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and the syllabus doesn't mention anyone but Jews, and we're reading a book by a scholar who claims you can only apply the word "holocaust" to the Jewish experience and nobody else. the index only mentions the word "Roma" twice and it's incidentally. i've had this professor a bunch of time and he's usually fantastic but i'm pretty skeptical this time. thanks for listening, GBS
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 19:52 |
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walk into class and casually use the holocaust as a metaphor for the poo poo you left in the men's bathroom
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 19:56 |
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I too have taken classes about works of fiction before. I had a great professor who was amazing for the greek myths class.
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 19:57 |
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everybody else is left out because it turns out the germans were right and they really all were subhuman, but they were mistaken about the jews who actually are people it turns out
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 20:00 |
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Like an instructional class?
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 20:01 |
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Fair call, so challenge your professors to talk more/discuss with the class the other groups the Nazis tried to eliminate as well. Without using that as an excuse to try and minimise the horror & tragedy of the systematic murders of all those Jews, which is what idiot racists do. They were the vast majority of victims in attempted genocides by the Nazis, but the others should not be forgotten. Extra points for mentioning contemporary harassment of itinerant Gypsies in Europe.
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 20:04 |
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do you show up baked everyday?
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 20:07 |
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bring up the irony of how it is now the jews who are doing the holocausting to palestinians
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 20:12 |
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"I'm not saying Aliens helped design and execute the holocaust, but if they WERE involved, HOW involved do you feel they could have been without being overtly observed or suspected?" Keep rephrasing this and asking it in every class so you get 'adequate participation'.
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 20:19 |
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Why does that scholar think the holocaust is misapplied to groups other than Jews? What other books are you reading for the class? If the professor has been great in the past, maybe give benefit of the doubt.
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 20:24 |
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the homocaust, is real
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 20:27 |
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you should tell your prof that comedy is an essential part of the human experience and you cannot fully understand what happened unless he shares some of his favorite holocaust jokes with everybody, because surely such a long event involving millions of people cannot have been totally bereft of humor
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 20:34 |
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Kazak_Hstan posted:Why does that scholar think the holocaust is misapplied to groups other than Jews? What other books are you reading for the class? If the professor has been great in the past, maybe give benefit of the doubt. its Yehuda Bauer and just perusing his wikipedia page he seems middle of the road, and acknowledges that roma/gays/criminals/slavs etc were targets for genocide but you can't call it the "holocaust" because they were specifically targeted as a nation/people and not a mere subclassification? he's sort of equivocating and claims both Israelis and Palestinians would be capable of genocide in the middle east in the right context, i think. we're reading Night, which is lame and I read in middle school which is weird because in the other three classes i've taken w/this professor he's assigned some of the best things i've ever read, and he's one of the main editors of the international holocaust studies periodical so i'm sure he's familiar with Wiesel's asshattery. we're also going to be reading two more books that are tba for our major paper so i dunno if those will deal with the other 5 million people killed BigBadSteve posted:Fair call, so challenge your professors to talk more/discuss with the class the other groups the Nazis tried to eliminate as well. Without using that as an excuse to try and minimise the horror & tragedy of the systematic murders of all those Jews, which is what idiot racists do. They were the vast majority of victims in attempted genocides by the Nazis, but the others should not be forgotten. i plan on doing this and also asking him about Norman Finkelstein because I've liked everything I've seen fro mhim but what kind of prick names a book "The Holocaust Industry" and it seems like a lot of reputable people are very skeptical about Finkelstein and i'm worried i only like him b/c I'm not a fan of Israel
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 20:36 |
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Are you getting better at holocausting
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 20:38 |
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Fandyien posted:and the syllabus doesn't mention anyone but Jews, and we're reading a book by a scholar who claims you can only apply the word "holocaust" to the Jewish experience and nobody else. the index only mentions the word "Roma" twice and it's incidentally. i've had this professor a bunch of time and he's usually fantastic but i'm pretty skeptical this time. thanks for listening, GBS sounds hosed up!
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 20:42 |
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where a shirt to class that says i'm holocaustic
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 20:43 |
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let me get this straight. you're taking a holocaust class at hebrew university in jerusalem and you are surprised that the class focuses on the jewish victims of the holocaust.
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 20:44 |
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logical phalluses posted:let me get this straight. you're taking a holocaust class at hebrew university in jerusalem and you are surprised that the class focuses on the jewish victims of the holocaust. lol no i'm taking a class that uses a book by a professor from a hebrew university in jersusalem, i'm in the american southeast
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logical phalluses posted:let me get this straight. you're taking a holocaust class at hebrew university in jerusalem and you are surprised that the class focuses on the jewish victims of the holocaust. they do have a arab population maybe he is iranian.
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 20:45 |
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Fandyien posted:lol no i'm taking a class that uses a book by a professor from a hebrew university in jersusalem, i'm in the american southeast oh ok then.
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 20:46 |
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who gives a poo poo just pretend to be into whatever opinions the professor has, get your grade, and move on
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 20:52 |
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holocaust ˈhɒləkɔːst/Submit noun 1. destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war. "a nuclear holocaust" synonyms: cataclysm, disaster, catastrophe, destruction, devastation, demolition, annihilation, ravaging; More the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime during the period 1941–5. More than 6 million European Jews, as well as members of other persecuted groups, were murdered at concentration camps such as Auschwitz. singular proper noun: Holocaust; noun: the Holocaust 2. historical a Jewish sacrificial offering which was burnt completely on an altar. makes you think
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 20:53 |
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you irl posted:who gives a poo poo just pretend to be into whatever opinions the professor has, get your grade, and move on i like to learn things
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 20:54 |
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that's what you get for taking history classes
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 20:54 |
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Fandyien posted:i like to learn things you are paying for a grade just learn on your own time.
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 20:55 |
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im goy
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 20:58 |
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Lard on Fork posted:im goy
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 21:17 |
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Fandyien posted:its Yehuda Bauer and just perusing his wikipedia page he seems middle of the road, and acknowledges that roma/gays/criminals/slavs etc were targets for genocide but you can't call it the "holocaust" because they were specifically targeted as a nation/people and not a mere subclassification? he's sort of equivocating and claims both Israelis and Palestinians would be capable of genocide in the middle east in the right context, i think. It might be worth keeping an open mind. Lots of other's were killed, but the centrality of both Jews in Nazi propaganda, and the Holocaust in the Jewish experience may well set the Jews apart. To a certain extent, I think it is fair to say the Nazis went genociding to get rid of the Jews, and other groups got swept up, as opposed to the Nazis deciding to genocide and the Jews just happening to be the biggest victim. To my knowledge, the pre-war Nuremberg laws, ghettoization as formal policy, etc., was not applied to groups other than Jews. That said, I'm not sure that means the specific word holocaust is off limits to Roma and Slavs. What word does he propose for genocide against other groups? Night is pretty weak for what I assume is upper division college work. Why not All Rivers Run to the Sea? And what asshattery by Wiesel, I'm not familiar.
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 21:17 |
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every time the proff finishes a sentence just suck ur teeth or go psh. every once in a while laugh or go AUGH really noticably and roll ur eyes make sure u get everyones attn. if the prof asks whats wrong just say "nothing jeez!!"
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 21:18 |
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Do a report on Hans Litten
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 21:21 |
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Kazak_Hstan posted:It might be worth keeping an open mind. Lots of other's were killed, but the centrality of both Jews in Nazi propaganda, and the Holocaust in the Jewish experience may well set the Jews apart. To a certain extent, I think it is fair to say the Nazis went genociding to get rid of the Jews, and other groups got swept up, as opposed to the Nazis deciding to genocide and the Jews just happening to be the biggest victim. To my knowledge, the pre-war Nuremberg laws, ghettoization as formal policy, etc., was not applied to groups other than Jews. That said, I'm not sure that means the specific word holocaust is off limits to Roma and Slavs. What word does he propose for genocide against other groups? well apparently he advocates for a synthesis between functionalist and intentionalist interpretations and criticized that guy who came up w/the "exterminationist" approach, so it sounds weird to intrepret the Holocaust as uniquely Jewish while simultaneously understanding it was a product of dictatorial inertia. you're right about the pre-war nuremburg laws with the big exception of mental/physical invalids and criminals and stuff who were much more heavily excluded than they had been beforehand, iirc. i think he just uses the word "genocide" for other groups he actually said he used to use that but it wasn't working, I guess because undergrads are stupid? i mean we're watching Night and Fog and Der Ewidge Jude so it's not all schlocky modern poo poo. i'm not a fan of Wiesel because of his opinions on I/P
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 21:26 |
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so ur problem is w/ the label ur prof decides to use
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 21:30 |
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ilikedirt posted:so ur problem is w/ the label ur prof decides to use i suppose
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 21:36 |
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quote:Yehuda Bauer
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 21:37 |
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wear a pink triangle to class
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 21:37 |
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Fandyien posted:i like to learn things Learn how to play ball. College is all about telling the prof what he wants to hear in exchange for the grade you paid for.
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 21:40 |
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Frankenstyle posted:Learn how to play ball. College is all about telling the prof what he wants to hear in exchange for the grade you paid for. actually i've had a lot of success by genuinely engaging with the material
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 21:41 |
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Fandyien posted:actually i've had a lot of success by genuinely engaging with the material what r u goin to school for just curiouse
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ilikedirt posted:what r u goin to school for just curiouse i am a historyt major
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Lard on Fork posted:im goy
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