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It reinforces the victim status of the most financially and politically influential ethno-religion in America. This prevents reasonable discussions like, “should we be okay with Jews being 3x over-represented at Ivy League schools for 100 years, while their interest groups attack gentile Europeans for over-representation”
It reinforces the “villainy” of Europeans, which is alleged to be complicit ideologically in the holocaust
It detracts from what we should be learning about re: WWII, like the enormous sacrifices of white Christian American men
World War II casualties by nation, ranked from highest to lowest:
Soviet Union - 26,000,000
China - 15,000,000
Germany - 5,533,000
Poland - 5,820,000
Japan - 2,830,000
Yugoslavia - 1,700,000
Romania - 1,600,000
France - 600,000
Hungary - 580,000
United States - 405,000
Italy - 410,000
United Kingdom - 383,700
Canada - 42,000
Australia - 39,700
Netherlands - 301,000
Greece - 520,000
Czechoslovakia - 345,000
Belgium - 88,000
Norway - 12,000
New Zealand - 11,900
As a percent of the population, America is not even in the top 20.
Depending on the use of "we" in the above, it's entirely reasonable for @coffee_enjoyer to consider the most relevant sacrifices from the perspective of an American to have been the American men that died. I think this is particularly true if one thinks the cause of the Allies was righteous, as Americans elected to join the fight in Europe rather than being forced in by direct attack. I would go so far as to say that Americans should care more about the men that died storming Omaha beach than Chinese people killed in Nanking. The Rape of Nanking is just about the worst thing I've ever heard about in my life (tied with a hundred other horrible things), but the proper American focus is on the valor of men that won victory.
What happened at Pearl harbour?
Can you elaborate on what you're looking for as an answer? If you're suggesting that I should include the defeat of Japan alongside defeating Nazis or Iwo Jima alongside Omaha I certainly concur.
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