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To think of the Nazis every time I see an FB post that...

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MammaTJ · 02/09/2013 22:56

says 'Blue eyed people are kind and blah blah blah'.

Although I just saw one that says 'Brown eyes people are............all things wonderful'

OK, I am green eyed, and haven't seen one about me yet!! Wink

But it really does make me think of the Nazis every time I see a generalisation post like this.

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SomethingOnce · 02/09/2013 22:59

It would make me think of stupid people.

LookingForwardToVino · 02/09/2013 23:00

It makes me think of idiots.

MsVestibule · 02/09/2013 23:01

I've had one of those appear on my FB feed recently, from somebody I really wouldn't expect. I think they meant it affectionately towards their DP, but I was a bit Hmm about it too.

Wonder who will be the first 'original' poster to say "der, FB's pathetic, it's the work of the devil". Or similar.

Alisvolatpropiis · 02/09/2013 23:02

You're being a bit unreasonable.

HugoDarling · 02/09/2013 23:02

Ehm, not really, no.

Wallison · 02/09/2013 23:04

Oh, I dunno ... posting shite on facebook vs conducting pogroms which involve transporting millions to concentration camps and gassing them; it's a thin line.

MammaTJ · 02/09/2013 23:20

Actually, it is Wallison, a very thin line between posting about being superior because of your eye colour and really believing people with a different eye colour are inferior and killing them because of it.

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Wallison · 02/09/2013 23:22
Hmm
SPsTotallyMullerFuckingLicious · 02/09/2013 23:22

I've seen them and I too are yet to see a green eyed one!

I am green eyed but I dont think Nazi. I think "my eyes are indescribable" Grin

Nag, I dont think anything.

Alisvolatpropiis · 02/09/2013 23:24

I think you're being a bit hysterical OP.

AmberLeaf · 02/09/2013 23:29

YABU

They aren't saying the other eye colours are inferior, they are just saying why that particular colour is good.

Incidently, the ones Ive seen have green eyes with the brown one.

MammaTJ · 02/09/2013 23:33

I am not normally know for hysteria, to be fair! Grin

I am quite a chilled and relaxed person. Maybe I know too many Jewish people.

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SPsTotallyMullerFuckingLicious · 02/09/2013 23:36

I think my bio family are jewish.

Green eyes are the best any way!

HarrietSchulenberg · 02/09/2013 23:40

Not seen it pop up on my page yet but it would make me think of the old blue eyes brown eyes experiment.

TylerHopkins · 02/09/2013 23:46

It's funny because I think of Nazis when I see Owen Paterson's Nazi marksmen shooting badgers in the woods.

Pure evil.

MammaTJ · 02/09/2013 23:49

SP, I wouldn't want to attribute personality traits to them though! Any more than to ginger hair or black skin.

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tethersend · 02/09/2013 23:49

You know what makes me think of Nazis?

Swastikas.

MammaTJ · 02/09/2013 23:49

Harriet, yes, that too!

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MammaTJ · 02/09/2013 23:50

Tyler, you want a badger culling bedate, go start your own thread, there's a sweetie!

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MammaTJ · 02/09/2013 23:51

tethersend, that works too, although it can be more subtle than that.

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Wallison · 02/09/2013 23:53

Yy. That and concentration camps. Sorry to bang on about it but it's a pretty distinctive way of spotting them.

MammaTJ · 02/09/2013 23:53

SP, I seen to have missed a trick somewhere, you mean you were adopted? Had I known, I would have snatched you up!! Grin

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Wallison · 02/09/2013 23:54

Never say never.

MammaTJ · 02/09/2013 23:56

But Nazis and their views were around before the concentration camps and before they identified themselves with swastikas. If you want to keeo that very simplified view of the world, you carry on and hide this thread don't let me bother you. If you want to learn how insidious these things can become, then stick around.

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RoastedCouchPotatoes · 03/09/2013 00:01

I can see your point (as a green eyed Jew!) but it is taking it too far in a way. They aren't saying the other is bad, just that this is good. However, I've on,t had posts which said 'people with green eyes are like x, brown eyes are like y, blue eyes like z etc;' with all good things, which I'm Hmm