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Recalling N**is From His Childhood, Arnold Schwarzenegger Decries The Capitol Assault
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger posted a heartfelt video to Twitter on Sunday, recounting his childhood in Austria after World War II and denouncing the violent mob that overtook the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
The video, nearly eight minutes long and set to swelling music, starts by recalling Kristallnacht — or the Night of Broken Glass — an infamous night in 1938 when a mob of N**i sympathizers stormed through Jewish neighborhoods in Germany, destroying thousands of businesses, rounding up Jewish men to be sent to concentration camps and k*****g dozens of people in the process. The night was named for the broken glass from Jewish homes and businesses that littered the streets, and came to symbolize shattered Jewish lives.
"Wednesday was the day of broken glass right here in the United States," Schwarzenegger says in the video, which by Sunday afternoon had been viewed nearly 12 million times. "The broken glass was in the windows of the United States Capitol. But the mob did not just shatter the windows of the Capitol. They shattered the ideals we took for granted. They did not just break down the doors of the building that housed American democracy. They trampled the very principles on which our country was founded."
Schwarzenegger, who immigrated to the United States in 1968, was born in Austria two years after World War II ended and the N**i regime fell. In the video, he talks about the emotional pain he remembers all around him during his childhood.
"Growing up, I was surrounded by broken men drinking away their guilt with their participation in the most evil regime in history," he says. "Not all of them were rabid anti-Semites or N**is. Many just went along step-by-step down the road. They were the people next door."
Schwarzenegger's father was a member of the N**i party — something Schwarzenegger himself didn't know until decades later — and in the video, he talks openly about his father's anger and the abuse he inflicted on the family after the war. He said he saw the same anger in his neighbors, and grew up thinking it was normal.
"My father and our neighbors were misled also with lies. And I know where such lies lead," he recalled. "President Trump is a failed leader. He will go down in history as the worst president ever."
The former governor is a member of the Republican party, but has often spoken out against President Trump. He denounced members of his party who stand by the president, calling them "complicit" in the i**********n. But he also pointed out that within hours of the assault on the Capitol, Congress was back in session certifying Joe Biden's victory over Trump in the 2020 e******n.
"What a great display of democracy," he says.
In a surprising twist near the end of the video, Schwarzenegger — known not only for his role in the Terminator franchise but also as Conan in Conan the Barbarian — held up the Conan sword from the film.
"Here's the thing about swords," he says, the blade gleaming in the light. "The more you temper a sword, the stronger it becomes ... I'm not telling you all this because I want you to become an expert sword maker, but our democracy is like the steel of this sword. The more it is tempered, the stronger it becomes."
He ends his message in support of President-elect Biden, and with a final message for the people involved in the attack of the Capitol building.
"To those who think they can overturn the United States Constitution, know this: You will never win."
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit NPR.

ChJoe

eden wrote:

Recalling N**is From His Childhood, Arnold Schwarzenegger Decries The Capitol Assault
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger posted a heartfelt video to Twitter on Sunday, recounting his childhood in Austria after World War II and denouncing the violent mob that overtook the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
The video, nearly eight minutes long and set to swelling music, starts by recalling Kristallnacht — or the Night of Broken Glass — an infamous night in 1938 when a mob of N**i sympathizers stormed through Jewish neighborhoods in Germany, destroying thousands of businesses, rounding up Jewish men to be sent to concentration camps and k*****g dozens of people in the process. The night was named for the broken glass from Jewish homes and businesses that littered the streets, and came to symbolize shattered Jewish lives.
"Wednesday was the day of broken glass right here in the United States," Schwarzenegger says in the video, which by Sunday afternoon had been viewed nearly 12 million times. "The broken glass was in the windows of the United States Capitol. But the mob did not just shatter the windows of the Capitol. They shattered the ideals we took for granted. They did not just break down the doors of the building that housed American democracy. They trampled the very principles on which our country was founded."
Schwarzenegger, who immigrated to the United States in 1968, was born in Austria two years after World War II ended and the N**i regime fell. In the video, he talks about the emotional pain he remembers all around him during his childhood.
"Growing up, I was surrounded by broken men drinking away their guilt with their participation in the most evil regime in history," he says. "Not all of them were rabid anti-Semites or N**is. Many just went along step-by-step down the road. They were the people next door."
Schwarzenegger's father was a member of the N**i party — something Schwarzenegger himself didn't know until decades later — and in the video, he talks openly about his father's anger and the abuse he inflicted on the family after the war. He said he saw the same anger in his neighbors, and grew up thinking it was normal.
"My father and our neighbors were misled also with lies. And I know where such lies lead," he recalled. "President Trump is a failed leader. He will go down in history as the worst president ever."
The former governor is a member of the Republican party, but has often spoken out against President Trump. He denounced members of his party who stand by the president, calling them "complicit" in the i**********n. But he also pointed out that within hours of the assault on the Capitol, Congress was back in session certifying Joe Biden's victory over Trump in the 2020 e******n.
"What a great display of democracy," he says.
In a surprising twist near the end of the video, Schwarzenegger — known not only for his role in the Terminator franchise but also as Conan in Conan the Barbarian — held up the Conan sword from the film.
"Here's the thing about swords," he says, the blade gleaming in the light. "The more you temper a sword, the stronger it becomes ... I'm not telling you all this because I want you to become an expert sword maker, but our democracy is like the steel of this sword. The more it is tempered, the stronger it becomes."
He ends his message in support of President-elect Biden, and with a final message for the people involved in the attack of the Capitol building.
"To those who think they can overturn the United States Constitution, know this: You will never win."
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit NPR.

Recalling N**is From His Childhood, Arnold Schwarz... (show quote)

Good message for the democrats!!!!!!!!!! And I see no relationship between the protests at the capital and the rounding up of Jews for the gas chamber.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

eden wrote:

Recalling N**is From His Childhood, Arnold Schwarzenegger Decries The Capitol Assault
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger posted a heartfelt video to Twitter on Sunday, recounting his childhood in Austria after World War II and denouncing the violent mob that overtook the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
The video, nearly eight minutes long and set to swelling music, starts by recalling Kristallnacht — or the Night of Broken Glass — an infamous night in 1938 when a mob of N**i sympathizers stormed through Jewish neighborhoods in Germany, destroying thousands of businesses, rounding up Jewish men to be sent to concentration camps and k*****g dozens of people in the process. The night was named for the broken glass from Jewish homes and businesses that littered the streets, and came to symbolize shattered Jewish lives.
"Wednesday was the day of broken glass right here in the United States," Schwarzenegger says in the video, which by Sunday afternoon had been viewed nearly 12 million times. "The broken glass was in the windows of the United States Capitol. But the mob did not just shatter the windows of the Capitol. They shattered the ideals we took for granted. They did not just break down the doors of the building that housed American democracy. They trampled the very principles on which our country was founded."
Schwarzenegger, who immigrated to the United States in 1968, was born in Austria two years after World War II ended and the N**i regime fell. In the video, he talks about the emotional pain he remembers all around him during his childhood.
"Growing up, I was surrounded by broken men drinking away their guilt with their participation in the most evil regime in history," he says. "Not all of them were rabid anti-Semites or N**is. Many just went along step-by-step down the road. They were the people next door."
Schwarzenegger's father was a member of the N**i party — something Schwarzenegger himself didn't know until decades later — and in the video, he talks openly about his father's anger and the abuse he inflicted on the family after the war. He said he saw the same anger in his neighbors, and grew up thinking it was normal.
"My father and our neighbors were misled also with lies. And I know where such lies lead," he recalled. "President Trump is a failed leader. He will go down in history as the worst president ever."
The former governor is a member of the Republican party, but has often spoken out against President Trump. He denounced members of his party who stand by the president, calling them "complicit" in the i**********n. But he also pointed out that within hours of the assault on the Capitol, Congress was back in session certifying Joe Biden's victory over Trump in the 2020 e******n.
"What a great display of democracy," he says.
In a surprising twist near the end of the video, Schwarzenegger — known not only for his role in the Terminator franchise but also as Conan in Conan the Barbarian — held up the Conan sword from the film.
"Here's the thing about swords," he says, the blade gleaming in the light. "The more you temper a sword, the stronger it becomes ... I'm not telling you all this because I want you to become an expert sword maker, but our democracy is like the steel of this sword. The more it is tempered, the stronger it becomes."
He ends his message in support of President-elect Biden, and with a final message for the people involved in the attack of the Capitol building.
"To those who think they can overturn the United States Constitution, know this: You will never win."
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit NPR.

Recalling N**is From His Childhood, Arnold Schwarz... (show quote)

Who cares what some frelling actor says?

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

ChJoe wrote:

Good message for the democrats!!!!!!!!!! And I see no relationship between the protests at the capital and the rounding up of Jews for the gas chamber.

Seems like a very pointed message, wouldn't you say?

Now why would a reasonable, likeable guy like Schwartzy be speaking thusly?

Worried, maybe?

Why would he be worried?

I'll bet we're about to see an absolute media vomitorium of similar messages from similar people.

Besides their messages I wonder what we'll find out they all have in common.

ChJoe

BigMike wrote:

Seems like a very pointed message, wouldn't you say?

Now why would a reasonable, likeable guy like Schwartzy be speaking thusly?

Worried, maybe?

Why would he be worried?

I'll bet we're about to see an absolute media vomitorium of similar messages from similar people.

Besides their messages I wonder what we'll find out they all have in common.

They are all Chinese? They all have I-phones? They are all White?

I'll bite!

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

ChJoe wrote:

They are all Chinese? They all have I-phones? They are all White?

I'll bite!

They are all in places of prominence...and they've done things to get where they are that they prefer us po' ignint deplorables never find out about.

Gee. Why did Di Niro wanna punch Trump in the nose? What did Trump do to him?

Scared the fk out of, that's what.

ChJoe

BigMike wrote:

They are all in places of prominence...and they've done things to get where they are that they prefer us po' ignint deplorables never find out about.

Gee. Why did Di Niro wanna punch Trump in the nose? What did Trump do to him?

Scared the fk out of, that's what.

That's my perception. All their secrets are about to be revealed. Even some republicans are afraid of that!

LogicallyRight Loc: Chicago

eden wrote:

Recalling N**is From His Childhood, Arnold Schwarzenegger Decries The Capitol Assault
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger posted a heartfelt video to Twitter on Sunday, recounting his childhood in Austria after World War II and denouncing the violent mob that overtook the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
The video, nearly eight minutes long and set to swelling music, starts by recalling Kristallnacht — or the Night of Broken Glass — an infamous night in 1938 when a mob of N**i sympathizers stormed through Jewish neighborhoods in Germany, destroying thousands of businesses, rounding up Jewish men to be sent to concentration camps and k*****g dozens of people in the process. The night was named for the broken glass from Jewish homes and businesses that littered the streets, and came to symbolize shattered Jewish lives.
"Wednesday was the day of broken glass right here in the United States," Schwarzenegger says in the video, which by Sunday afternoon had been viewed nearly 12 million times. "The broken glass was in the windows of the United States Capitol. But the mob did not just shatter the windows of the Capitol. They shattered the ideals we took for granted. They did not just break down the doors of the building that housed American democracy. They trampled the very principles on which our country was founded."
Schwarzenegger, who immigrated to the United States in 1968, was born in Austria two years after World War II ended and the N**i regime fell. In the video, he talks about the emotional pain he remembers all around him during his childhood.
"Growing up, I was surrounded by broken men drinking away their guilt with their participation in the most evil regime in history," he says. "Not all of them were rabid anti-Semites or N**is. Many just went along step-by-step down the road. They were the people next door."
Schwarzenegger's father was a member of the N**i party — something Schwarzenegger himself didn't know until decades later — and in the video, he talks openly about his father's anger and the abuse he inflicted on the family after the war. He said he saw the same anger in his neighbors, and grew up thinking it was normal.
"My father and our neighbors were misled also with lies. And I know where such lies lead," he recalled. "President Trump is a failed leader. He will go down in history as the worst president ever."
The former governor is a member of the Republican party, but has often spoken out against President Trump. He denounced members of his party who stand by the president, calling them "complicit" in the i**********n. But he also pointed out that within hours of the assault on the Capitol, Congress was back in session certifying Joe Biden's victory over Trump in the 2020 e******n.
"What a great display of democracy," he says.
In a surprising twist near the end of the video, Schwarzenegger — known not only for his role in the Terminator franchise but also as Conan in Conan the Barbarian — held up the Conan sword from the film.
"Here's the thing about swords," he says, the blade gleaming in the light. "The more you temper a sword, the stronger it becomes ... I'm not telling you all this because I want you to become an expert sword maker, but our democracy is like the steel of this sword. The more it is tempered, the stronger it becomes."
He ends his message in support of President-elect Biden, and with a final message for the people involved in the attack of the Capitol building.
"To those who think they can overturn the United States Constitution, know this: You will never win."
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit NPR.

Recalling N**is From His Childhood, Arnold Schwarz... (show quote)

***"To those who think they can overturn the United States Constitution, know this: You will never win."
>>>Then why is he for Biden?

Logically Right

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

ChJoe wrote:

That's my perception. All their secrets are about to be revealed. Even some republicans are afraid of that!

How nice it will be to get rid of the frelling Republicrats!😎

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

ChJoe wrote:

That's my perception. All their secrets are about to be revealed. Even some republicans are afraid of that!

Kathy Griffin...the head thing. FEAR reaction.

eden

BigMike wrote:

Kathy Griffin...the head thing. FEAR reaction.

Assault on the Capitol by a right wing rabble. Fear driven by grievance and ignorance.

eden

BigMike wrote:

How nice it will be to get rid of the frelling Republicrats!😎

In a true democracy there is room for a plurality of ideas, Conservative and Liberal and anything in between. There no room for control freaks intolerant of opposing viewpoints who seek to use violence to achieve their aims.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

eden wrote:

Assault on the Capitol by a right wing rabble. Fear driven by grievance and ignorance.

Actually, there were at least three different scenarios unfolding all at the same time.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

eden wrote:

In a true democracy there is room for a plurality of ideas, Conservative and Liberal and anything in between. There no room for control freaks intolerant of opposing viewpoints who seek to use violence to achieve their aims.

America was never a true democracy. It isn't a republic anymore.

Isn't it violence to silence people's voices in a democracy?

eden

BigMike wrote:

America was never a true democracy. It isn't a republic anymore.

Isn't it violence to silence people's voices in a democracy?

I have a feeling that question is leading us to an inflection point of opinion (or rhetoric perhaps.)