The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #125523 Message #2782194
Posted By: Bettynh
06-Dec-09 - 01:21 PM
Thread Name: Nazi music & propaganda on YouTube
Subject: RE: Nazi music & propaganda on YouTube
When my boys were young teenagers I sat them down and made them watch Leni Riefenstahl's "Triumph of Will." I had to hunt had for the used videotape, and it was primitive - no commentary, not even any translation. But we dug into it. Those young men at the rally were the same age or a bit older than my boys. It seemed important to me that we discuss how that happened, and what came of it. If we're going to live in a society that allows free speech, we have to learn to listen carefully and think about what the popular lockstep means and implies.