• PhoenixDog@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    There are still WWII veterans alive that fought the Nazis in Germany just to watch it repeat itself in their own fucking country.

    • frunch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Think any of those vets are the same people trying to get these folks deported?

      • AxExRx@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        To have been active at any point in the war, someone would have to be 99. (2026-1945+ 18yrs to be draft age at the end of the war)

        Even if there are maga ww2 vets, I doubt many of them are active enough for this.

        • frunch@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          Well damn, guess that’s why the Nazis are back in full-force: the generation that defeated them last time is nearly gone. Now 1/3 this country is welcoming Nazis with open arms.

          • AxExRx@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            Sure but even if we drop the age all the way to 13, theyre still 93 years old, and that would be people who only saw combat at the very end.

      • teft@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        They’re all 90+. Do you think someone that old is doing anything besides watching soap operas?

        • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          I’m inclined to agree. I lost my grandfathers years ago, but I’ve gone through this thought exercise a lot since this all kicked off:

          Assuming they don’t already know: would I shelter a 90+ year old veteran from home-grown horrors that they’ll never live to see resolved, or let them shuffle off this mortal coil blissfully ignorant?

          Honestly, this is a situation where the truth simply won’t do any good. I’d probably just not tell them and keep those soaps and old movies on repeat.