Saturday, November 28, 2015

New Kasich political ad has it exactly right


http://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2015/11/donald-trump-hitler-new-kasich-ad

GOP presidential candidate John Kasich's new ad, updating a WWII quote, tells exactly what is going on in the right wing support of a fascist demagogue like Donald Trump.  I applaud Kasich for telling the truth.  He is the only GOP candidate with his head screwed on correctly (at least, in his assessment of Trump).  A new would-be Hitler has arisen in our own country, and, true to ideological form, the right wingers are supporting him with great enthusiasm, just as the right wingers in Germany supported Hitler.

Today's right wingers try to disclaim Hitler as a fascist and insist he was a left wing liberal.  Talk about having your head in the sand, going against all historical appraisals of Germany and Hitler.  Of course, right wingers today also go against all scientific appraisals regarding the dangers of human-caused climate change.  Their rigid, denial kind of thinking hasn't changed in all the years since WWII.  Should memory fail today's Tea Party types in regard to past history, here is the original quote from the days of WWII: 

"First they came ..." is a famous statement and provocative poem written by Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) about the cowardice of German intellectuals following the Nazis' rise to power and the subsequent purging of their chosen targets, group after group. Many variations and adaptations in the spirit of the original have been published in the English language. It deals with themes of persecution, guilt and responsibility

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.




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