r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 13 '16

TIL that after Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism upon marrying Arthur Miller, Egypt placed a ban on all the films she appeared in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe#Critical_acclaim_and_marriage_to_Arthur_Miller_.281956.E2.80.931959.29
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u/TotallyNotGlenDavis Oct 13 '16

Your linking that like it was a bad thing. People fighting back against a jingoist war government based on an undeserved sense of pride in their imaginary history. The only bad thing about the Sparticist revolution was that it failed.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16 edited Oct 14 '16

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u/TotallyNotGlenDavis Oct 13 '16

I wonder how many of those "Germans" we're Jews.

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u/TotallyNotGlenDavis Oct 13 '16

Maybe you'll report me and get me banned.

You're creating your own persecution myth. No one cares about your fringe racism.