Jesus. Check out their website - http://www.americannaziparty.com/ Yes, they feel they are acting in self-defence. In defence of racial purity. Specifically those whose skin colour happens to be white. Attempt to absorb their vile FAQ’s and their reference to those of African origin as The Black Plague. They defy the very core of modernity and multiculturalism, and they would rightly be described as evil. It’s not mere hyperbole. They have replaced rationalism with rational self interest. They exist in a bubble of hatred and impenetrable racial conspiracy. Pacifism in the face of evil is a moral failing.
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Blueprint For Armageddon I is free for now. Looks like it is 3+ hours too.
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Yeah his shows are infrequent but worth it when they drop. That actually is a great show with all the back goings on leading up to the divisions that get made and why when the arch duke was assassinated.
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Q: What do you call a pacifist in a battle zone?
A: Collateral damage.
B.S. interference to legitimate American political aspirants still exists. Thugs are everywhere. In my experience, the best thing to do to a bully is punch them in the face. Figuratively, of course. 
Non-violence is the answer to human problems, really.
The Soviets actually did sweep up a lot of mid-level German scientists and technicians (and their families) that the Americans passed over by offering them long-term contracts that were generous, but “couldn’t be refused” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Osoaviakhim
A lot of them (including von Braun’s subordinate Helmut Gröttrup, who became the de facto head of the Germans in Russia) ended up on Gorodomyla Island, about 200 miles northwest of Moscow - http://www.russianspaceweb.com/gorodomlya.html
tl;dr - the indentured German scientists and technicians worked on a parallel research track to the main Soviet program that allowed their “hosts” to harvest the insights of their “guests”. When Korolev and the other native rocket designers began to show real independent progress in the early 1950s, the German-led projects were phased out and their workers were gradually allowed to return home. After returning to Germany, Helmut Gröttrup was unsuccessfully recruited by the US for their space program; instead, he eventually joined Siemens, where he patented technologies crucial to the development of modern-day smart cards.
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American liberals in 2017 debating whether it was moral or tactical for Jews to punch Nazis in 1937.
If any of y’all want to be allies to the current targets of fascism, you better toughen the fuck up.
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My teacher’s, Mr Bennet, larger point was how Industry (US & otherwise) loved and still loves Nazi pricks. He had some prior military experience with and was a fan of the seat-of-the-pants trials of the X programs (X-15 etc.) These were cobbled together with very little official backing and were more or less scuttled completely in favor of our shiny new Gestapo Phallus delivery systems.
Since few of the early official attempts had much to do with actual space exploration science - pursuit of the technical logic of the x designs had to wait for the shuttle or Richard Branson.
Anders Breivik, in prison, complaining about not having the latest games console, is the perfect image for a Nazi.
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Q: What do you call a pacifist in a battle zone?
A: Collateral damage.
The correct answer is "What is a Medic"
And with that you fail to move on to the bonus round But, Please enjoy the home version of the game!
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I’m fine with punching Nazis, as long as there is common understanding of who is and who is not one.
Here’s a picture of a Nazi:
Here’s a shopped picture of someone who is not a Nazi:
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The other thing to remember is that nazis are cowards. Whether they’re scared of non-white people like the American Nazi party, or just anyone with a foreign accent/name/clothes, they’re intimidated by ideas and faces that they haven’t been brought up with.
We don’t need everyone to punch nazis, but as long as they know that if they show up somewhere and try and intimidate people, that there’s a good chance they’ll get punched, then there’ll be less enthusiasm for showing their faces in public.
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I am averse to attacking Nazis physically if they aren’t actually doing anything as that just suits their narrative. But yes, when they are clearly setting out to intimidate, pacifism seems to me to be inadequate. I don’t have any better answers, though. I just hope that if push comes to shove I will do the right thing.
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What’s funny is I’m currently reading Jeffrey Deaver’s novel, “Garden of Beasts”, which must have taken from this real life situation. The main plot of the novel is a 1930’s mob hitman who’s about to go to jail being sent to Germany as an assassin to take out a high ranking Nazi official responsible for the pre-war rearmament.
Good read, albeit a little hard to read about 1936 Germany right this second. 
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Which I noted in my response to @cntrfldr, that I’m not keen on big man history more generally but especially in war- because it sanitizes what war really does to people, communities, the environment, among other things. Being a historian doesn’t mean I have enjoy all historical narratives. [quote=“LapsedPacifist, post:41, topic:95879”]
I’m completely anti Nazi-punching. 100%. Why?
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That’s good for you, of course. I think we’ve all had this conversation (the BBS, not just me and you) and I’ve made my views clear, so I’m not really interested in coming back around to it. Bu tthanks.[quote=“LapsedPacifist, post:41, topic:95879”]
I find military history fascinating because that’s what the ancients wrote about most of all and if you want to know how things worked in, say, Ancient Rome your best bet is to go from the army outward, especially since the only non-rich people that tended to get written about in antiquity were in fact the working class stiffs in making up a maniple or a phalanx.
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Maybe. I’m not an ancient historian either. But I think overly focusing on conflict can distort our view of humanity. As I stated, I’d much rather read about how people are impacted by war. I assume, much like other fields, ancient historians actually delve into that more now than they used to.
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I have read some, thanks.
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Mindy, have you tried reading, I dunno, history books?
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No! Maybe I’ll give that a shot. Maybe then I’ll have the proper view of military history, which is best history!
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Yes, I’m sorry, I sometimes start posts and then only actually post them much later, and so miss things in between.
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