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In reply to the discussion: Germans illuminate message on US embassy [View all]malaise
(268,913 posts)110. Well your Fundie neighbors are watching you now
One of the problems I always have re the Nazis is that everyone forgets the ideology was fascism.
Whether it's the Italian corporatism or German fascism it's still rule by the 1%.
That's what really frightens me and not for me either - for the young ones and those to come.
Obama didn't start any of this but he needs to stop it.
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Please--when what's in the "cloud" are movies that haven't been released to DVD yet,
MADem
Jul 2013
#29
Really? What did you see that was "different?" You're saying he didn't steal intellectual property?
MADem
Jul 2013
#46
1992 called and wants their "Blah blah called and wants blah blah back" line back...
MADem
Jul 2013
#91
You can't say that "N" word in Germany--they'll arrest you in "Stasi-like" fashion.
MADem
Jul 2013
#7
I think they use that "Stasi" word as a sneaky substitute, for the purposes of insulting people...
MADem
Jul 2013
#80
Jesus Christ, that is not Godwin's Law. How many times must I explain this?
Gravitycollapse
Jul 2013
#11
And it's not a law, but that doesn't matter when you're tasked with trying to defend
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2013
#17
As Germans they should have more respect for the people who suffered under the Stasi
Californeeway
Jul 2013
#9
Well let's see... there's MKultra, Cointelpro, and this guy from my neighborhood
Waiting For Everyman
Jul 2013
#22
"But when you claim that we are in a police state" Really? Where did I say that?
Waiting For Everyman
Jul 2013
#38
Hey, the Stasi wasn't intercepting my phone calls here in the USA back in the day
Fumesucker
Jul 2013
#67
Ahh, pious lectures to foreigners that they're not using their own history in a way you like... (nt)
Posteritatis
Jul 2013
#87
If I were an actor, producer, director, key grip, makeup artist, best boy, craft services provider,
MADem
Jul 2013
#24
I don't disagree that much of what Hollywood churns out is dreck, but I'll also bet that
MADem
Jul 2013
#56
Of course it's not the "primary" loss leader, but it is one--and for you to compare it to a seal is
MADem
Jul 2013
#81
Yes, because the messenger has been indicted for intellectual property theft. YAWN... nt
MADem
Jul 2013
#48
I can hear the Church Choir already. Outraged lectures to the Germans coming in 4,3,2,1...
Catherina
Jul 2013
#23
The NSA has gathered more information, renditioned more people, than the Stasi ever did
Catherina
Jul 2013
#42
+100000 "If you don't want to be compared to the Stasi, quit acting like it."
woo me with science
Jul 2013
#49
My personal favourite Choir Hymn "it's disrespectful to REAL victims of ....". One word - Hypocrites
idwiyo
Jul 2013
#60
Yep. "How dare they invoke their experiences in a way that makes us uncomfortable?!" (nt)
Posteritatis
Jul 2013
#88
If they're that worried about disprespecting REAL victims, they can address Guantanamo
Catherina
Jul 2013
#113
Except that the Patriot Act didn't disturb habeas corpus, the right to be publicly accused,
geek tragedy
Jul 2013
#82
Patriot Act, expanded byMilitary Commissions Act,National Defense Authorization Act & SCOTUS
Divernan
Jul 2013
#84
Yes, and the NDAA explicitly states that it doesn't change the law regarding detainee
geek tragedy
Jul 2013
#93
You're aware that Congress can't overrule a constitutional ruling by the SCOTUS, right?
geek tragedy
Jul 2013
#101
Nope, I just had much better professors than you when I attended law school.
geek tragedy
Jul 2013
#109
These germans... Accusing the NSA of Stasi tactics without asking our permission first!
Democracyinkind
Jul 2013
#76
Germans have every right to make idiotic comparisons to their own past. nt
geek tragedy
Jul 2013
#83