Orion Ussner kidder<p>I just realized, I was partly raised by the WWII generation, my grandparents. Most of us Gen-X's were. </p><p>I used to sit down to breakfast with literal Nazi fighters. They were flawed people, but my grandfather probably killed actual Nazis. Plural. </p><p>I wish I'd really understood that at the time. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nazis</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NaziFighter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaziFighter</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antifa</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WWII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WWII</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GreatestGeneration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreatestGeneration</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a></p>
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@kennethb And even though #OKboomers are the children of #America ‘s #GreatestGeneration , because of their slavish #cult enabling #DonaldTheDeplorable and his #AmericanCarnage 1.0 and now 2.0, they will be known as the #MostShamefulGeneration in #UnitedStates #history.
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@gsymon Yup.
#BananaRepublicans deny. 
#Democrats and true #Americans defend, going back to the #GreatestGeneration - and before them.
A restored #DOJ will hopefully depose. 
“We’re gonna need a bigger #Luigi.”
#DonaldTheDeplorable has not only betrayed treaties signed with #Ukraine and #NATO , he has betrayed and effectively squandered the honor of the #GreatestGeneration of #Americans. https://www.thepensivequill.com/2025/02/trump-putin-and-ukraine-21st-centurys.html?m=1
#American leadership on the world stage will not be easily regained when #Trump is unceremoniously ‘dethroned’, but will have to be earned once again - if that is possible.
TPQTrump, Putin, And Ukraine 🪶 The 21st Century’s Munich Moment
[06:36] US mourns former president Jimmy Carter at state funeral
Former US president Jimmy Carter is to be honored with a state funeral at Washington's National Cathedral, amid a groundswell of tributes honoring the 39th US president and the last from the so-called Greatest Generation.
https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/0109/1489811-us-carter-funeral/
#US #JimmyCarter #Washington #NationalCathedral #39th #GreatestGeneration
Just realized that It there is a #genx , #geny ( #millennials ), #Genz and #genalpha that means
The #lostgeneration is Gen T
The #greatestgeneration is Gen U
The #silentgeneration is Gen V
and #Boomers are Gen W.
#DonaldTheDeplorable has promised to use #ICE agents under #ThomasHoman to conduct #MassDeportation. They will be the ‘#American #Gestapo.’
Do these ICE agents know what red-blooded #Americans in our #GreatestGeneration did to #Gestapo agents during #WorldWar2 ? 
#ConvictedFelonTrump is "fascist to the core"- #GenMarkMilley. Our #GreatestGeneration fought fascists! The #GOP IS now the fascist party! Every vote for them DISHONORS every WWII veteran. They are treasonous insurrectionists, NOT PATRIOTS! Exterminate them at the polls! #Politics
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@LinuxAndYarn
Don’t forget what the #GreatestGeneration did that #Boomers, #GenX, #GenZ now have to do, fight fascism wherever it rears its ugly head
One-hundred-and-two
Would have reached that age today
Many memories
#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Dad #Father #GreatestGeneration #Grandpa #Grandfather #Papa #WWII #Wise #Wisdom #Loss #Family #Proud #Strong #Smart
September 26, 2024
@citizencohn “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.” - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, #POTUS during #WorldWar Two and member of the #GreatestGeneration
FDR’s advice also works if “nothing” is given a space, since the ‘plan’ of #Trump and #Vance to gut #Obamacare and #Medicare is just the “#ConceptOfAPlan.” Which is *no thing*. #USpol #NoFear
#VoteBlueNoMatterWho to #SaveAmerica because #WWG1WGA is true!
The #GreatestGeneration - or #SilentGeneration - is departing the third rock from the Sun in real-time.
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@davidbootster @xs4me2 @vosje62 @veranderwens @ErikBloemkolk49
>> if… part of the third generation does not know who #Hitler is, then that collective memory is non-existent
That erosion of #collectiveMemory accelerates in the #thirdGeneration.
#Amnesia actually starts with #ecstasy followed by #complacence in the #secondGeneration, that quickly forgets the grief of the #firstGeneration after a major war in which the #greatestGeneration made the ultimate sacrifice.
#PeaceConstant is 3 gens
The #GreatestGeneration Had #Queer #veterans Too
Biden’s #pardon of #gay #soldiers is just one part of #acknowledging their #untold #stories.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #MilitaryService #History #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Incarceration #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/06/29/biden-pardon-soldiers-gay-veterans/
Foreign Policy · Biden's Pardon is a Reminder the Greatest Generation Had Queer Veterans, Too