DU votes Ronald Reagan over Hitler as the person they most want removed from history.

[trumad]

Sometimes this place can be dumber than a box of rocks.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1124572

[jberryhill]

1. Dumb questions invite dumb answers

I mean, this is serious stuff. When someone goes ahead and invents that time machine, we're going to have to be ready.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Really?

Seriously, they did? Reagan was bad, but worse than Hitler? That's fucked up.

[Bok_Tukalo]

3. I tried that once

I removed Gustav Schäfer from history. The man was responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths in Europe.

When I got back, I learned of this Hitler guy .....

[Freddie]

4. We tend to be USA-centric

And Democrats!

[gollygee]

5. I'm hoping people didn't take the question that seriously

because it seems obviously to be ridiculous.

[BOG PERSON]

6. i think my answer was the best.

if you take out christopher columbus, the discovery of the americas doesn't happen (ever!), there is no european mercantile era underwritten by the plunder of the americas and slavery, no colonization of asia and africa, no world war 1 over who's going to get what colonies, and no world war 2 over who's going to replace the british empire as top dog. how do you like that? i practically killed adam and eve.

[coalition_unwilling]

13. Whoever voted to remove Adam from the gene pool had it pretty much right, I think. Bring

back the matriarchy, because men have had their chance and they sure have fucked up the planet

[CJCRANE]

7. The OP already mentioned Hitler and the replies are pretty diverse.

I skimmed down the thread but I didn't see many mentions of Reagan.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1119935

[Arctic Dave]

8. I know. I voted for Barney.

That purple fucker needs to die!!!

[frazzled]

9. Yeah, only 60 million people died in Hitler's war (military and civilian deaths)

Reagan, after all, deemed ketchup a vegetable, and did, after all, bring us Reaganomics, which we're still fighting ... but hey, what's 60 million people and a total realignment of the world compared to some bad tax and regulation laws?

[Salviati]

10. Look, if you want it to be an interesting discusison, you've got to kind of leave Hitler out of it.

I mean otherwise it's kind of like posting a thread asking "What color do you think the sky is on a clear day?" and expecting to get a lively discussion.

Of course you're going to pick Hitler. Take Hitler out of the discussion, move on and discuss something interesting.

[ailsagirl]

11. Hitler should have been off the table

But since he wasn't, I had to vote for the monster

[crimson77]

12. Well then why not add Stalin,Pol Pot and Mao.

[MANative]

14. Missed that whole discusson, but

I'd have selected Prescott Bush. Would have solved many ills.

[MrScorpio]

15. I vote for John Wilkes Booth

The death of Lincoln derailed Reconstruction and brought forward the era of Jim Crow.

[TheKentuckian]

16. Hitler was defeated, Reagan still rules and will be starting his ninth term regardless of the

outcome of the election. There seems to be little sign that his influence is waning.

My vote is probably for Alexander Hamilton, though. It will be hundreds of years getting away from his worldview and machinations.

[Motown_Johnny]

17. There are good arguments for not going after Hitler.

Mostly that the social and economic motivations for the rise of the Nazis would continue to exist even if Hitler was not their leader.

Also, arguably, Hitler screwed up and should have invaded Great Britain. It has been said that he was afraid of water and that his fear somehow made him to cautious. If you remove Hitler and have someone more capable rise to power things could be much worse. WWII was terrible but we did end up on the winning side. Are you sure you want to mess with that outcome?


Reagan is less risky. Also, we ended up on the wrong side of that fight.


P.S. I picked Abraham.

[Raine1967]

18. Kick.

I've been watching that thread, and I was astounded. You, Trumad, have nailed the entire debacle on the head.