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Active denial that it happened, and so if you have no awareness that it happened, if you haven't been taught the truth of history. i think you're more susceptible of an know true view of being accepted as truth. >> for people who think this is an abstraction, mcmin county, the school board in tennessee voted unanimously against the graphic novel "maus" on the family's experience in the holocaust. >> yeah. i -- i've been -- i've been told by some critics like they feel it's a straw man argument, i wish it were a straw man argument and i was in tennessee in south lake, texas, just a couple of mo...

Ukrainians shore up their military. if the russians go too far this will look like the balkan wars. i really hope that somehow we prevail upon putin not to take any further military action. >> ambassador, ukraine is an abstraction to many americans. i think many would have trouble finding it on a map and the concept of an invasion by russia of ukraine is an abstraction to many americans. sadly as was the invasion of crimea. we are talking about 190,000 russian troops on the ground and not talking about all the nato troops on the ground and not talking about the ukrainian military which is not ...

Beijing was the first winter olympics to be 100% reliant on the creation of artificial snow. 222 million litres of water were needed to create the snow conditions and that is the equivalent of 85 olympic—sized swimming pools. one snow gun alone can create the equivalent of ten lorry loads injust one hour. but artificial snow is not new. back in 1980, lake placid was the first olympic games to use the stuff but the growth and reliance at sochi and pyeongchang showed that this is a growing problem for winter sports and ski resorts alike. snow cannons essentially create artificial snow and sinc...

A lot of them just simply hadn't, you know, packed their bags. they hadn't gone to the store to buy any supplies. they felt like they were on the back foot, totally caught off guard, and then they had to pile into trains, and cars and travel to where i am now, here in lviv or shelter in metro stationings. s -- stations. so a lot of people are willing to fight, because of the depth of feeling, and hatred for vladimir putin. they are willing to pick up arms as admiral stavridis said, they have something to fight for, the russians can only feel an abstraction, they're fighting on behalf of someth...

Has just cost you about 7.5% of your life savings in one year. it's a real callousness. same thing with the border. we have this idea that the border is obsolete. they are telling people along the border we don't care how your schools are impacted, your fine. we don't care you have to wear a mask and get vaccinated and 2 million people don't. it's really revealing, i think we have the wrong paradigm. these are selfish, arrogant people who worship theory and abstraction and have no concern -- >> laura: they never suffer, that's the point. they never sacrifice, they won't move an inch off their ...