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slothrop@lemmy.ca to Political Memes@lemmy.caEnglish · 9 hours ago

mea culpa! did I stutter?

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  • resin85@lemmy.ca
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    My favorite tidbit about this:

    Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun gave his Nobel Literature Prize medal to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels in 1943. A strong supporter of the Nazis, Hamsun was convicted of treason in 1947 and spent the rest of his life in mental institutions.

    Source: 1001 ways to lose a Nobel prize

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    What’s the point if it’s not directly awarded to you, it’s like buying a Grammy at Goodwill and awarding it to your cover band.

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      He’s not exactly known for intellectual depth my guy, you’re asking why the shallow loser does shallow loser shit

      • etherphon@midwest.social
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        It was a bit rhetorical I suppose, I just don’t see how you spin this without looking like a total dipshit but alas that doesn’t matter anymore either.

  • ceoofanarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    The prize has always been a joke meant to rehabilitate the image of the founder.

  • Zephorah@discuss.online
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    I know this isn’t the point, but did Goebbels write? This is the literature prize, not the peace prize.

    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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      Propaganda, yeah, it was kind of his thing

  • Danarchy@lemmy.nz
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    Most disappointing combination imaginable of the words “ham” and “sun”

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    1930s-40s : We dissolved the Nobel prize to stop if from falling into the hands of fascists, then re-assembled it after.
    2020s : The person that recieved the Nobel prize gave it as a gift to a fascist.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_de_Hevesy

    • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
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      *the fascist that received the Nobel Peace Prize gave it as a gift to a fascist.

      She’s been applauding Trump’s strikes on fellow Venezuelans and pledging to privatize Venezuelan infrastructure and resources.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Hamsun#Racism_and_admiration_for_Hitler

    Woof.

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      The Negros are and will remain Negros, a nascent human form from the tropics, rudimentary organs on the body of white society. Instead of founding an intellectual elite, America has established a mulatto studfarm.

      Yowza

      • eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        As the proud parent of two mixed race kids, feel free to refer to my house as the Mulatto Studfarm.

      • whosepoopisonmybuttocks@sh.itjust.works
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        Horrific racism aside, if their goal was actually foundation of an intellectual elite or some kind of utopian master society, they wouldn’t defund education, science, art. Their goal has only ever been power and control.

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        Today’s nazi wannabe fascists are equally horrible in their opinions, and their grammar is much worse.

      • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
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        yowza bo bowza

        An image of Ethan saying his catchphrase from the fictional sitcom Horsin' Around set within the BoJack Horseman universe

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          That’s too much man.

    • Maxxie@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      TL-DR:

      He gifted medal to Goebbels because he was a huge fan and wanted an audience with Hitler, one he got and kinda blew.

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    I had never heard of this piece of shit before and my life was better for it.

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      There are quite a few pieces of shit mentioned here.

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