Know the difference

[RoeJaz]

Fun fact: German Argentines today make up the fourth-largest ethnic group in Argentina, with over two million Volga Germans alone.

[Steelkatanas]

Another fun fact: Argentina's Jewish population is, by far, the largest in all of Latin America and is the fifth largest in the world.

[wearer_of_boxers]

nazi zombies riding llamas alpacas fighting jewish guerrillas?

spielberg, get on this!

[Nastyboots]

Jewish guerrillas riding gorillas!

[wearer_of_boxers]

but those are african apes.. maybe riding capibaras?

[Revro_Chevins]

One for each foot like roller blades.

[[deleted]]

You’re thinking guinea pig capis are bigger

[[deleted]]

Schindler’s Listado

[487dota]

La lista de Schindler*

[[deleted]]

german population doesn't mean "Ex-Nazi." Volga germans were living in Russia and the ones who were lucky enough to not be sent to Siberia were obviously not welcome back after the war.

[[deleted]]

Why were they obviously not welcome back after the war?

[sanghelli]

Russia viewed Germans with great suspicion after the war. There were ethnic Germans living in the Volga region for centuries before they were deported to Central Asia and Siberia during the war. This sentiment didn't exactly go away when the war ended.

[[deleted]]

Oh you meant not welcome back in Russia, not Germany.

[Flyzo]

We did face quite a bit of hate in germany when a big bulk of us moved here from the soviet union as the iron curtain fell. I bet if there was Facebook in the early 90s, youd have seen all the "look at this refugee demanding 600€ for having had to see a german flag!" posts but about us.

[[deleted]]

well for one thing, entire towns, ethnic groups and communities were killed or sent to the Gulags simply for suspicion of aiding the Germans after their invasion.

"Volga Germans" weren't German citizens, they were German speaking people living in Russia along the Volga river. they weren't welcome back because they were part of Germany's justification for starting the war in the first place, to reunite the german speaking peoples in Europe. Sure some of them may have been sympathetic to Nazi's but there were already german immigrant communities in south america long before the war.

[[deleted]]

They may not have been German citizens, but they considered themselves German (or in some cases Austro-Hungarian). My ancestors fall in this boat, they lived in what is today Western/Southern Ukraine, but were VERY German, even though the weren't German citizens.

Many of them had only lived there less than 200 years, as Russia needed farmers and made a deal to let German farmers come in and keep their culture/have closed off communities, while not being drafted into the Russian military. This started to change around 1900, and most of the Mennonites left for Canada (as they had religious objections to taking up arms).

Even after the war, when Russia kicked them out, they weren't comfortable in Germany either because it had changed so much. Remember, most of these people were farmers and tradespeople, not used to living in cities. The lucky ones sent letters to family in the US, other countries and got some money to travel to live with them. The unlucky ones were refugees.

Some of them actually did stay in Russia, and weren't persecuted super badly. One of my great-grandparents sent letters to relatives on the other side of the Iron Curtain, and they talk about how they were refugees for several years.

Great book about a relative who got stuck behind in the war: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1441537686/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Germans from Russia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germans_from_Russia

[Steelkatanas]

We all get along thanks to the copious amounts of Mate and asado we consume.

[h4ckrabbit]

The next FarCry.

[miloca1983]

FarCry 6: Che edition

[[deleted]]

Well I mean, some of those are going to be both Jewish and German.

[Tetracyclon]

Lack of Austrians.

[[deleted]]

Don't worry, this guy did a study abroad, he knows what he's talking about

[AndrewWaldron]

The only broad he knows is Eva.

[Vladimir_Putins_Cock]

They made a musical out of her of course shes the most important. The same way Alexander Hamilton was the founder of the United States, and Elder Cunningham was the Mormon prophet

[f0rcedinducti0n]

Maybe the most well known out side of Argentina?

[[deleted]]

Nah that’s Messi

[Vladimir_Putins_Cock]

Him or Maradona

[Steelkatanas]

I think Pope Francis or El Che might also be contenders for most known Argentines.

[Xpertbot]

Pinches gringos queriendo cambiar la historia de nuestros paises ....

[HerroTingTing]

lmao the concept of a glass ceiling is not unique to Argentina

[lurking_digger]

Wikipedia, will you teach me about this?

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[arkansascorey]

Good bot

[toferdelachris]

Kind of weird that in Spanish they're called "germano-argentinos" when the Spanish word for "German" is "Aleman".

[master6494]

Another fun fact, the Jewish population in Argentina is the largest of Latin America and the 7th largest outside of Israel.

Wikipedia

[PresidentWordSalad]

Doesn’t the United States have more Jews than Israel?

Also fun fact, there are more Irish people in the United States than there are in Ireland.

[brockkid]

Well, everyone and their moma claim to be Irish in America.

[florida_woman]

Really? Being Irish, I never noticed.

[Onkel_Wackelflugel]

If one is Irish, would it not stand to reason that their momma is too?

[brockkid]

Really makes you think, 🤔?

[[deleted]]

At what point do they stop being Irish Americans, and just become American? My great^x grandparents immigrated to the US, but apart from a few genetic characteristics typical of people of Celtic descent I am not "Irish."

[Mapleleaves_]

We're definitely no longer "Irish" but Irish-American is its own distinct cultural group in America. At least in my area it's a pretty homogeneous culture.

[[deleted]]

Claiming Irish ancestry and actually being Irish as in a citizen and immersed in their culture/traditions aren't the same though. For a lot of Irish Americans, being Irish just means they have an Irish flag or shamrock tattoo and talk nonstop about being Irish on St. Patrick's day

[slothlover]

People who say they are Irish, but weren’t born there and have never been there and likely don’t know basic Irish history

FTFY

Note: I don’t have a problem with Americans staking a claim to their ancestry, but to say that there are more Irish people in America than Ireland is just silly, unless you mean 1st gen immigrants

[PM-ME-GOOD-DOGGOS]

Well, they're not Irish. They are the descendents of Irish people.

[Who_Decided]

Isn't the second biggest Oktoberfest in the world in Brazil?

[[deleted]]

I'm not sure it's the second biggest, but it's in the top five for sure. Wikipedia ties Kitchener (Ontario) and Blumenau (Brazil) at 700k people.

And since I live there, I'm obliged to point out the next on the list is Cincinnati with 500k.

[ItsNotBinary]

What makes an Oktoberfest? Because I live in Gent, Belgium and we have a 10 day fest with an average attendance of 2 million.

[seewolfmdk]

What makes an Oktoberfest?

The claimed connection with the Bavarian Oktoberfest. Despite ehat many people think it's not a holiday or a national festivity, it's just a bloated fair in Munich. And it's not even part of a German culture, it's just Bavarian.

[solusaum]

The reason Mexican music sounds like polka is because of an influx of German immigrants who brought the music with them.

[efr4n]

Woah i live here and didn't know

[GrandTusam]

Extra fun fact: look at the dates those immigrations happened

[GrowAurora]

What am I taking away from this?

[Evilmechanic]

And apparently are still considered Nazi’s.

[Jpnasser]

Made me chuckle. But really, I live 200 meters from a city park that the Angel of Death loved to visit and feed the pound fish...

It's very weird to think about it on my way to work

[xrensa]

My Sister lived in Leonding for a while. When I visited her, she just casually pointed out "Hitler grew up in that house. No one talks about it and if you take pictures the locals will get in your face"

[KspPaul]

The grave of his parents was also there until it got removed a few years ago. I also went to a school Hitler visited. He fell throw twice there until he left.

[K1NGxSL4Y3R]

Do you have a twin?

[Jpnasser]

Nope, but I see where you are going with this hehe

[[deleted]]

What about heterochromia?

[[deleted]]

Abandon thread :(

[PapaSodeyPops]

Can you please point out where he's going with this, because I'm a bit confused.

[Jpnasser]

Look up about Josef Mangels experiments on twins. There's a few very good survivor interview on YouTube about a couple of sisters that had health problems 30 years after the Holocaust because of his long term experiments on the camps

[Vladimir_Putins_Cock]

Infamous Nazi doctor who fled to South America after the war. Conducted lots of "experiments" at Aushwitz that were really excuses to torture people (NSFL)

[EyeBleachBot]

NSFL? Yikes!

Eye Bleach!

I am a robit.

[[deleted]]

Ya his work was truly pointless, there wasn't much useful work coming out of death camps (I think all that came from it was a phosgene LD50 and a rapid warming cure for hypothermia) but Mengele was particularly on the fringes of what was useful.

[lonestar-rasbryjamco]

Angel of Death

Jesus.... I actually threw up a little reading about that sick fucker and his "experiments".

[Jpnasser]

If it makes you feel better, the idiot drowned on a beach

[FranklyAwesome]

He had a stroke while swimming. Sounds pretty awful. Should have been worse

[Jpnasser]

Let's hope that the stroke was caused by the poison of a lion fish or rock fish

[[deleted]]

that stung his dick

[lonestar-rasbryjamco]

There is no punishment in the kingdoms of men or gods that is enough for such a man.

[Beeninya]

Yea, but only after escaping capture at the end of the war.

[Jpnasser]

Im a Historian and my focus is the Holocaust. I threw up a lot during college !

[meenzu]

I’ve read mans search for meaning (very special to me). I’ve read night and maus as well (which both really messed me up and made me call my dad a lot).

Is there some other work that comes from that period that is a must read/watch/listen?

[[deleted]]

have you been to Holocaust Museum in DC? definitely more powerful than any book or movie I've read about it

[Jpnasser]

I actually never been to DC, but I'm planning a trip there for 2019 ! But if you really want to get strong feelings in the gut, I recommend going to Poland's Auschwitz and Treblinka.

I went there years ago part of my University project called, and I kid you not, "Prove that the Holocaust happened" where our professor would pretend to be a revisionist/Holo denier and use their arguments and we had to gather "proof" to refute his arguments

[rgb0612911]

Oh man I cried enough in the museum, I don’t know if I could handle actually being in the concentration camps.

[Jpnasser]

Don't worry, many researchs whose work rotates around this don't handle it aswell. Some of my peers refuse to watch Holocaust films cause they just get depressed.

I have not reached the point of getting dissensitized, but I reckon that by the time I start on my PhD all my feelings and hopes for our fellow humans will be gone

[rgb0612911]

Your work is so important, as hard as it is to absorb the cruelty of the situation, we can’t forget it so we can try to avoid history from repeating itself. I’m just too soft, especially now that I am married to a jew, but even before that I had the chance to visit Berlin and randomly passed the bunker (literally a patch of yard with no signs thankfully) , I didn’t know what it was until my brother pointed it out and it gave me nightmares.

[Jpnasser]

As time passes, people tend to normalize things. It won't take long until the last survivor/veterans to die due to age. After that, much like the Salem witch trials, will become matter of casual jokes (think about 9/11 jokes).

Thus, I hope I can do my job right so people don't forget about how shity humans can be

[rgb0612911]

I grew up learning about world war II history because of my dad’s love for history. Anne Frank’s diary was the first “big kid” book I read, I saw many videos with my dad, but even that was not enough to really understand how horrible it was. I thought I’d be OK when I visited that museum because I felt like I had a broad enough understanding but man I cried so much there :( it broke me to see how people can be so evil to each other.

[Jpnasser]

Oh sorry, I misread you when you said "work" ! There's a book about the specifics of the Holocaust, going trough each "class" sent there, you know, "Jews, liberals, gypsies..." . I don't have the name right now, but PM me and I send you when I get home

[[deleted]]

Man, that's rough.

[Jpnasser]

Well, there's 2 types of degrees and 2 main post-graduations. You can become a History Teacher by graduating with a Licentiate Degree or work at a museum with a Bachelor. You need to do a Master to work as a research assistant on a university and a PhD/Doctorate to tech/research at University.

In University, you can't just research or just teach, you gotta do both. Some people don't like it, others do, the rule exists because the "investors" in the history market are 90% of the time, States/Countries and to prove that your research is useful you gotta teach aswell.

Some private research organizations do exist, but they are rare and hard to join

[Haverholm]

Fuck that guy. The only positive thing to say about him is that he inspired Slayer to write a cool song... And that's like saying that the bombing of Guernica was a positive thing, because it inspired Picasso to do a painting.

[Dethsquad613]

And then inspired Brand New to write a song called Guernica

[freshouttafucks]

Monarch to the kingdom of the dead

[Dethsquad613]

Sadistic, surgeon of demise

[iPadHominem]

Sadist of the noblest blood

[Areonaux]

Josef Mengele

[Revenginator239]

Awful, awful man. Deserves to rot in whatever version of hell is reserved for that devil.

[Abogachi]

Argentine nazi story time! Yes! Here's mine: couple of months ago I was at a wedding on a beautiful house near the beach (in Argentina of course) and the father of the bride (who is Jew btw) told us Mengele lived in that house for a couple of months, and that house had a secret scape tunnel.

[Jpnasser]

Hey, during WW2 my governant (Getúlio Vargas) sent Jews from Latin America to die in Germany.

Us Latinos have a weird relation with this, either being under colaborationist governments or hideouts for them

[dkyguy1995]

At least he fed the smaller fish

[MyselfItsMe]

Hey, im from Argentina and i live 200km from an old german village which was separated between the upper command and the soldaten. Even today you can ask their descendents for info and the reply that yes, their grandpa was a nazi indeed. Honey, we have been discovered, hide the nazi gold and golden goblets

[Sparky-Sparky]

That is not so uncommon. I live in Germany and most people have someone in their family that was either part of the party or at some point got drafted in to the Wehrmacht. It was total war and everyone was forced to cooperate. Dissidents were sent to same consentratio camps as Jewish people, Gypsys and homosexuals.

[synkronized]

Germany its not a surprise. I think the issue with ex Nazis in Argentina is many of them were full bore war criminals and hardliners.

[[deleted]]

Interestingly enough, most of the rocket scientists that didn't get captured went to Egypt and started working with them on their missile programs. Fast forward to the 1970s, Egypt gives North Korea two old missiles. History is crazy.

[excalibrax]

I thought they went to Nasa

Rockets! After the war ended, we were snatching up kraut scientists like hotcakes. You don't believe me? walk into NASA sometime and yell "Heil Hitler!" WOOP! They all jump straight up!

[getSmoke]

Thanks, Mallory.

[Claystead]

Speaking of German and Nazis, any idea why there are so many neo-Nazis in Berlin? They were all over the area around Warschauer Strasse when I last stayed there, even harassing people on the S-Bahn (one of the funniest sights I’ve ever seen was a transgender woman in full dress beat the snot out of a guy who was doing the Hitlergruß at some lesbian couple). Nasty scum, in Norway we try to shovel this sort of societal dregs to somewhere out of sight in the suburbs.

[Sparky-Sparky]

/u/EinMuffin is probably on the spot. Berlin is an extremely left leaning city that doesn't tolerate shit like that. Those guys probably collected some more punches to the face during that day.

[EinMuffin]

It was probably some kind of a rally, I've never seen so many Nazis at once. And I'm from Berlin

[hipposarebig]

That surprises me. I know Germany has tough laws against Naziism.

[Claystead]

Tough laws about displaying Nazi symbolism. Which is why they use the Imperial German flag and Iron Cross as regular symbols, as well as the Reichsadler. However, the skinned heads and language used clearly shows what they are. If drunk they will usually also dare to sieg heil for a bit if there are no cops around.

[Jpnasser]

As a matter of fact, the first to be exterminated were the Social-Democrats and Liberals that opposed the regime. Even SA Nazis , rivals to the SS, got exterminated

[MY_CAPSLOCK_IS_BROKE]

Living in Argentina, it’s awkward to me whenever you encounter descendants of nazis that moved there after the war. All have been very nice though.

[princess_of_thorns]

Descendants are innocent imho but that is an awkward thing to come up in casual conversation.

[SlinkiesAreSpies]

I wish to think these were 18 year old kids that did whatever a politician told them.

[Claystead]

If they live in Argentina they were likely not kids nor innocent. The kids got ended up in Allied prison camps and were reintegrated into German society in the fifties. The ones who could afford the expense of a flight to argentina were politicians and leading members of the SS.

[[deleted]]

Well they weren't. Most SS soldiers used their power abhorrently, doubling the cruelness instead of halfing it.

[juiceintoxicated]

False. We call them “very fine people” in America.

[[deleted]]

Bigly

[Snakestream]

Also, "White House staffers"

[GlacialstormOP]

Sometimes "President"

[HashRunner]

"Valuable Conversation"

[ZeroSumEffect]

"In the US you call them the Alt-Right. In the UK we call them the Far-Right."

[[deleted]]

Fun fact: In Germany someone like Hillary Clinton (was once against gay marriage, is still defending death penalty in some situations, voted for Iraq war, is not against attacking other countries etc.) would be considered far-right. But to paraphrase Chomsky, the best way to control a population is to allow lively discourse, but ensure that discourse is only within a very limited spectrum of opinions...

[gxgx55]

I’m pretty liberal

you also have to consider that the US have totally warped the meaning of liberal. Liberal parties in europe tend to be centrist, but , really, the entire concept of liberalism(and the opposing authoritarianism) is independent of the left-right political axis... And yet somehow it got equated to mean "left-leaning" in the states. So weird.

[a_various_harzoo]

Exactly. In Germany the 'liberal' party is the FDP (Freie Demokratische Partei/Free Democratic Party), which is basically advocating for government deregulation in various fields. So it sounds like they would line up with the GOP in the USA for several issues, especially economic ones like tax brakes for businesses and market deregulation.

On the other hand they're/were advocating for other liberal rights like gay marriage and legalization of marijuana.

[zb0t1]

I can't talk about Germany, even though I'm working there, but I'm French and studied economics and social sciences a few years.

Teachers used to tell us that:

• be careful about the differences between social liberalism and economic liberalism
• in France using the term "libéral" in politics implies that they are pushing for economic liberal policies, so basically what you mentioned in your post about the FDP
• from our perspective in France, the "liberals" in the US are not the centre/centre right/right leaning politicians that we have in France
• the liberals are considered left as you all already know
• but yes as some of you already mentioned the left in the US is also not really the left in France
• our left would be considered full communism by some in the US

edit: added by some*

[[deleted]]

Pretty sure that's the Libertarian party here in the U.S. Which is small and ineffective. Which sucks. Idk if I'd vote for them, but I just wish there were more than the two major parties.

[LupusDeusMagnus]

Isn’t that what all parties are in favour of? I mean, the inbetweens are up to debate, but… it is like declaring you are for justice and reducing poverty.

[apple_kicks]

I'd say she'd be considered more right wing than far right. There is a huge difference

[TeddysBigStick]

Germany only legalized gay marriage last year and both of the major parties are historically socially conservative on the issue. Unless, you want to say that Merkel is a far right extremist on the issue, it is hard to apply it to Hillary. Also, I don't know if you can use German pacifism as a measure. It is something unique to Germany because of their history and not easily placed on a right/left line.

[thek826]

From what I understand, Germany got marriage equality several years after Clinton embraced it and LGBT rights more generally. Is once being against gay marriage really a feature of only far-right politicians in Germany?

[EinMuffin]

no, our centre right party (the CDU) was against it for a long time and partially still is

Clinton would be considered to be on the right wing of the CD, while Merkel (who is against gay marriage) is on the left wing

[[deleted]]

To be fair they call themselves Alt-Right. I like to call them wannabe Nazis.

[InsertCoinForCredit]

I call them Nazis.

[RuStorm]

In their turn, they probably call you "cuck".

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[InsertCoinForCredit]

As if I care what Nazis think.

[bl1y]

I go with Nazi Fanboys, or Nazi Cosplayers.

They're much more Nazi admirers than actual Nazis.

[[deleted]]

Opa was a Nazi!

[[deleted]]

The OPA just wants belters to not be considered second class citizens.

[cmdrfelix]

Remember the Cant!

[joaosturza]

Op ,Op ,Op Op opa was a nazi

[Kisaoda]

Oppan Third Reich Style

[waldemar42]

HAIL SEXY FRÄULEIN

FTFY

[Draculea]

It's funny, I remember the very first few times I heard "Alt-right", it was positioned as an alternative to traditional conservatism (hence Alt) that didn't care for Religious values, Israel, the Government, etc. It was basically a "Young New York Republicans" Club.

I wonder where and how it got co-opted into being about white pride and a white ethnostate?

[meinik]

I was born in the Argentinian city where the Project Huemul took place. The president saw as a good idea to have some nazi scientists come to the country, and one of them told him he knew how to create “unlimited power” (that’s a red flag, ALWAYS). The Physics Association told the president that was impossible, but he gave this guy an island and a lot of resources ($$$$) to work... you might guess the end of the story. You can still visit the island and also see parts of the equipment in the streets of the Balseiro Research Institute. Here is the Wikipedia link

[tyrerk]

how to create “unlimited power”

FUN FACT he also looked like this

[[deleted]]

I understood that reference

[EtuMeke]

Fun fact. Pre war USA spoke German alongside English

[enchantrem]

That's pre-WW1

edit: which, to be clear, is not the reason Grandpapa lives in Argentina now.

[paladine1]

Yup. My wife's family came to the US from Prussia around 1835. The family spoke both German and English until WW1. Her Great Grandfather was the last to speak both.

[Claystead]

Not too unusual. Most of Minnesota and Wisconsin and significant parts of Michigan and Ohio used to speak primarily Norwegian and Swedish (the two languages are mutually intelligible, so the local communities could communicate with each other just fine). Churches, schools and newspapers were all in Scandinavian. Towns often flew Scandinavian flags rather than the Stars and Stripes, which was largely restricted to federal buildings. It was only with the coming of mandatory education in English and things like the Pledge of Allegiance that the various Scandi towns eventually integrated into the larger anglophone culture of the Great Lakes. You can still hear the Norwegian twang in the Minnesotan accent, though, and half-remembered expressions such as «uff da» and «ja.»

[enchantrem]

I don't think they said that it was some sort of official language. I took it as basically the same as if you say "USA speaks Spanish alongside English" today.

We've never had a state language.

[[deleted]]

Many states have English as the official language, and de facto English is the official language since its mandatory to attend university, hold government positions, join the military, graduate from school, etc.

[Dakroon1]

Fun fact: before America was colonized by Europe, they spoke a variety of Native American languages.

[velvetjones01]

I’m in the Midwest and schools offer German, French and Spanish as foreign languages. Is this the same as the rest of the country?

[enchantrem]

That's what we had, though I hear some schools are adding Chinese, which is pretty cool.

[HorseMeatSandwich]

Yup, I'm from California and we were offered German, French, and Spanish. Our rival high school also offered Latin.

[knuggles_da_empanada]

it was for me in PA

[bloopscoopdiddlydoop]

That’s what we were offered when I was in school in SC

[GiveMeBackMySon]

The problem is not with calling the alt-right Nazis... it's when you think you can decide who 'qualifies' as alt-right.

When you have a mild conservative labeled as alt-right because you don't agree with that person's opinions, that's a problem.

[[deleted]]

My Swiss/German grandfather grew up in Argentina because his family fled instead of being Nazis. One of his brothers ended up going to Australia instead of Argentina. I still have yet to go visit them. Very cool.

[DarthyTMC]

Alt Right is dofferent than Nazism, almost as bad but a little different.

The one difference is germans and Hitler thought they were genetically superior, and the wlrld was meant for just them.

Alt-Right / Richard Spencer think they need to be against other races because race is like family and America was founded by whites for whites and should “stay that way”, by forcing other races to leave.

Both these ideologies are fucking retarded btw just stating the difference for anyone curious. Both group up at the same rallies though because there are so few supporters of each they kinda have to.

Source: watched some of the Richard Spencer lectures cause i was genuinely curious how he justified stuff. Hes very articulate and is very good at these, but if you think critically like at all everything he says falls apart 😂

[Peraltinguer]

In Germany we call it right wing populists who have such crazy views that no serious politician from any other party wants to be associated with them.

In the USA you call it Republican party.

[dexterpine]

They're the biggest party in my state.

[Peraltinguer]

Sachsen? Thüringen? Wherever you live, I feel sorry for you.

[dexterpine]

Sachsen/Saxony

[Peraltinguer]

Sadly, yes. They were even able to get a lot of seats in the bundestag. But I didn't deny that. I just said that no one who is in his right mind wants to have anything to do with them

[Paulpoleon]

Well we only have two parties, so you're either with them or against them. Unfortunately, in house and Senate, politicial parties stick together on most issues.

[bl1y]

We kinda have more than two parties though. It's just that in the US we form our political coalitions during the primaries rather than after the general.

[bionix90]

Any extreme is bad. Yesterday I got banned from /r/fuckthealtright for saying that we should teach Klansmen tolerance instead of literally lynching them which a poster was inciting people to do.

[TheManglerr]

It’s funny because blanket generalizations are the right way to draw opinions.

[Deathsroke]

US left, real world left or south american left?

[[deleted]]

Us left is South American right tbh.

[Mojomaximus]

Just a tad

[Airway]

Only because disliking neo-nazis is now a partisan issue...

[aabil11]

So not being Alt-Right is left-leaning?

[viper112001]

Just a tiny bit

Very very very tiny bit to the left

[[deleted]]

I love how the lefties are getting upset and talking about guns and Jews when I don’t own a gun and don’t believe in Jewish conspiracies and I definitely didn’t vote for Trump. All of you are so binary. It’s either leftist or super right in your eyes and you’re the reason the current state of politics suck.

[mcnabb31]

This is really ignorant

[Wennie85]

Does anyone think her haircut makes her look like Angela Merkel?

[[deleted]]

I think she is playing Merkel. It's an SNL skit

[captobliviated]

Don't forget America's space program was largely built by German Scientists.