. JI7 23 hrs ago #14
Super-Populist Rebellion (again) "Going against Trump and the Democratic Establishment"! betsuni 22 hrs ago #15
My assessment of him for decades has been: DFW 19 hrs ago #18
What moron would give this grifter any money? Yikes. tritsofme 15 hrs ago #22
Didn't he talk glowingly about DJT? n/t Jacson6 14 hrs ago #24
Here's what I say to him: MineralMan 10 hrs ago #28
I'm so tired of people that get more invested in the personalities of the Democratic party biocube 10 hrs ago #29
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