I’m a Jew. My grandfather died in Romania because he he couldn’t escape Stalin. This was after escaping Hitler by fleeing to Romania. The Romanian people were not communist until Stalin. People don’t know the truth. The truth is that yes, Hitler was terrible. But if you think he
Was worse than Stalin than you just proved HOW terrible Stalinism is.
He didn’t just systematically murder. He didn’t just hate jews (which like Marx, he did), he wanted your very ideas gone. Your thoughts. Your identity. Your individuality. And today we see this in action.
We scream bloody murder when we see someone so the Hitler salute…but the same gesture with a closed fist? People think they can defend it. They will argue and claim this is mere propaganda.
So tell me…how is Hitler who was defeated worse? Because we all believe life is binary and one devil can’t destroy another?
Snap out of it. Because look around you.
And listen to what these bastards did. And WHY.
Yes. Genocide is terrible. But so is democide. And by the numbers? How can you even imagine 400 million? Minimum.
People claim capitalism kills just as many or more. Well there’s their love of equity then for you. 😒
And #NYC … those of you who have been quiet because you don’t know what to do? There are millions of us. Dont let the loudest fool you anymore than Timesquare once could.
And we are not what our government is telling the world we are. Not now.
And please. Remember. New Yorkers…we’re Americans. Most of us love our country. We just don’t have the attention. Wonder why. 😉 (and yes. We would say NYer first then American. But that was love. Like Texans do. Not belittling. We did get cocky. Hey.
This was the best city in the world. We were helped once. Maybe we can prove we didn’t choose this. This was another attack. I just have to say that. I’m afraid to. But it’s the truth. And it’s more complicated than two planes. I know that too.
(I wanna delete that tweet before this. But I wont. Because it is the truth.)
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I got to meet a Golden Retriever yesterday. His name is Luke. He’s 8 years old and was rescued by his owner when he was 3 months old and together they now live blocks from the site. akc.org/expert-advice/…
Theres something about Luke. He’s cautious, protective, kind, and timid. He’s a little jumpy. He stands with his four paws on the ground at the WTC in a way that makes you wonder if his hips might be troubled. His owner told me later that they are just fine. She didn’t know
about the dogs of 9/11. Shes the about the same age I was when the buildings fell. When I told her she and I both couldn’t help but look at Luke. There’s something about him. It’s like he knows and somehow he’s where he should be - it was a remarkable thing to experience.
There’s an outdoor bar at #wtc now. It plays music that fills up the nearby space around the site. The first I heard was The Piano Man as I kept walking from St. Paul’s Chapel down toward the water.
I found myself there and, despite initial reactions to the surreality, as I walked back into Manhattan I found that place is in fact…well, right. It felt right. It also allowed me the time to drink a glass of wine in memory of my friend and …of a lot.
I hit record when some songs came on both for my own keepsake and to share privately with some who were part of that time in this city when we were just starting our adult lives and horrified that so many just like us had theirs cut short- often the best amongst us.
This is an incredible editorial from @KarenLehrmanB, the publisher of @TheWhiteRoseMag. Her vision, to shine a light on the illiberal left while also urging those who don’t trust they can speak out that, not only is it right to and that they must do, but also that
they can and will find fellow voices once they do. It permeates from this piece. A theme, for me, of recent weeks has been a fear that I’m yelling into a void, and then voices telling me out right that, no that worry is not true. There are millions of us.
“There are bullies of action and there are bullies of inaction—those who enable and empower evil.” She is right. There are so many examples of such behavior I can think of both in my personal life, but also that has impacted and I’d say without apology, hurt us all.
I’ve heard Naomi Wolfe is in NYC. If anyone out there could connect us I’d be grateful. It just occurred to me that the one woman who might have compassion for those of us not falling in line and possibly causing the ladies who lunch some angst was kicked off this platform…
…what was it for exactly again? Ladies…anyone remember? Ya think one day we may whisper again “everybody knew?” Yeah. #metoo.
Any help with any contacts here in NY would be incredible. We need to make sure this doesn’t happen to the next generation.
We don’t have to make their mistake. Agreed? Cool. #metoo.
I often say partisanship is poison. I deeply believe that.
I also deeply believe that it is dangerous to refer to our nation as a Democracy rather than a constitutional republic.
However…I also think we need to remember to trust our principles…not our government.
That means also that some people in government will say things that I will deeply disagree with.
That doesn’t mean they may not have had something to say meant only in good faith. Or that they never said anything worthy of our principles. Quite the contrary.