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Baron2024

(675 posts)
Sat Jan 25, 2025, 07:08 PM Saturday

The White Rose

Relevant to our current historical dilemma- for those that never heard of them, the White Rose was an anti-Nazi resistance group in Germany during World War Two. They are worth knowing about. Here is a link to their Wikipedia article--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose

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The White Rose (Original Post) Baron2024 Saturday OP
Hmmm yellow dahlia Saturday #1
There is also a new "White Rose" movement in the UK who repurposed the RockRaven Saturday #2
Now, that's a shame. brakester Saturday #3
Also a post-punk band with the same name who were quite good. DJ Synikus Makisimus Saturday #4
They paid with their lives. COL Mustard Saturday #5
The white rose was mwmisses4289 Saturday #6
The white rose was also a symbol mnhtnbb Saturday #7

RockRaven

(16,723 posts)
2. There is also a new "White Rose" movement in the UK who repurposed the
Sat Jan 25, 2025, 07:22 PM
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name to spread disinformation and conspiracy theories about Covid.

brakester

(185 posts)
3. Now, that's a shame.
Sat Jan 25, 2025, 07:38 PM
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Leave it to the crazy Q's to use a sacred name for spreading their evil lies.

Some of us are considering reinstituting The White Rose to spread the word about the multiple daily crimes of the felonator.

Well fight them for the name.

4. Also a post-punk band with the same name who were quite good.
Sat Jan 25, 2025, 07:47 PM
Saturday

Sort of like a combination of New Order with Depeche Mode.

mwmisses4289

(302 posts)
6. The white rose was
Sat Jan 25, 2025, 09:41 PM
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also the symbol of the house of York, during the war of the roses in England during the 1400s.

mnhtnbb

(32,236 posts)
7. The white rose was also a symbol
Sat Jan 25, 2025, 09:55 PM
Saturday

of the Jacobite cause in 18th Century Scotland to restore the Catholic King James to the throne of England. The unsuccessful movement of 1745 was led by Prince Charles Stuart and ended with the Battle of Culloden in 1746 in which thousands of Scots were slaughtered by the British Army. The rebellion ended with destruction of the clans and the Highland way of life.

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