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kalasea2001 t1_iqryage wrote
Reply to comment by pjw21200 in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_
This is the weirdest take on Israel I've seen
RicenMoss t1_iqry8sk wrote
Reply to The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_
Lest we forget: Shireen Abu Akleh: Al Jazeera reporter killed by Israeli forces… 1000’s of Palestine’s children imprisoned without trial and/or Shot In the Head
noxverde t1_iqrxbay wrote
Reply to comment by yesitsyourmom in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_
I watched this with my stepdad. He said that the people who should be seeing this aren’t watching PBS. Unfortunately he’s right.
Barrens-Chat t1_iqrw0lh wrote
Reply to comment by yesitsyourmom in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_
I finished it last night. My first comment to my wife was how well done it was but that the people who should watch it won’t.
It also struck me we are losing the people who saw firsthand the implications of fascism and would be the strongest voices against it.
ma9ellan t1_iqrvtuk wrote
Reply to comment by curiousrobinreads in I Like Killing Flies (2004) - This bitingly funny comedy follows a prickly, profanity-prone man seeking to preserve his dream; it dishes up bites of wisdom along the way, ultimately serving both a hilarious trip and a charming slice of New York history. [01:18:14] by curiousrobinreads
No, it's just a dream of mine.
BodePlotHole t1_iqrvpx4 wrote
Reply to comment by curiousrobinreads in I Like Killing Flies (2004) - This bitingly funny comedy follows a prickly, profanity-prone man seeking to preserve his dream; it dishes up bites of wisdom along the way, ultimately serving both a hilarious trip and a charming slice of New York history. [01:18:14] by curiousrobinreads
Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin.
HeyCarpy t1_iqrvo0v wrote
Reply to comment by WinkMartindale in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_
Hot diggity dog. Thanks!
WinkMartindale t1_iqrvgzg wrote
Reply to comment by HeyCarpy in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_
It’s been all over PBS in Canada as an FYI.
curiousrobinreads OP t1_iqruono wrote
Reply to comment by ma9ellan in I Like Killing Flies (2004) - This bitingly funny comedy follows a prickly, profanity-prone man seeking to preserve his dream; it dishes up bites of wisdom along the way, ultimately serving both a hilarious trip and a charming slice of New York history. [01:18:14] by curiousrobinreads
Cool, have you been there by any chance?
jrssister t1_iqrum25 wrote
Reply to comment by kjblank80 in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_
Understood. But do watch it at some point, some of the things you listed are the focus of the film. It doesn’t sugarcoat anything.
ma9ellan t1_iqrufjv wrote
Reply to I Like Killing Flies (2004) - This bitingly funny comedy follows a prickly, profanity-prone man seeking to preserve his dream; it dishes up bites of wisdom along the way, ultimately serving both a hilarious trip and a charming slice of New York history. [01:18:14] by curiousrobinreads
His kids still run the new incarnation of Shopsin's as far as I know. A real institution in more ways than one.
ZSCroft t1_iqrucxg wrote
Reply to comment by Maccabee2 in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_
Telling lies is a bad look dude at least admit you were mistaken lol
pjw21200 t1_iqruabu wrote
Reply to comment by Maccabee2 in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_
No they are not. They are extremely pro-Israel. Plus idk why you would support a country with some of highest abortion rates in the world.
curiousrobinreads OP t1_iqru94z wrote
Reply to comment by BodePlotHole in I Like Killing Flies (2004) - This bitingly funny comedy follows a prickly, profanity-prone man seeking to preserve his dream; it dishes up bites of wisdom along the way, ultimately serving both a hilarious trip and a charming slice of New York history. [01:18:14] by curiousrobinreads
Do you have the name? After watching this gem I'm really interested.
pjw21200 t1_iqru26n wrote
Reply to comment by Maccabee2 in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_
I don’t know? Do you think they should be banned for using their First Amendment rights?
pjw21200 t1_iqrty00 wrote
Reply to comment by Maccabee2 in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_
Really? Do tell….
kjblank80 t1_iqrrvwk wrote
Reply to comment by Whatisthisisitbad in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_
He was very much influenced by US academia and intellectuals at the time that saw genocide of natives as a template to then do this to blacks, Italians, Irish, etc in the early 1900s as a means for Germany to create their empire.
BodePlotHole t1_iqrrrp9 wrote
Reply to I Like Killing Flies (2004) - This bitingly funny comedy follows a prickly, profanity-prone man seeking to preserve his dream; it dishes up bites of wisdom along the way, ultimately serving both a hilarious trip and a charming slice of New York history. [01:18:14] by curiousrobinreads
His cookbook was a great read cover to cover.
winowmak3r t1_iqrrpo2 wrote
Reply to The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_
I don't think I've ever watched anything made by Ken Burns that I didn't like. Not only is his material informative but it's entertaining as well. Always fascinated by what he makes. I love the narration as well. I dunno what it is about that guy's delivery but it just fits and is the cherry on top to an already delicious sundae.
Maccabee2 t1_iqrrgk5 wrote
Reply to comment by pjw21200 in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_
What happened to the student group pushing this? UC Berkeley is anti Israel, and only tolerates Jewish people who enable their progressive agenda.
kjblank80 t1_iqrrer9 wrote
Reply to comment by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_ in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_
There was effort to keep the concentration camps and plight if Jews out of the US news. Likely for a myriad of reasonz.
Most in the US didn't learn of any of it until after the war.
Within Europe, many new Jews were going to camps. Knowledge of the horrors wasn't as widespread. Considering most European countries only tolerated the presence of Jews, I could see some of the apathy on the news Germans were rounding up Jews in camps.
Related to the NYTimes, which set the news cycle in the US at the time, much of their reporting was propaganda from the FDR administration. There may have been noble and underhanded reasons for it.
Prestigious_Clock865 t1_iqrredu wrote
Reply to The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_
Reminds you of something, doesn’t it?
Maccabee2 t1_iqrr578 wrote
Reply to comment by pjw21200 in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_
Have you been to Israel? I have.
Whatisthisisitbad t1_iqrqqit wrote
Reply to comment by kjblank80 in The U.S. & the Holocaust, Episode 1: “The Golden Door” (2022) A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response. [02:08:43] by s_y_s_t_e_m_i_c_
Even better, does he talk about how much Hitler was influenced by America's "Manifest Destiny" in the mid 19th century, and used it as a justification for the calls for Lebensraum, or "Living Space", for Germans?
Hitler saw no marked difference in the multi-decade long genocide of native "savages" by the US government to expand it's borders, resources, and strength, and his own plans to do the same to the Slavic "subhumans" that inhabitated the Eurasian continent he planned to take over via extermination and enslavement with General Plan East beginning in June 1941.
Was he wrong? Is there really a difference?
samsungs666 t1_iqryu1z wrote
Reply to I Like Killing Flies (2004) - This bitingly funny comedy follows a prickly, profanity-prone man seeking to preserve his dream; it dishes up bites of wisdom along the way, ultimately serving both a hilarious trip and a charming slice of New York history. [01:18:14] by curiousrobinreads
I watched this around 04-05 and I still think about it pretty often.