I'm sorry, part of me agrees with you and is saying "wow, she's right, maybe you should be more sensitive and not say those things so lightly" but another part of me simply disagrees. I think there are very few people at our age group that would react so badly to a holocaust joke. I, personally, never came across anyone who was upset at such a joke. I really don't think they had a way to know that you'd react that way; you think it should be obvious, but I really don't think it's as obviously a subject you need to be careful about as you think it is. Maybe you should warn people in the future, to avoid that kind of thing from happening. (better be smart then right, I think, even if you are right).
I'm so sensitive about the subject that I have nightmares to this day from informative movies I watched ביום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה when I was a kid, and whenever an older relative talks about the Holocaust I would leave the room in tears right away, and I don't react badly to jokes. Maybe it's better to inform people in advance then trust them to think things through and be sensitive - if I wouldn't know you're sensitive to the subject, the one talking about it lightly could just as easily be me, and, again, I don't think I'm an insensitive person. I don't want you to get hurt again, and it could be avoided, next time. Not everyone are as smart and careful as you are, sadly. Most people are not.
I agree with you re: jokes and such; it isn't feasible to be so deeply offended by something so common. But we resolved this upthread so I'm not getting into detail, just saying, I have learned to deal with jokes more or less, though I don't like them; I either warn people or just grimace and suck it up. What happened last night? Not the same thing at all.
I'm so sensitive about the subject that I have nightmares to this day from informative movies I watched ביום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה when I was a kid, and whenever an older relative talks about the Holocaust I would leave the room in tears right away, and I don't react badly to jokes. Maybe it's better to inform people in advance then trust them to think things through and be sensitive - if I wouldn't know you're sensitive to the subject, the one talking about it lightly could just as easily be me, and, again, I don't think I'm an insensitive person. I don't want you to get hurt again, and it could be avoided, next time. Not everyone are as smart and careful as you are, sadly. Most people are not.
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