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ma-nyc's avatar

Fortunately, I was raised in a family who were devoted followers of FDR, Liberal NY Democrats, who taught me at a very young age to respect all people, to fight for social Justice, believed in the Constitution, and to read the New York Times daily. More importantly, as I was an only child, I was permitted to be privy of many adult conversations. I learned to listen and to weigh arguments and to discern fact from fiction. I was taught about the Hitler, the Nazis, and shown photos of some atrocities. It was a lesson of what can happen if those in democracies permit the rise of fascism. Learning truths sometimes can be very painful. Even so, these lessons are needed, and it should not be censored as “too sensitive’.

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Hollinger F Barnard's avatar

Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst. I say the words . . . and hope. The worst is beyond my comprehension, even as I hear the threads woven into the news every day since 2016 and tell myself that this country, my country, is not exempt from a repetition of what happened in Germany.

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