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Title: OMG! WE HAVE TO CANCEL THE GREATEST GENERATION!
Post by: K Frame on December 22, 2021, 04:52:19 PM
During WW II the Army conducted lots of surveys of soldiers on a lot of different subjects, including sex, women in uniform, race, etc.

Some years ago these surveys were discovered and a lot of the information has been coming out.

Well, apparently a lot of the feelings that the GIs had don't mesh with today's ideals on what is tolerable.

Washington Post published some of the results on these surveys, and now they're catching hell for besmirching the image of the greatest generation.

Jesus...

https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-world-war-grandparents-canceled
Title: Re: OMG! WE HAVE TO CANCEL THE GREATEST GENERATION!
Post by: HankB on December 22, 2021, 06:33:09 PM
Quote from: K Frame on December 22, 2021, 04:52:19 PM
. . .
Well, apparently a lot of the feelings that the GIs had don't mesh with today's ideals on what is tolerable . . .
Let's see . . .

The Greatest Generation . . .

vs.

Today's Ideals . . .

I know which side I'll come down on. (Hint: it doesn't include the word "Today")
Title: Re: OMG! WE HAVE TO CANCEL THE GREATEST GENERATION!
Post by: Bogie on December 22, 2021, 06:47:06 PM
My daddy killed Nazis - the kind of nazis who burned books before they burned people.
 
I suspect that makes today's book burners uncomfortable.
Title: Re: OMG! WE HAVE TO CANCEL THE GREATEST GENERATION!
Post by: dogmush on December 22, 2021, 06:55:08 PM
I suspect the current military won't meet WaPo's purity standards either.
Title: Re: OMG! WE HAVE TO CANCEL THE GREATEST GENERATION!
Post by: Perd Hapley on December 23, 2021, 08:29:43 PM
Back when antifa/disruptJ20 were being lauded as today's D-Day invaders, I recall wishing someone high-profile would have pointed out the U.S. military was racially segregated at the time.
Title: Re: OMG! WE HAVE TO CANCEL THE GREATEST GENERATION!
Post by: Unisaw on December 23, 2021, 10:08:05 PM
George Friedman at Geopolitical Futures recently commented on criticism of Lincoln with the following words that seem equally appropriate in this context:

“We must all be judged, but we must be judged on the whole. And we all have to be judged in the context of the time in which we live and the limits that are placed on us. How many of us would want to be judged by the standards of the year 2300? There is no life that isn’t flawed, no moment in that life that we do not regret, but those who focus only on the failures are themselves guilty of at least poor judgment, and at most malicious intent.”

Given it’s the Washington Post bashing The Greatest Generation, I would vote for malicious intent.
Title: Re: OMG! WE HAVE TO CANCEL THE GREATEST GENERATION!
Post by: WLJ on December 23, 2021, 10:14:52 PM
The left only knows how to destroy.
Title: Re: OMG! WE HAVE TO CANCEL THE GREATEST GENERATION!
Post by: Hawkmoon on December 23, 2021, 11:29:03 PM
Quote from: WLJ on December 23, 2021, 10:14:52 PM
The left only knows how to destroy.

But ... but ... I was told they want to Build Back Better!
Title: Re: OMG! WE HAVE TO CANCEL THE GREATEST GENERATION!
Post by: Boomhauer on December 23, 2021, 11:44:30 PM
Quote from: Hawkmoon on December 23, 2021, 11:29:03 PM
But ... but ... I was told they want to Build Back Better!

Funnel Money Faster is a more accurate title for that bill.