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usonian

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17. Your Government is Protecting You. Information will never leak. It will never be used to harass, injure or kill Jews.
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 07:30 PM
20 hrs ago

From "IBM and the Holocaust"

For example, at Alexanderplatz in Berlin, just down the street from the Prussian Statistical Office complex, Brown Shirts invaded a restaurant popular with Jewish businessmen. Waving a list of names of the restaurant's Jewish customers, the Brown Shirts "formed a double line to the restaurant door." They called each Jew out by name and made him run a gauntlet. As a Jew passed, each Storm Trooper "smashed him in the face and kicked him with heavy boots, until finally the last in the line, knocked him into the street." The last Jew to run the gauntlet was beaten so severely, "his face resembled a beefsteak," the newspaper reported.


https://explaininghistory.org/2025/09/30/ibm-and-the-holocaust-technology-as-a-force-multiplier-for-genocide/

The Hollerith card was a death sentence.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/ibm-nazis-ww2
"It's just a census. Nothing could possibly go wrong"

Reminder: Elon Musk has passwords to, and back-doors planted in every major government computing system.

And he would NEVER misuse the information.


How IBM Helped The Nazis Carry Out The Holocaust
https://allthatsinteresting.com/ibm-nazis-ww2/3



Information in the hands of a MURDEROUS fascist government WILL BE MISUSED.
THEY CANNOT MISUSE information that THEY DO NOT HAVE.

"It's just a census"

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A W. Bush appointee, too. C Moon Yesterday #1
"In a 32-page ruling, Judge Pappert, an Obama appointee, wrote that..." pcdb 20 hrs ago #19
Whoops. I looked up his name and it said Bush somewhere. Cray cray. Thanks. Maybe it was Google AI...again. C Moon 15 hrs ago #30
OK, they are getting lists of Jews now Miguelito Loveless Yesterday #2
Except they want the list as part of a shakedown of U Penn maxsolomon Yesterday #3
It is irrelevant why they want it, it is THAT they want it. Behind the Aegis Yesterday #5
You have no idea what they want the lists for obamanut2012 Yesterday #6
It says right in the article what the Trumpists want the list for. maxsolomon Yesterday #7
Hmmm... lonely bird 21 hrs ago #15
Maybe, maybe not. Miguelito Loveless 23 hrs ago #11
"Optics"? Well, Yeah. Those And REAL LIFE SITUATIONS. ColoringFool 17 hrs ago #26
Jews Begin to Wonder: Is Anywhere Safe? Behind the Aegis Yesterday #4
I'm so Sorry, BtA... 💔 ☮️🌻🕯️🕊️💜 Cha 21 hrs ago #16
No. We aren't safe anywhere. AZLD4Candidate 20 hrs ago #18
Constitutional argument "easily dispensed with"? SpankMe Yesterday #8
How do they know who is jewish? eggplant 23 hrs ago #9
That wouldn't work anyway. Behind the Aegis 23 hrs ago #10
Traditionally BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago #12
Apparently I needed to add a sarcasm tag. eggplant 17 hrs ago #28
Horrible optics even if they are (in theory) trying to go after antisemitism LymphocyteLover 22 hrs ago #13
Yet, the Jewish population apparently doesn't feel discriminated against there Bayard 22 hrs ago #14
Your Government is Protecting You. Information will never leak. It will never be used to harass, injure or kill Jews. usonian 20 hrs ago #17
Mr. trump is checking all the hooked-crossed shaped boxes Torchlight 20 hrs ago #20
I don't think they'll ever tell us the truth..they will, I fear, show us why they want this and voters' information Deuxcents 17 hrs ago #27
This is so mind-boggling. Baitball Blogger 19 hrs ago #21
This message was self-deleted by its author orangecrush 18 hrs ago #22
The only people I trust less on the issue of antisemitism nycbos 18 hrs ago #23
Sounds like a "religious test" to me. Martin68 18 hrs ago #24
The Outrageousness Is Staggering And Shocking. And..... ColoringFool 17 hrs ago #25
Yeah. I don't care what reasons are given. Never good - Never - to want to point out the Jewish people. Solly Mack 17 hrs ago #29
OK, maybe this is a dumb question, but why the fuck would a student or employee record include religious affiliation?? pat_k 15 hrs ago #31
Good question. I went to Penn, and was never confronted with the issue DFW 10 hrs ago #32
"I haven't been back there since" BumRushDaShow 8 hrs ago #34
I guess I shouldn't be surprised DFW 31 min ago #38
Is the next step to force universities to give up the names of every Muslim so they can be blamed for antisemitism? Lonestarblue 8 hrs ago #33
"Is the next step to force universities to give up the names of every Muslim so they can be blamed for antisemitism?" BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago #37
Why would there be a "list of Jews" in the first place? Religion of nonreligion is a private matter. Vinca 8 hrs ago #35
Wouldn't it be easier just to make all the Jews wear a yellow Star of David on their clothing? Ray Bruns 8 hrs ago #36
This is the modern age DFW 25 min ago #39
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