Once again, I want you to understand that i am not making a direct comparison between the individuals in these stories, but to the pattern of behavior that is being repeated. That said, I would actually agree: Hitler could never happen in America. The problem — however — is that we are no longer America, we are Amerika. There is a huge difference.
With that said, have you seen this story or video?
Video: Chicago Teachers Union President Talks About Killing The Rich, Crowd Laughs
Now, let me ask you a serious question: have you ever taken time to read any of Hitler’s speeches — especially those about the Jews, bankers and/or ‘the rich?’ You should take the time to do so. English translations are easy to find. Read a few, then watch the video of Karen Lewis again and, while you should pay attention to the similarities in what they are saying and how they say it, you should pay much closer attention to the way the audiences react to their words. That reaction is why I say we are no longer America, but Amerika.
Said it before, will say it again …
The Free Sh*t Army will not be denied.
Good post, B3A. Depressing, obviously, but still:
good.
Even having been raised in a Progressive/Liberal town, in a Progressive/Liberal state, and having received degrees from a pair of Progressive/Liberal colleges…
….these folks are just beyond belief, even to me.
This, the video/cartoon with Ed Asner, the now-eternal struggle to thwart off the next “Fiscal Cliff!!”, the triple-talk about the facts about Obamacare, etc.,..
It’s everywhere, and it’s constant.
I’m glad I don’t drink, ’cause otherwise I’d have crawled into a bottle and stayed there by now.
Justturn,
I hear ya. Ba-lieve-me, I hear ya.
It’s odd that you posted this as I was speaking to someone today on our conversation.
Kells,
What was that conversation about? And how did it go with the person you were speaking with? Inquiring minds want to know (OK, well, maybe just I want to know, but…
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Hitler and Obama. I’ll e-mail you the link so you may read for yourself. I basically distill what I learn from you boys into my own little Kell’s Concoction. Gosh, I had this debilitating sinus headache today, so honestly, there’s no telling what the hello I wrote.
I just finished a 15-year stint with community mental health as an administrator. A couple of our saner clinicians diagnosed Barack Obama with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I’ve found nothing in the man’s behavior over the last four years to convince me they were wrong. But, here’s the salient point. If you google Hitler Personality Disorder, it most often comes up with Narcissism.
No, we would never elect a screaming sociopath as our leader and follow him lockstep into genocide. Neither did Germany. The screaming sociopath didn’t show to most of the country until after he’d been elected and the genocide followed. What makes we Americans think we couldn’t elect a smooth-talking narcissist who asserts his own agenda until we no longer recognize our own country? Do we really think we’re that smart? I don’t.
aurora,
Be neither. But you’ll beat your head into mashed potatoes trying to explain that to those who are politically and historically asleep/ignorant.