Not all Germans were Nazis. Those who weren't suffered by the regime. The entire world ultimately still bears the scars of the evil they forced upon the world. Those who say "I got caught up in the moment" last Wednesday, have no defense for the evil they thrusted upon this country and the world. Sorry, Josiah, you can't undo what you and thousands of other people did to our nation. You can be sorry, but I cannot forgive you until you and the people who did this are held to account. I'm sorry is a little too little and a lot too late after the hellacious 4 years we have been through. The damage, much like the damage of World War 2, is done. The bell cannot be unrung.



When Arnold spoke of the aftermath of Nazi Germany, it was a gut punch. I had family who was among that group. I never met them, and they are not spoken of in my family. I know very little about them.

My 4 grandparents were born in Germany. To the best of my knowledge, they came to the USA before the war. I can only definitely confirm that my grandparents on my mother's side came over in the teens. Those scars run deeper than Arnold speaks of. It became generational here on our shores as well. I'm a second-generation American and he's right about the damage done to families.

Trust me. Not all Americans were part of the deadly violence, but like post-WW2 Germany, we will suffer.

That said, we must hold people accountable before we can heal and reunite. Nixon being pardoned may have had a short term healing, but we are suffering the damage of that action. The people involved, the people who incited this need to be held to account.

Accountability is not vengeance.

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Raine