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To: Rio

It seems people today do not understand that humor is a coping mechanism, it may be because we have it too good. People made fun of Hitler during WWII, Saddam Hussein during the Gulf War, Bin Laden after 9/11 etc. Even on Hogan’s Heroes a good portion of the cast was Jewish, John Banner lost the majority of his family in concentration camps.


9 posted on 11/15/2021 7:56:24 AM PST by LukeL
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To: LukeL
People made fun of Hitler during WWII

Hollywood ran out Charlie Chaplin for him mocking Hitler, didn't want to offend the Germans so they wouldn't lose access to the lucrative German market.

12 posted on 11/15/2021 8:05:17 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: LukeL

And Robert Clary was an actual survivor of Buchenwald.


16 posted on 11/15/2021 8:13:48 AM PST by real saxophonist (I'll procrastinate later.)
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To: LukeL
It seems people today do not understand that humor is a coping mechanism

Comedy is defiance. That's what gets the lefty woke so upset.

You're supposed to get in goose step with them and say, "jawohl mein fuehrer!"

29 posted on 11/15/2021 8:55:19 AM PST by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: LukeL

One of my dads friends was crew of B16 during WW2. Got shot down spent the remainder of war in a Stalag. Still had fragments of metal in his legs when he died at 76yo. One of his favorite shows was Hogans Heroes. To his dying day he was ticked off because certain cities were not bombed during the war.


40 posted on 11/15/2021 10:00:11 AM PST by mware (RETIRED)
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