The U.S. and the Holocaust
By divalounger
@divalounger (5849)
United States
September 21, 2022 11:03pm CST
I am sitting and watching Ken Burns' The U.S. and the Holocaust. This is the third episode. I suspect this will make many Americans uncomfortable. Our anti-semitism, our inaction, our sense of isolationism are clearly set out in this series.
I say "our" not because I was there, but because so many of those thoughts, sensibilities, and actions or inactions are still so present here in this place and in this time. But now, brown skin is substituted for Jewish stars and badges.
How is it that we care so little for the lives of others in the name of isolationist border concerns, or in the name of supporting our own prejudices? Have we learned nothing?
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@divalounger (5849)
• United States
25 Oct 22
I would have thought that we could have learned to self-reflect and pause a bit more before we react badly to an event--but it doesn't seem so to me either
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@just4him (308825)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 Oct 22
@divalounger I don't think they teach that history in school anymore.
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@snowy22315 (171322)
• United States
24 Sep 22
No, unfortunately I think it is part of human nature.
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@divalounger (5849)
• United States
26 Sep 22
Maybe it is a part of human nature that can be overcome.
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@snowy22315 (171322)
• United States
26 Sep 22
@divalounger I think if we could overcome it, we would have by now.
@divalounger (5849)
• United States
26 Oct 22
We do--but I am not sure that we as a species will survive. We do so many things to mitigate against it
@divalounger (5849)
• United States
22 Sep 22
I agree that this is a bad time we are living through. In some ways, this took me by surprise. I think, as I look back, that it shouldn't have.
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@divalounger (5849)
• United States
23 Sep 22
@LadyDuck That makes me truly sad.
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@LadyDuck (460568)
• Switzerland
23 Sep 22
@divalounger Humans never learn from the past.
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@divalounger (5849)
• United States
25 Oct 22
I thought it was quite interesting. Watch it when it comes round again
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@divalounger (5849)
• United States
26 Oct 22
@TheHorse He does his research--and I love that his stories always feel so human
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@TheHorse (207513)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Oct 22
@divalounger I have watched some of Burns's stuff. It is good.
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@JamesHxstatic (29383)
• Eugene, Oregon
25 Mar 23
We are slow to learn and prejudice is passed on to new generations. Anti-Semitism is still very much alive in the US as well as other racial matters too.
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@JamesHxstatic (29383)
• Eugene, Oregon
25 Mar 23
@divalounger Yes, it is sad for sure.
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@divalounger (5849)
• United States
22 Sep 22
I am at a loss around all this. How can we not care more for each other. On another note, I just noticed that you are in Roseburg, I have relatives in Sutherlin--Take care
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@LindaOHio (158794)
• United States
22 Sep 22
Man truly has not learned anything over the years as there are still prejudices and wars.
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@divalounger (5849)
• United States
22 Sep 22
I truly don't understand how we keep going down the same road over and over again. Isn't that the definition of insanity?
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