Reply #65: if I may [View All]

What about the op of the thread in question who comes here to find himself misrepresented, maligned and used as an example of all that is wrong with DU?

I am not trying to renew the battle, but rather to gently remind you that I have been deeply offended now, as well.

I chose the subject area, and the wording of the post, for a few reasons. First, because it was already being discussed in highly inflammatory terms on other threads, so passions were already out of control and I believe that more communication, not less, is what is needed in response to that.

The second reason was because of the reading I have been doing recently on the subject and my desire to share what I though night be some constructive and healing insights.

Lastly, I was struck by a similarity in attitudes between the people in the majority group in Germany - as late as 1940 - and the attitudes of the people in the majority group here and now. It was these attitudes that I was comparing and contrasting, not the conditions between the two countries nor the two governments.

I did this knowing full well, and trying to avoid as much as I possibly could, the danger that the thread would devolve into a hateful and insensitive one as so many others have done.

I may have missed the mark, but I did want to tell you that my intentions were good and that your remarks here have hurt my feelings.