The Berlin Wall

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Re: The Berlin Wall

Post by DRSB » Sat Apr 21, 2018 8:59 pm

What people call themselves and what they are are different things.

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Re: The Berlin Wall

Post by Rum » Sat Apr 21, 2018 9:00 pm

DRSB wrote:What people call themselves and what they are are different things.
Wise words indeed!

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Re: The Berlin Wall

Post by JimC » Sat Apr 21, 2018 10:53 pm

Hermit wrote:
Brian Peacock wrote:Somebody will sweep in shortly to point out that Hitler was a socialist... :coffee:
...to be followed by someone pointing out that Stalin was not.
mistermack wrote:What people seem to be missing here is that Adolf Hitler was in fact a socialist.

Unlike Stalin.
Rum wrote:National Socialism was not remotely 'socialist' or communist for that matter. Jesus H Christ. On that basis the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) was presumably a flourishing democracy??
:whisper: I think mm was trying for an amusing response to Hermit...

It's not for me to judge whether he succeeded... :tea:
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Re: The Berlin Wall

Post by Joe » Sat Apr 21, 2018 11:03 pm

Geez, that's such a popular right wing historical revision that Snopes debunked it....twice!

Of course, that doesn't stop people from repeating it. :fp: :funny:
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Re: The Berlin Wall

Post by pErvinalia » Sun Apr 22, 2018 2:53 am

JimC wrote:
Hermit wrote:
Brian Peacock wrote:Somebody will sweep in shortly to point out that Hitler was a socialist... :coffee:
...to be followed by someone pointing out that Stalin was not.
mistermack wrote:What people seem to be missing here is that Adolf Hitler was in fact a socialist.

Unlike Stalin.
Rum wrote:National Socialism was not remotely 'socialist' or communist for that matter. Jesus H Christ. On that basis the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) was presumably a flourishing democracy??
:whisper: I think mm was trying for an amusing response to Hermit...

It's not for me to judge whether he succeeded... :tea:
Seemed like a clear parody to me. But with MM one can never tell..
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