I realize that this is the third post in a row to include the word "Nazi" so I'll be taking a break from this theme for a bit. I wanted to address concern which has been expressed both to me personally and in the media over the past several years. The concern is about using comparisons of current events/public figures and events in Nazi era
In my 10/13/06 post "Maybe It’s Not Just About Paying Attention" I compared minority communities in the
Since this is a hot button issue for many, I wanted to post a link to an excellent webpage that compares Nazi rhetoric about Jews with modern ultra-right-wing rhetoric about gays (all with source references). It is a page worth taking a look at. Not because it makes the “right-wing hardliners are Nazis at heart” argument, but rather because intolerance and persecution can have many forms of expression and Nazi Germany provides a case study on how rhetoric that (when it comes to gays today) is accepted by many, foreshadowed unprecedented horrors just 66 years ago.
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APOLOGIES FOR ALL CAPS... POSTING FROM CELL PHONE. AS I SIT READING YOUR POST AND PROVIDED LINK (APALLINGLY LATE, I KNOW), I WONDER HOW LONG IT WILL BE BEFORE I WILL FACE IMPRISONMENT OR DEATH BASED ON MY ORIENTATION. WILL IT BE IN MY LIFETIME? GIVEN CURRENT TRENDS, WITH LITTLE OR NO POSITIVE CHANGE, MOST ASSUREDLY. WITHIN THE DECADE? QUITE POSSIBLY. HOW LONG BEFORE MY LIFESTYLE, LIKE THAT OF THE FICTIONAL GORDAN DIETRICH'S, IS TUCKED AWAY IN A SECRET ROOM, HIDDEN FROM THE PRYING EYES OF THOSE INTENT ON PRESERVING THE SANCTITY AND MORAL CODE OF THIS GREAT, CHRISTIAN NATION? AT LEAST THEN WE WILL BE SAFE FROM DEPRAVITY AND IMMORALITY, MY FRIENDS, AND WE CAN GO BACK TO THE REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF, LIKE MAKING SURE OUR NEIGHBORS GO TO THE SAME KIND OF CHURCH WE DO, AND DECIDING WHICH DISHES THE PREACHER WILL LIKE BEST FOR THE POTLUCK WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WOW... SORRY ABOUT THAT... HAD SOME SORT OF BITTER, MAUDLIN EPISODE THERE, FOLKS... CAN'T IMAGINE WHY. BTW, THANKS FOR THE BLOG... LOVE IT!
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