Comments by "😊 Erin Thor" (@Erin-Thor) on "The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered" channel.

  1. I can remember my Irish mother referring to her Ireland based family as “Milk-toast,” saying with disdain things like “standing for nothing makes you nothing,” and quoting “All it takes for evil to exist, is for good men to do nothing.” And I can remember my Grandmother on our fathers side showing fiery anger, getting spitting mad at a neighbor buying a VW car. Almost 30 years after Germany occupied Norway she would occasionally launch into angry references about Germans. Once she shared a few stories that I remember as a young kid scaring the crap out of me. Her brief simple plain description of relatives actions and other events in Norway were horrific. To her, Germany, Germans, anything German was hated with a loathing like I have never seen since. As a kid these snippets of WW2 stories were chilling, seeing grandparents go from sweet and wonderful to livid and spitting mad at the mere mention of German anything made me realize that it must have been worse than anything I could imagine.
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  2. This is one hail of a video! ❤
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  3. My parents took me to a Lipizzaner horse show as a kid in California, we were just told to watch the famous horses. Now I know why. Thank you!
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  4. "This was NOT GOOD..." Understatement of the millennium.
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  5. "Phycologists that have examined Norton’s case since the time of his death believe he may have been suffering from a delusional disorder of the grandiose type, a relatively rare disorder where someone has an overinflated sense of worth or identity..." Why does that sound so dang familiar? 🤪
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  6. My dad had a Vega as a company car. Great mileage but I remember him remarking about his losing a few sales as clients got in it and remarked that the company must be having financial troubles. LOL! He shared that with his boss and they sold them all and went back to Chrysler New Yorkers.
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  7. The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered — Mistakes happen, what matters is how you deal with them. You didn’t deny, play it down, you just said "I misspoke" and correct the error. You sir, your beautiful wife, and even your cats are a class act.
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  8. Not trying to be an ass, but I firmly believe that YouTube is so very, very wrong in this instance. History CANNOT be varnished or made Politically Correct. Any attempt to edit the facts, is editing history, those eliminated historical facts that you have edited out are most likely to be that points that we will forget and be deemed to repeat. So... WHAT CAN WE DO? Given that the squeaky wheel gets the grease, who do we contact, write to, call, etc. because in some instances, like yours, YouTube demonetization cannot be tolerated. Why not simply insert a warning at the start saying something like "WARNING, SOME JAPANESE PEOPLE MAY BE OFFENDED BY THE REPRESENTATION OF THESE EVENTS, HOWEVER IT IS HISTORY THAT DESERVES TO BE REMEMBERED." This video was NOT hateful, inaccurate or derogatory to anyone, it does not instigate violence, it’s just facts. Perhaps a few thousand letters and emails might get YT to modify what they consider inappropriate. Please tell us how we can support you!
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  9. I did not enjoy this edition of History Deserves to be Remembered... I LOVED IT! A special shout out to your tie, well played Sir!
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  10. Del Lawrence — Hmmmmm-mmm... You do realize that had America had nothing more than a .45, you would be speaking and working to service Germany or Japan... Right? The simple fact that you typed your message in English renders your logic moot.
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  11. Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill every time.
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  12. Thank you for this, as a person of Norwegian heritage i found this most interesting! I can still remember snippets of conversations from grandparents of WW2 stories relayed from relatives in Norway during the German occupation. (They were of hellish resistance.) Appreciate your work Sir!
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  13. Didn’t Rosevelt get shot, and refused treatment as he had a speech. He gave the speech and then went to the hospital.
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  14. "DO YOU WANT TO PLAY A GAME?"
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  15. Billy Sargent — Now 10, those dogs! Wait... I have some Hamilton blood in me... how dare you!
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  16.  S K  — We, those who have never experienced war on the ground... have no clue the actual horrors and memories that remain afterwards. It’s seriously scary.
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  17. Dale Pinheiro — If you will allow input from an American, that is a shame. Canada has a fascinating history, and there is good reason to study it! 😎
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  18. Linda Ciccoli — Muslim’s.
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  19. Desperado5501 — Seriously? The Democrats? I’m a Democrat and love this channel! You might want to rethink your statement considering your President neither watches the news, or let’s others influence his decisions, and calls everything that he doesn’t like fake news. LOL!
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  20. CALL TO ARMS! If you think history not only deserves to be remembered, and DESERVES TO NOT BE EDITED EITHER... CONTACT YOUTUBE! There are some things that should NEVER be edited to make them politically correct. This video does not incite violence, prejudice or hate, it has no agenda, it is factual, and it may deserve a warning ⚠️ that "SOME JAPANESE VIEWERS MAY FIND THESE FACTS OFFENSIVE," but it DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE FORCIBLY EDITED FOR CONTENT OR DEMONETIZED! Please, if you like this channel, get off your bum and TAKE ACTION to get YouTube to edit their process, not the videos. What is next? Because if this continues every subject that you deem important is at risk of being deemed hate speech.
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  21. The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered — Like we would have known, SMH... We trust you absolutely, completely and without question! Great episode!
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  22. James Thomas — Yes he was! Wrote a paper on him once, we think ourselves smart in this modern age, he made me feel so incredibly dumb. 🤣
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  23.  @RetiredSailor60  my uncle flew for Delta for a few decades. He had some interesting stories.
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  24. Diode Milliampere — I went looking to see if anyone else noticed that too. I think we need to see this cat! LOL!
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  25. Now I want a banana so bad I can taste it! Dammit! Not a banana 🍌 in the house! Q. What’s the story behind the big banana, or the biggest? 😎
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  26. Was your father The Kernel?
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  27. Despiser Despised — You do realize you are insane? Right?
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  28. As a kid I had to write a paper on the civil wars Andersonville prison, that report marked the end of my naive childhood. Please don’t do a report on it, what we did to our fellow Americans will give you nightmares, it is a story with no redeeming qualities.
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  29. Billy Sargent — Shall we duel? 🤪
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  30.  @briangarrow448  — I heard stories of women being lined up to cook and clean for them, their children too, they stood in family groups. They explained their duties, and failure would have severe consequences. The children were being taken away and a woman objected, her child was shot, then her as an example to all. And that was just the beginning. You don’t want to know how they fought back.
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  31. We ALL know how to talk. The trouble is we don’t THINK before speaking.
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  32. When I was a kid, my Boy Scout troop discovered that farts were flammable. I did not win a Nobel Prize. Side note, the ‘test kid’ will regret his role in the experiment for the rest of his natural life. 🤣
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  33. Boringo PR — So, you would hold a greatx4 grandson whose Great Aunt was Mabel Hamilton (painter, I have a few of her paintings) accountable for his greatx4 grandfathers sins? [Takes off my right white glove, and slaps you across the face]. This cannot stand! 🙃
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  34. I’ve always been amazed at our hypocrisy, we are a nation founded on the beliefs of equality and freedom, yet we seem to be unwilling to grant EVERY citizen this very right.
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  35. YES! I would so pay to watch a duel between Trump and Hillary! Oh please please please make it happen! Color me ecstatic! 😁😎🤪
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  36.  Guy Incognito  -- I know. My relatives whom I love have been forever changed. I have realized that they will lie, cheat, steal, do ANYTHING in the name of faith and their Republican Parties success. My view of them has been forever changed thanks to Trump. Still love them, but holy hell, I will never trust what they say ever again.
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  37. mogaman28 — Yes, commenters here have been triggered, both you and Despiser Despised are perfect examples of snowflakes with sensitive ideals who try and squash free speech of all types.
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  38. xxOmponxx — Drinking age varies by state. I still remember living in California when it was changed from 18 to 21. A month later I remember the news saying that accidents and traffic deaths involving people aged 18-20 had immediately dropped. This was pre computers and I remember thinking why when it took weeks to count anything.. votes, whatever, but 30 days afterwards they already had the entire states accidents and traffic stats sorted by age of the driver ready for release immediately. LOL!
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  39. Awesome! Leave it to you THG & Girl to share more about a subject than I have ever heard before! Y’all ROCK!
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  40. arachnonixon — Good point, but I was just starting high school in those days LOL! I knew little of those things. I just remember dad not being happy that the new car was costing him clients and business. It wasn’t just him, there were several people in sales that felt the same. Normally if I remember correctly they kept cars for 2-4 years, I’m thinking the Vega’s lasted about 6-9 months. They also had some Plymouth Satelites, which were kinda sporty for the day. Edit — And the ride, fit and finish... I can remember thinking as a kid that it was cheap. But what did I know. My allowance was $2/week back then.
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  41. Peter Stoddard — All I know is every bit of history I’ve heard from my family and other sources, makes me feel pretty damn boring. Say what you will, but they LIVED life a bit more fully than we do.
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  42. Marty Moose — Your "bandage carried a gun?" And it drove a car? Thanks for making my day!
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  43. I believe he said he released the patent after it was in use. While still admirable it was released after years of sales to the military. I am just pointing out he was paid, he still deserves our respect.
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  44.  @darrellsmith4204  -- Absolutely, but to say that level of anger, of hatred, after a war can be just reasoned away -- That shows a complete lack of understanding of the events they endured. We are all products of our environments, we learn by what happens in our lives. And frankly, what my grandparents described was inexcusable. I do not blame them at all for feeling that way. I get what you mean, I see the danger, but I have to give that generation a pass for what they lived through.
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  45.  Jay Bee  -- Your comment is offensive. My grandparents were not prone to making snap decisions, were painfully direct and honest. And their opinions were based on their and their relatives stories who lived through those times. This was not anti-German propaganda, this was their first and second hand experiences. My mother's opinions were related to Ireland's trying to remain neutral in a situation that she felt demanded a position. For my quiet, well spoken and reserved mother to call Ireland's position, and their people, her family, Milquetoast... that was the equivalent for her of screaming at the top your lungs at someone inches from their faces. And seriously Jay, you need to research more and speak less. WW2 has some horrific acts on all sides, to dismiss what happened as propaganda is a disservice to everyone who lived through those times.
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  46.  Guy Incognito  -- "My hatred?" I have no hatred towards Germany, Russia or Japan, or its descendants. My late wife was Japanese, her maiden name was Ishimara. I drive a Japanese vehicle, and yes, have laughed off some cold comments from my elderly relatives from that era. Remembering our history is critical to not repeating it. Understanding it, hence this channel, is part of that and it is important. Where do you get that I harbor hatred, when I was speaking of what I learned from my relatives first and second had accounts?
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  47. I saw him in concert about 8-or so years ago, remarkable showman, I was floored at his voice and energy!
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  48. I thank you for including my family history in this episode, made it oddly more interesting! 🤣
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  49. Ribbitgoesthedog Lastnamehereyeah — Maybe, maybe not, we may never know. Japan and Germany were both amazing power houses bent on world domination at any costs. Japan being non Aryan would eventually been targeted by Germany whose strategy of enveloping the armies and resources into their own feeding their growth would have given Germany the military advantage. Personally I’m happy with the current status quo, German is a hard language for me to speak.
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  50. Sorry, THG is immortal. He and his work will be history class mandatory watching for eternity.
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