Michael WestergaardI never had a problem with #Germany or #Germans. I've lived with Germans, shared office with Germans, and worked remotely with Germans.
My parents had no strongly articulated opinion of Germans, but we never went to Germany as a destination when I was a kid.
My grandfather #hated Germans.
My grandfather was a young child during the rise of #fascism in Germany; he was likely around youngest of the generation of people that grew up and first-hand saw and understood what happened.
It took two generations for the hatred to dissipate. Something to think of for the #US. WW2 "only" lasted half a decade, but it was enough to make the world hate the entire country for half a century. How long has #Trump, in aggregate, been in power again?
My parents had no strongly articulated opinion of Germans, but we never went to Germany as a destination when I was a kid.
My grandfather #hated Germans.
My grandfather was a young child during the rise of #fascism in Germany; he was likely around youngest of the generation of people that grew up and first-hand saw and understood what happened.
It took two generations for the hatred to dissipate. Something to think of for the #US. WW2 "only" lasted half a decade, but it was enough to make the world hate the entire country for half a century. How long has #Trump, in aggregate, been in power again?
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