The Banality of Evil in America?

[gipper]

This would be the same Scott Ritter who went to prison for soliciting underage girls on line.

Okay, in the interest of fairness, I looked up this Gonzalo Lira.

Seems to me it's pretty stupid to set up in the Ukraine and be a Russian Shill.

Stick to the topic.

Typical response for a shit lib.

 

[JoeB131]

You either are outraged at the treatment of an American by a supposed ally that we've given billions to... Or you're willing to shrug it off cuz he didn't fly your party flag. Choose.

Nope, not outraged at all, and I'd feel the same way if it was a leftwinger who went to Russia and got detained. You go to another country, you are subject to their laws. It's against the law in Ukraine to spread Russian propaganda.

 

[Vastator]

Nope, not outraged at all, and I'd feel the same way if it was a leftwinger who went to Russia and got detained. You go to another country, you are subject to their laws. It's against the law in Ukraine to spread Russian propaganda.

Uh huh... And you bat not a single eyelash, at the political gymnastics this administration pulled of to get a she male sports ball player released by " our greatest enemy ever"; even though she was stone cold busted...
Yet the same administration never even lifted a phone off the cradle, for an American citizen doing journalism in a war zone, in a country controlled by our supposed dependents; and let this man die on a cell floor... Cuz... Well... He didn't support the Democrat narrative... Innit that special. I guess I know what side of the firing line you'll volunteer to occupy...

 

[JoeB131]

Stick to the topic.

Typical response for a shit lib.

If you are going to offer Scott Ritter ( a guy who sold his credibility to Saddam before he was caught being a pervert) as a source, we should be able to impeach that source.

As for Mr. Lira, he went to a foreign country in a time of war and spread enemy propaganda. That's Darwinian levels of stupdity.

 

[Vastator]

If you are going to offer Scott Ritter ( a guy who sold his credibility to Saddam before he was caught being a pervert) as a source, we should be able to impeach that source.

As for Mr. Lira, he went to a foreign country in a time of war and spread enemy propaganda. That's Darwinian levels of stupdity.

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He's an American
And your footing the bill for thier (Ukraines) war. To whom are you loyal JoeB? Do tell... The floor is yours...

 

[Vastator]

JoeB When his "Countrymen" get murdered..

 

[gipper]

If you are going to offer Scott Ritter ( a guy who sold his credibility to Saddam before he was caught being a pervert) as a source, we should be able to impeach that source.

As for Mr. Lira, he went to a foreign country in a time of war and spread enemy propaganda. That's Darwinian levels of stupdity.

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You think an American deserves torture and death for this? WTF!

You are terribly confused.

 

[JoeB131]

Uh huh... And you bat not a single eyelash, at the political gymnastics this administration pulled of to get a she male sports ball player released by " our greatest enemy ever"; even though she was stone cold busted...

For having a product the was prescribed by her doctor? Really?

Yet the same administration never even lifted a phone off the cradle, for an American citizen doing journalism in a war zone, in a country controlled by our supposed dependents; and let this man die on a cell floor... Cuz... Well... He didn't support the Democrat narrative... Innit that special. I guess I know what side of the firing line you'll volunteer to occupy...

Journalism? Really? Sorry, having a troll YouTube channel is not journalism.

 

[JoeB131]

JoeB When his "Countrymen" get murdered..

He's not one of my countrymen. He held Chilean citizenship and ripped American policy.

You think an American deserves torture and death for this? WTF!

I think if you do something that stupid, it's your own damned fault.

 

[Vastator]

For having a product the was prescribed by her doctor? Really?


Journalism? Really? Sorry, having a troll YouTube channel is not journalism.

Expendable. You've made your position on that clear. Is there anything new you'd like to add?

 

[jackflash]

The Banality of Evil in America?​

Rep. Keith Self: The Banality of Evil in America? | The Gateway Pundit | by Rep. Keith Self

“The trouble with Eichmann was precisely that so many were like him, and that the many were neither perverted nor sadistic, that they were, and still are, terribly and terrifyingly normal.”― Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil How could a nation as advanced as...

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12 Jan 2024 ~~ By Rep. Kieth Self

“The trouble with Eichmann was precisely that so many were like him, and that the many were neither perverted nor sadistic, that they were, and still are, terribly and terrifyingly normal.” ― Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
How could a nation as advanced as Germany at the turn of the last century, embrace or even tolerate the tyranny of National Socialism? Why did German citizens, many of them sophisticated, so easily conform to and participate in the rabid antisemitic worldview of Adolf Hitler?
History tends to focus on the sinister leaders of WWII: Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, and Adolf Eichmann. These malevolent men were only part of the equation. The state- sponsored ghettos, concentration camps, and systematic murders of more than six million Jews would not have been possible without the tolerance and participation of the German people.Can something similar happen again today in America?
This is the issue of the banality of evil. How ordinary people can become instruments of wickedness against fellow citizens.
~Snip~
Here is some background. Prior to WWII, the prospect of a once peaceful, productive people inflicting inhumanity on mankind again through obedience to a tyrannical government seemed implausible.
The shattered post-World War I German economy was ripe ground for a socialist government to offer attractive solutions to a struggling people. With hyperinflation, vast unemployment, and desperation among working class people, the Nazi Party funded public projects and work schemes might have seemed like a good idea. Throw in public animosity against a struggling democracy, and you had the beginnings of the Third Reich.
Once Germans came under the Nazi spell, demonizing the Jewish people by creating a climate of hostility towards them followed.
~Snip~
We are seeing in real time our own government lull Americans to sleep with mass welfare, bailouts, spiraling government spending, and healthcare mandates – all instituted by “experts”.
Progressives tested the theory of controlling American lives during the COVID-19 pandemic while also weaponizing the federal government against a certain segment of our population. It proved so successful that corporate board members and everyday citizens are now submitting to, tolerating, and even participating in this wicked scheme.
~Snip~
While the silence of progressive politicians embracing the tyranny imposed on our liberty during the pandemic was stunning, radical Members of Congress promoting antisemitism is disgusting. Their puppets are leftovers from Antifa and the Black Lives Matter movements masquerading as pro-Palestinians. They are following with their eyes wide shut; promulgating protests in support of Hamas while attempting to justify the horrific actions of October 7th.
Unfortunately, the potential for this horrible point in human history repeating itself no longer seems farfetched. Shockingly, while America was largely responsible for the demise of National Socialism after WWII, our government may now be a catalyst for the re-emergence of the banality of evil, where ordinary citizens yield to its tyranny. Can it happen here?

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Who is really running this administration? Certainly, Biden us not.....
We are being told to follow what our leader tells us, Just as Hitler and yes, Joe Stalin did in the 20th Century.
The question one must ask is, are we repeating the errors of the past, just as George Orwell prophetically wrote?
I was surprised that no one has been aghast at the two vile Hitler like speeches Joe Biden made, One in dark blood red in Philadelphoa and another most recent in Valley Forge about White Supremacy and the MAGA's while shaking his fists.

Biden warns US democracy imperiled by Trump and Maga extremists

In a primetime address, the president further said the Republican party was ‘dominated, driven and intimidated’ by Trump

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🎥Biden kicks off 2024 campaign in Valley Forge, rips MAGA

Biden's kicking off 2024 by delving into some of the country’s darkest moments-image from

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Unfortunately the answer to your questions are multifaceted, meaning there appears to be more than just one dilemma facing humanity regarding our human condition(human nature). With that said I will try my best to answer your questions as best as I can without turning this post of mine into a near endless volume of what I have learned about the human condition(human nature) in depth. I will post links to keep the volume of wordage to minimum.

Milgram experiment - Wikipedia

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What Is Groupthink In Psychology? Definition & Examples

Groupthink in psychology is a phenomenon where the desire for group consensus and harmony leads to poor decision-making. Members suppress dissenting viewpoints, ignore external views, and may take irrational actions that devalue independent critical thinking.

www.simplypsychology.org

Notice the two above links are straddled by BOTH the fields of psychology & sociology plus philosophy.

In my personal opinion if the countries that negotiated the Versailles treaty with Germany that ended WW1 in 1919 had not been so harsh regarding reparations put upon Germany then Adolf & his narcissistic based sociopaths would never have entered the history books, but you can bet the farm someone else like Hitler would have shown up somewhere else. My oldest sis once told me & I quote; "Jack, all people want to do is eat, drink & phuk". Tragically I had to disagree with her as it was then as it is now, obvious that all people want to do is; "dominate, make war, & play god". That god complex is literally EMBEDDED in each & every one of us that exist on our planet earth @ current. A pathetic few of humanity fight off the god complex but the vast majority of humanity welcomes the god complex with open arms, tragically.

Treaty of Versailles - Wikipedia

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In the link below we are confronted by the field of theoretical physics, often called the "ten String Theory". I phrase the ten string theory as INTER DINENSIONAL/EXTRA DIMENSIONAL studies. I may be mistaken in my following assertion but I would say that there is an unusually high chance for life to be discovered within these other dimensions besides just our 3-1/2 dimensional continuum that humanity currently exists within. If so there could possibly exist both positive as well as negative spirits/beings/creatures(not sure here on proper terminology) that could influence(?) the mindset of individual human beings.

Physicists Outline 10 Different Dimensions and How You’d Experience Them

Where gravity comes from has been an utter mystery. String theory offers an explanation.

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I just skimmed the mountain tops here as there is only so much time & space to post about matters on a M/B. I hope this reply of mine will be of @ least some benefit for you. Till next time & thanks for this excellent post of yours!

 

[JoeB131]

Expendable. You've made your position on that clear. Is there anything new you'd like to add?

Actually, reading some of his work, including some outright fucking misogyny, this was no great loss.

 

[skews13]

If we lived in a sane world, heads would roll.

If we lived in a sane world, the orange shit stain would have been at the end of a rope 3 years ago.

 

[whitehall]

What this Self guy forgets is that evil can persist as long as information sources tied to a political party justify it or ignore it. The first thing tyrannical regimes do is take over the media. Government can get away with killing an innocent man's family (Ruby Ridge) or incinerating about 100 members of a religious sect with tanks and poison gas (Waco) or shooting an unarmed woman who might have been guilty of a misdemeanor (Jan 6) as long as the major sources of information ignore it or justify it.

 

[gipper]

For having a product the was prescribed by her doctor? Really?


Journalism? Really? Sorry, having a troll YouTube channel is not journalism.

If the Russians had tortured and killed Brittany Griner, would you say the same?

If we lived in a sane world, the orange shit stain would have been at the end of a rope 3 years ago.

WTF! What does Don have to do with this topic?

 

[Lesh]

What this Self guy forgets is that evil can persist as long as information sources tied to a political party justify it or ignore it. The first thing tyrannical regimes do is take over the media. Government can get away with killing an innocent man's family (Ruby Ridge) or incinerating about 100 members of a religious sect with tanks and poison gas (Waco) or shooting an unarmed woman who might have been guilty of a misdemeanor (Jan 6) as long as the major sources of information ignore it or justify it.

Are you seriously defending violent pedophiles like Koresh?

 

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[App'z]

MSN

Dude, a Fellon does not have the right to tell an honest girl how she should live her private life. You have rights & don't break the law getting to meet & know a person that has the same attraction. Winners or losers are private life's experience not your slimy, greasy thoughts.

 

[Marchimedes]

If we lived in a sane world, the orange shit stain would have been at the end of a rope 3 years ago.

Sup, skews? The folks here don't know but we go way back. Remember when you told me to stop playing with electricity as you are a licensed Master electrician and as I am total shade tree I would kill somebody? So the other day I'm at my middle Daughter's house for the second time only this time like I promised the first time this time I would show up with tools cause the fan didn't work. So I fixed that, it wasn't too horrible life safety wise, wasn't great so I went straight after the GFCI in the bathroom and the dummy three prong tester tells me no ground so I take it all out, get my daughter and point and ask what's wrong with this picture and even she figures out no ground to the green screw so she goes away and I connect the ground but I wasn't looking and dummy says hot/neutral reversed. Did you know that the dummy tester would go no ground first? I didn't. Could three wires be hooked up more horribly? More horrible lest tripping cause of short but then nobody dies cause the breaker tripped. Here's the deal, skews, I can't think of you as a fellow blue-collar brother because your hatred of Republicans trumped your ability to tell me that the electrical scenarios I conjured up precluded you from saying I was correct. 4 wire dryer/stove should be code. You tell me you are a licensed Master electrician, I take you at your word. I've talked electricity with you in the past and you refuse to admit I'm correct. skews, I told my Middle Daughter to not use that GFCI to blow dry her hair until I fixed it and she said "Dad, that's the plug I use to blow dry my hair." Remember sumpin I'm gonna kill somebody? See, skews, you hate republicans and me so much that you can't admit when one of me cites correct electrical theory. If I had listened to you my Daughter would still have a no ground/hot neutral reversed GFCI. Go fu(k yourself. You are a horrible man. You should be my hero, you should be my buddy skews who I can just fu(kin find and ask some weird electrical question of because I find folks that know more than I and follow them around asking questions until they tell me to go away. As long as I've known you you should have told me to go away a good 5-6 times by now. It's sad that you would let our political differences make you not acknowledge physics.

 

[AntonToo]

But freedom of speech... You know..? Dumbocracy, and shit...

Ignoramus, some freedom of speech is often suspended during war time.

Why? Because when your country is fighting for its very survival allowing blatant enemy propaganda and collaboration operations in your country is suicidal.

Nazi propaganda was outlawed just about everywhere during WW2.

If you actually read what that fool was posting, you’d have zero questions re. who he was working for.

Scott Ritter is another one that makes his living nowadays as a tocken American shilling for Kremlin. He is not stupid enough to do it out of Kiev though.