GottaPSoBad
GottaPSoBad t1_irsvvxj wrote
Reply to comment by carbinePRO in TIL about John Rabe. A German representative in China who used his Nazi credentials and influence to save 200,000 Chinese citizens from being slaughtered by Japanese forces in 1937 during the Nanjing Massacre. by LethalPoopstain
I get you. Definitely not trying to downplay the issues here. I'm just saying it doesn't surprise me that a Japanese imperialist and a German Nazi would each fail, at least initially, to see how awful their own country was during WW2. Most people carry around some level of cognitive dissonance, especially about things that hit closer to home (literally or metaphorically).
GottaPSoBad t1_irsonsm wrote
Reply to comment by carbinePRO in TIL about John Rabe. A German representative in China who used his Nazi credentials and influence to save 200,000 Chinese citizens from being slaughtered by Japanese forces in 1937 during the Nanjing Massacre. by LethalPoopstain
Everybody's got their blindspots, sadly.
GottaPSoBad t1_iudcmne wrote
Reply to TIL dunce caps were originally a sign of high intelligence and wisdom. Philosopher and theologian John Duns Scotus was a proponent of pointy hats as a way to funnel knowledge to the mind and his followers, called Dunsmen, wore them. By the 1500s the Dunsmen fell out of favor as “behind the times”. by Aequitas05
Stop the Cap