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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS

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Holocaust & Genocide Studies/ History prof/ veteran/single dad/ former goalkeeper/ current fiddler/ Grad West Point and UNC/ he/him Host of The Holocaust History Podcast TV/Film Rep: Past Preservers Psalm 109: 7-18

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 11h

k. But I'm asking YOU.

Were the Soviets antifascists? Because they are literally your definition.

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 11h

So, the Soviets were antifascists then?

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 11h

What reason is that?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 13h

Frog together strong.

#NoKings
#Amphifa
#ScoutsOut

(Spare a thought for Puck who immediately disappeared after I put this on and appears deeply traumatized)

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 13h

She is literally the child of immigrants.

This stuff is driving me nuts.

Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 14h

Y'all need to chat.

bsky.app/profile/thed...

The Dax Symbiont 🏴🏳️‍🌈🌲🇸🇩 @thedaxsymbiont.bsky.social · 15h

Given all the ethnic cleansing I would say decisively not which is also why the U.S. and UK were not antifascist. 1 is either diametrically opposed to fascism, an antifascist, or not.

Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 14h

Do you mean authoritarian?

Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 14h

Senator Tim Kaine was on NPR today and said that the money being spent is unallocated and therefore legal.

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 14h

Anyone advocating a literacy test should be required to pass the one they want others to pass.

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 14h

Question: Are Virgil-deniers weirder than Holocaust-deniers?

Discuss.

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 14h

Am I going to have to start adding extra u’s to my words now?

(Is that even how you write u’s? Oh well, good thing I got my ILR, I guess.)

The Independent @the-independent.com · 19h

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

www.independent.co.uk

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 14h

This shit makes me so mad.

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 15h

I think the OP is probably dead on with Patton. I think he was anti communist but probably found a lot of Nazism appealing and he would definitely be a MAGA guy today.

Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 15h

Were the Soviets anti fascist?

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 15h

I’m not so sure about Patton tbf. Lmao

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 15h

Are you now or have you ever been a member of a BlueSky starter pack?

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 15h

Bless your heart, BlueSky!

Bless your heart.

lol

Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 15h

This is not news to me. lol

Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 15h

Huh?

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 15h

Look, I’m not here to apologize for Churchill.

But it’s a bit weird to claim he wasn’t against fascism.

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 15h

I’d be curious what your definition of fascism is.

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 15h

That’s not realistic.

Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 15h

I dunno, Churchill was pretty clearly antifascist.

(But, yeah, Patton was a racist asshole. I’ll give you that.)

Pride Was A Riot, Sacramento @pridewasariot.bsky.social · 1d

Your Nationalism is not Antifa.

Winston Churchill was not Antifa.
General Patton was not Antifa.
Your favorite Nationalist was not Antifa.
That’s literally the point.

rt to spread awareness.

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