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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls
I completely agree. All i can say is Lucem was speaking as if that is the general tone in America and from what ive experienced that is a minority opinion, similar to the holocaust example i used. Ive never heard even the people id call racist downplay the brutality of what went on, theyre just ignorant. I think that kind of mentality is found mostly within the circles of hate groups and the deepsouth kind of microcosms.
Otherwise, fair point. Perhaps thats just my ignorance from not having travelled much.
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I think extreme downplaying may be found mostly in hate groups, but the more subtle form of downplaying it is extremely common. I would say it's what most baby boomers were taught growing up.