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    Quote Originally Posted by BrudnyZydMalpa View Post
    Germans have clearly been a threat to America.

    From the German Hessians & German house of Hanover King George who fought against American independence.

    To the Kaiser in 1897 planning to invade & colonize America.

    To Germans blowing up the statue of Liberty in WW1.

    To Germans killing thousands of Americans in WW2.
    This is true however, most Germans Assimilated and became fully Americanized look at President Eisenhower. But yes in Pennsylvania there are still Amish Germans that do not want anything to do with American culture or society. I am assuming in early America this might of been more common then it is now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DDCrush View Post
    I find it shocking what Ben Franklin said of German that immigrated to the USA.

    He called them Stupid and Swarthy and too dumb to learn English.

    Here is the article Below.

    Germans make up the largest European Ancestry in the USA. The British Anglo's were especially harsh to the Irish,Germans, Italians and just about every other European that was not English in the USA.

    http://www.dialoginternational.com/d...anklin-on.html
    Why are the bolded parts shocking?


    Most of the Germans that immigrated to the U.S were uneducated peasants.
    As for learning English I don't think he was right to say they were too dumb to learn english, but rather due to their circumstances it was difficult for them to learn English. When Germans usually came to the U.S they went to live where other Germans lived, hence it was difficult for them to learn English, and also living in such areas it was almost unnecessary.

    The only part that surprises me is the swarthy business.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chichic View Post
    Most alleged "Germans" in the US are only Jews who immigrated to the US during and after Hitler.
    There are as much as 56 million German Americans most who were in America before WW2 even started!

    Over 17% of the U.S.A is German while just 2% of the U.S.A is Jewish.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lord Rahl View Post
    Why are the bolded parts shocking?



    The only part that surprises me is the swarthy business.
    I agree I think swarthy must of meant something different at that time. Maybe it was associated with foreigner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BrudnyZydMalpa View Post
    Germans have clearly been a threat to America.

    From the German Hessians & German house of Hanover King George who fought against American independence.

    To the Kaiser in 1897 planning to invade & colonize America.

    To Germans blowing up the statue of Liberty in WW1.

    To Germans killing thousands of Americans in WW2.
    I think that retarded Polack immigrants to the US have been a bigger threat to America.

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    In the 1970's Polish Americans scored a 109 IQ while German Americans scored a 105 IQ.

    http://books.google.com/books?id=zEP...n%20IQ&f=false

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    Have you ever been in Poland? That is certainly not the country of smart people!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chichic View Post
    Have you ever been in Poland? That is certainly not the country of smart people!
    Poland in 2012 scored a higher PISA score than Germany did!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program...ent_Assessment

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    Are you mentally retarded or something?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chichic View Post
    Are you mentally retarded or something?
    Right facts are for mentally retarded people. LOL!

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