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Ocasio-Cortez: Trump’s “Moral Abomination” Of A Border Wall Is Just Like The Berlin Wall
Hot Air ^ | Febuary 18,2019 | ED MORRISSEY

Posted on 02/18/2019 5:58:21 PM PST by Hojczyk

Er … suuuuure it is. The only way anyone could assert this with a straight face, let alone with the smug dismissal Ocasio-Cortez displays here, is to be entirely ignorant of the post-war history of Berlin, Germany, and the deep desire to flee the communist system in both. A quick search on “Berlin Wall history” for the woefully uneducated would land on this entry in Encylopaedia Britannica:

In the years between 1949 and 1961, about 2.5 million East Germans had fled from East to West Germany, including steadily rising numbers of skilled workers, professionals, and intellectuals. Their loss threatened to destroy the economic viability of the East German state. In response, East Germany built a barrier to close off East Germans’ access to West Berlin and hence West Germany. That barrier, the Berlin Wall, was first erected on the night of August 12–13, 1961, as the result of a decree passed on August 12 by the East German Volkskammer (“Peoples’ Chamber”).

The Berlin Wall’s “moral abomination” came from its intent to trap people inside a communist system when they wanted to flee — at which it largely succeeded for its 28-year lifespan. East Germany arrested more than 5,000 people attempting to cross over it into West Berlin and freedom, and they shot and killed at least 191 people in the attempt. Only 5,000 crossed over into freedom during its three-decade abomination. They didn’t care a whit if anyone wanted to enter East Berlin.

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To: LegendHasIt

101 posted on 02/19/2019 3:45:36 AM PST by Phil DiBasquette
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To: Hojczyk

Her head is like a maraca. A fine product of the education system


102 posted on 02/19/2019 4:15:15 AM PST by ronnie raygun (nic dip.com)
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To: CivilWarBrewing
AOC thinks the U.S. border wall is the same as the Berlin wall? I had no idea that we SHOOT anyone daring to enter our country illegally.

The Berlin Wall, and the militarized border between DDR and BRD were built by communists to keep people from illegally LEAVING the communist side. Communists build prison walls to keep oppressed people "in". Free people build fortress walls to keep invaders "out"

103 posted on 02/19/2019 4:31:04 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Hojczyk

I love her. I feel so smart when she speaks.


104 posted on 02/19/2019 5:17:12 AM PST by MrRelevant
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To: Hojczyk
The Berlin Wall was to keep people in.
Our new wall will keep people out.

I don't think she understands the situation at hand.

105 posted on 02/19/2019 5:42:32 AM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: JerryBlackwell; blueplum
she has a degree in economics not history

International Relations, not economics. She minored in econ.

Be that as it may, one must wonder how she did on those few economics courses - or how many she had to take to get a declared minor.

...or even if she's telling the truth

106 posted on 02/19/2019 6:33:57 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Marxism: Trendy theory, wrong species)
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