Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal theonion.com/think-t... - ThreadSky

Oh you bastards, I just read the headline and nearly kneeled over with the "WHAT!"
So difficult to find that fine line between truth, lies, and whatever the hell is happening right now.

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centristsisyphus.bsky.social•96 days ago

Fascinating article, I Goebbelled it up in no time!

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onthesurreal.bsky.social•96 days ago

Name sounds German. Nothing evil has ever come out of Germany.

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lexilynneloo.bsky.social•96 days ago

More specifically, Himmler was a leader of the SS and one of the main individuals that lead the holocaust - IIRC the primary leader of the holocaust?

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onthesurreal.bsky.social•96 days ago

Indeed he was. I was just making Simpsons reference like the elder millennial that I am.

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lexilynneloo.bsky.social•96 days ago

Then I’m embarrassed to say that I forgot that reference as a millennial 😅

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bullix.bsky.social•96 days ago

Leader of the SS and the Gestapo. Not the primary architect of the holocaust but it’s primary enforcer, I’d say. Architect was Eichmann I believe. He got his by partisan in 1944 I think.

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bullix.bsky.social•96 days ago

Also, for the record, his previous employment had been as a chicken farmer and a school teacher

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lifeleavesscars.bsky.social•96 days ago

I can usually tell an onion headline but this one got me to swallow the entire hook. Sign of the times.

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csapidus.bsky.social•96 days ago

Guest analyst A. Eichmann of the NY Times agrees.

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zlatanpalic.bsky.social•96 days ago

Eichmann pitching in was my first thought upon seeing this Onion post

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csapidus.bsky.social•96 days ago

It's not as though Ernst Röhm would get top billing.

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bullix.bsky.social•96 days ago

@nytpitchbot.bsky.social
You’re getting your ass handed to you here lol

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chuck-e-jesus.bsky.social•96 days ago

OK, but I'm assured by idiots on this platform that both sides are the same. Still. Even now.

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bullix.bsky.social•96 days ago

And I’m assured that your middle name stands for ‘Entertainment’

Apropos of nothing, just screwing around

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happyrumrunner.bsky.social•97 days ago

*uneasy laugh* hardly satire anymore

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techprint.bsky.social•96 days ago

Just change the name to the heritage foundation and it's not satire.

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peroxidus.bsky.social•96 days ago

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tnmip.bsky.social•96 days ago

This is the core belief of the modern republican party

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nullcat63.bsky.social•97 days ago

Reassuring

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island4hashira.bsky.social•96 days ago

Isn’t that a #NaziOrganization? Take ur case 2 court!

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bullix.bsky.social•96 days ago

Psst, it’s the onion. Not news, just satire that now looks way too real lol

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willow3939.bsky.social•96 days ago

Parody or real? Doesn't matter now. We are living in the 'upsidedown.'

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petey4335.bsky.social•96 days ago

Heydrich-Skorzeny: Hey-D-Rich-Skorz-Eny: "Hey, the rich scores any" : Chef’s kiss for the article writer.

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captainmurika.bsky.social•97 days ago

They certainly seem to be on the reich side of the law.

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cybirr.bsky.social•96 days ago

Right next to the Miller Institute of Racial Purity?

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jc-allen.bsky.social•96 days ago

Isn't he Jewish? I remember reading somewhere is grandparents or great-grandparents immigrated here to escape persecution. He wouldn't be here today if someone like him had prevented them from seeking asylum as he seeks to prevent others from doing.

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cybirr.bsky.social•96 days ago

You are correct. His cognitive dissonance of hating the Other whilst being part of a demographic that has traditionally been the Other is rather hard to reconcile. Unless the willful embracing of hate is his motivation.

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midnitet0ker.bsky.social•96 days ago

Seriously, this guy must have lost a girl to a swarthy Latin dude or gotten really bad service at a Mexican restaurant to have it out for us the way he does.