Comments by "SK ONTHEROAD" (@skontheroad2666) on "CNN" channel.

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  107.  @Pinkheartbwell  And again, I hope you understand that your statements (reread them from the beginning) have been a deep, painful betrayal to those who not only perished in the Holocaust, but to those who survived the horrors of the Holocaust. As well as their trials and tribulations in the DP camps and thereafter. Including the impact it had on their children and grandchildren. It will take many generations for us to not be reliving daily the reminders of the atrocities that occurred, and the affect it had, and still has, on our lives. I don't know what year your father came to the US, or where he came from, but even if he didn't tell you stories about it, just his behavior throughout, how he carried on with life, was likely marred by what he had experienced and seen. And someone like that, who carries that burden, passes it on. Just as I want you to understand that your mindless, thoughtless, insincere commentary--completely anonymous on YT of course--is deeply hurtful and painful. And yet you keep going. I am glad that you are ok with forgiving nazis, letting SS officers roam free, although illegal, and saving little animals because you are a vegetarian. But I want you to understand that what you did was not only wrong, it was vindictive and mean. People may comments on YT all the time and others sling insults, call people names and liars, all from the safety of their screen name. I did none of that--I simply asked you to take it down. And you won't, and yet still keep posting. I don't know what your point even is anymore. It certainly can't be forgiveness as I have told you how offended, horrified and saddened I am by your actions and, perhaps bc I am a stranger online, you don't care. And while I did start out by saying I had a hard time believing your story, I did not follow that line of logic, not because I am now convinced--quite the opposite--I was truly just being courteous. I could go through each comment and sentence that only highlights the insincerity of your story, but I don't need to. You know what they are. And yet you still seem to have a point you wish to make. I implore you to find a different way. Doing it at the expense of 6 million dead is truly reprehensible. And just the fact that you don't understand how awful it is, or what your first post represented--or understand and feel the deep shame that you should be experiencing right now, is proof enough of your not even that elaborate, yet nonetheless pathetic, ruse. Just know that again, whatever point you tried to make, all you did was traumatize someone further. And yet, you seem very ok with it. Does that help prove your point? I doubt it.
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  110.  @Pinkheartbwell  Since you brought up Eva Kor--do you even know the whole story? You cut and pasted part of an article on commonlit but in addition to what she said, "Forgiveness does not mean that the perpetrators are absolved of their crimes," what Eva Kor also said, which is just as important as her own personal experiences were, as her ability to forgive was, was that "Each person can forgive only in his or her own name. One cannot forgive in the name of all Holocaust survivors." As I said before, the concept of forgiveness in Judaism is very different than that of Christianity. Many survivors did not, and do not, feel the same way as she did. "It is not our place, or our duty, to forgive. We do not owe anybody forgiveness. The pre-requisite for forgiveness is atonement. Justice we should seek--and forever seek--but forgiveness? It is not our place to forgive." Your point on how you came to forgive could have been made by simply telling Eva Kor's story--a true story. But the fact that you have chosen to leave your comments up, which are not only offensive to those who actually DID survive the Holocaust, or are children and grandchildren of those who are survivors, you do a disservice to Eva Kor and her memory, which is the exact thing you are trying to make a statement about. Make your point another way. Honor Eva Kor and her memory, along with the memory of her sister and family. Or simply make the point by drawing a parallel from the original news clip to Eva Kor's testimonials in documentaries and YT video that you found inspiring. Or use something else. Anything else but the tale you told about treating a Nazi War criminal and then letting him roam free!! The power to forgive that man was not yours! There are laws! People get put in jail for doing what you said happened! And the fact that you were not aware of that, or the impact of your other statements, may exonerate you and your false statements from those you have offended, but they do not make them any less painful to those whose identity you are essentially stealing. They also don't necessarily exonerate you from the law! Have you done anything to rectify the situation? Called the FBI? You claim to be a nice, peaceful person who wants to do good things. Take your statements DOWN! And then, in return, I will gladly delete mine. You are desecrating the memory of those who perished in the Holocaust as well as the survivors, whether dead or alive. You may not have the ability to exonerate anyone on behalf of the survivors or those killed, but apparently you can help them seek justice. In the name of everyone murdered.
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  245. @HeiBred I understand that you are seeing it all play out from afar, and in the media, but please don't believe everything you see and hear. The media is out of control and has been for the past 4 years. The reason that the news keeps playing impeachment stories is because they are concerned their ratings will plummet after January 20th when Trump is out. They know that Biden is boring, when they can even get him out of his basement to answer questions. He spoke last night and it was ridiculous. With an impeachment story, the cable news channels will be able to continue to cover Trump and keep their viewership. Even at the expense of keeping the country divided. And Trump closed the borders early. But if you recall, when he did, Biden called him names for doing it, Pelosi did as well, and then pulled that stunt in Chinatown in SF. Then shortly thereafter we had the situation where Fauci admitted to misleading the country regarding face masks. For some reason, of all the international news I watch daily for work, in various languages to understand how the world sees the US, the virus and how it is affecting different countries across the globe, Sky News Australia is always very pro-Trump and reports from a right-wing, Republican perspective. Why? I can never figure out why Australians in particular, have their own equivalent of FOX News. But, if you have been watching that, alongside other, more left leaning news channels, you have likely gotten a well rounded view of what is going on here. Nonetheless, the stories they all run are the few outlier examples that make for interesting news. You can assume the whole country is that way. Just as the few nutjobs who stormed the Capitol don't represent every republican in the US. Or the 74 million who voted for Trump. (Side note--I also really enjoy Australia's 60 minutes! Much better than ours!)
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  246. @HeiBred I don't know if you are an American living overseas, or just a foreigner interested in American politics, but what happened with Dr. Fauci and the masks was covered by every single news channel. Not just right wing media. You can type it into YouTube or Google and watch the stories. I was only pointing it out because you were Monday morning quarterbacking by saying that Trump should have responded sooner. Those who recall what happened here in the US remember how it played out. However crazy and awful he has been on many occasions, it still does not mean that they way they responded to the virus in the beginning was necessarily wrong, or was the cause of more deaths. And again,, I don't know what perspective you are viewing this all from,, however to state that you don't care for the Republicans or the Democrats, and at the same time say that bc I am trying to show issues that have occurred on both sides of the aisle, making them equally to blame, yet stating that that must make me a Trump supporter/and or a Republican and therefore a bad person is a bit disingenuous. This country is made up of 70+ million people who voted for Trump, or just voted against Biden/Republican, as well as 70+ million who voted against Trump/for Biden or Democrat. Either way, Trump is out, Biden is President and the entire country must find a way to move forward. We have enough issues to work through right now. We don't need to focus on gratuitous comments from the peanut gallery. It isn't helpful.
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  247. @HeiBred I unfortunately hate golf (I am terrible at it but my son was captain of the team in HS, lol!)... but I love riding, and used to work with horses when younger (running a hack stable in Upstate NY in the summers during college). I used to compete as a hobby when younger, at camp in Colorado--Rodeo (barrels, poles and flags)--very American! At the dude ranch where I ran the barn, all of our staff came from Camp America and CCUSA, so I had many Aussies and Kiwis come work as wranglers and they produced the best horseman (with the ability to easily switch over to western style). While that was before the internet, when people still felt very isolated coming from Australia, and would save up for their trip abroad when they would then spend 6 months traveling America before they would go back and settle down, there are still some similarities now. Especially during Covid. I have been waiting over a year for a few surgeries so I have not really left my house much this past year. I understand what you mean about trying to manage the pain and get some sleep. And I too have been watching a ton of YouTube, which started for work, and then became quite a nasty habit I think.... 🤔 but nonetheless, it doesn't matter where one comes from, everyone has bias. Unless it is about something that they didn't even know existed--like asking a rural farmer in a fly over state who started working on the family dairy farm right out of HS and has never been out of his town, what he thinks about Maori culture, or other aboriginals (the small a being intentional), such as Torres Straight Islanders and Aboriginals (big A) and the issues they face in Australian society... I am going to take a leap and guess that the farmer will give you a blank stare back. Honestly, so would my husband! Maybe he might break into a Haka, but it would still take him a few minutes to put it together. Other than those isolated incidents, it is impossible for people to escape forming a biased opinion one way or the other. It is human nature. And it starts with the way one first encountered the person or subject matter and how it was presented to them. I am personally a little sensitive to the way the media covers Jared and Ivanka for example, as I know one of them and share common friends with the other (and I don't typically even write this much about it in the comments section online). The coverage was ridiculous from the start. At this point, it is pure conjecture and people hear stories about them which may as well be fairy tales. Yet everyone feels that they know them, what they are thinking, what they say and do--it is absurd! Having heard that go on these past 4 years, knowing that the media is simply making news up, how can I now believe anything they say or write? Unless it is sourced properly and confirmed. So when you say that Trump is anti-science or science illiterate, or would not listen to his scientific advisors (I don't recall if you said would not or did not), think back on where and how you heard this. And of course you would have formed a bias upon hearing it. The person reporting it probably influenced that bias as well. And that is the problem right now in America. On both sides. And what makes it worse is when people are stuck at home watching the news and that is their only source of news and opinion. There is no more water cooler talk at the office where you can hear other opinions or stories of other people's experiences. Or me saying Trump is NOT an anti-semite, they have it all wrong. Jared's father may be the worst person and criminal to walk the earth, but his mother is lovely and his father-in-law is not an anti-semite. All we hear, we hear solely from the media and the extreme outlier stories they cover to make a point, and make news. It is very misleading and we all fall victim to it. It is a big problem!
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