Nazis

from Amy

The Everyday German Achtung! You are 53% brainwashworthy, 22% antitolerant, and 23% blindly patriotic

Had you lived in Germany in the 1930s, you'd have probably just gone along with the flow. Men with guns are surrounding the house next door? The bagel place on the corner's gone? Hmm...whatever. The data show you're a decent person who's willing to listen to what people of authority tell you. That's what most people are, and in most times and most places, that's ok. But not then; not there. The sad conclusion: you would've missed your Jewish friends, but you would've done nothing about it. Seriously. But rest assured, you would've forgiven yourself eventually.The Would You Have Been A Nazi? Test- it rules -

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 85% on brainwashworthy You scored higher than 21% on antitolerant You scored higher than 23% on patriotic

Link: The Would You Have Been a Nazi Test written by jason_bateman on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

I find this especially interesting in that even when trying to 'jimmy' the test, I got the same results, as long as I didn't lie about my age or the fact that I go to church. I guess my reading (true) Holocaust stories obsessively since age 11, studying Bonhoeffer et al., watching "Shoah" and other WWII docs over the years and my history degree...have made no impact on my worldview, and I'm hopelessly brainwashable because I recognize charisma and because I believe in God.

I don't trust [human] authority in any shape or form, a gift from my father, who literally couldn't work for other people because he couldn't stand taking orders.

As for forgiving myself...not fucking likely.

Finally, I like Wienerschnitzel. It's lovely, certainly better than a Big Mac. I basically don't trust the author of a test like this who is grateful the Germans lost because of Wienerschnitzel! That's like saying it's a good thing the Brits won so that we'd all be able to have fish and chips forever. Yes, I understand irony, but 6 million dead Jews are nothing to laugh about. And, by the way, bagel shops are newish invention and hardly the epitome of Jewish culture, more like the epitome of 1980s New York culture. [Disclaimer: I love bagels, eat them every morning, so yeah, I'd notice their disappearance immediately] But as for culturally important issues, how about bookshops? What about synagogues? Uhm, for the lame-oes: delis???

Sorry to be such a drip, but this was written to seem intelligent and intellectual, but is so NOT! It's a bad attempt to apply the author's personal values system and bourgeois values to history. Which is always a bad idea.