@talya@dybbuk.club "it's still here" is so universally applicable it's not even funny. we can talk all we want about the lasting ramifications of the holocaust on the ethnic minorities it targeted, but the reality is- most people see it as an event, a kill count going up for the sheer sake of ideological control and scapegoating. but even on that basis, it endures. that basis endures to this day. i don't mean to be dismissive at all, by the way- unfortunately i'm not jewish and know next to nothing of jewish culture and history and the way it was affected and is still affected by the holocaust. so i can't speak for this perspective at all. but i don't think i have to, to point out just how horrifically apt that statement is. but i think i CAN speak for the way most white fucks like me think, which is the above. a war of wrath and pride, where a powerful man weaponised the growing fear and uncertainty of his people in the name of an ever-increasing kill count built to justify and perpetuate its own fear. a fight they're always "losing" to "the enemy", as told by their masters. a kill count targeting people on ideological bases that can be reduced to catchphrases and media blackouts that mean they never got a chance to fight back. that is what WW2, and the third reich, is to most (not all) white people with no notable ethnic background. You don't NEED to know anything about jewish history and culture to be able to openly acknowledge, IT'S STILL HERE. (you definitely should though and i'd like to learn more if i didn't have so much mentally on my plate to begin with, and if it wasn't for being information i likely would poorly retain anyway. x_x) I do love this post regardless, i like seeing this perspective more than you could imagine and it's far too rare to see people talk about it. It's just funny, those first few sentences of your post- when from even the most white possible of perspectives considering almost no ethnic history at all, it's so terrifyingly and abundantly obvious, that anyone still saying those kinds of horrific things was never going to listen. If they can't look at the single most blindingly obvious analogue i just gave, comprised of; - no ethnic background - almost no history knowledge (thanks, repression, i dont get to remember basic highschool history) - very very few friends of any ethnic background - and very little time to research and contemplate any of this then there was never any shot at them understanding this complex perspective respective of ethnic history and the deeper nature of genocide.