This is a question directed at someone with an historical knowledge of the time.
The article states, “It’s true that this is not the anti-Semitism of the 1930s, which came from the right and was rooted in longstanding Christian views that demonized the Jews.”
Is that true? Your comments are appreciated.
Only if you retroactively define the likes of democrat and Grand Klegle Robert Byrd and his KKK buries as right wing.
Only if you re-define Nazism (National SOCIALISM) as right wing.
Only if you think the neo-pagen state religion of Nazi Germany, with it’s symbol of a broken and twisted cross is Christian.
Then, if you happen to have a big enough axe to grind, you can claim it was right wing Christians, I suppose
The communists, fascists and national socialists were not on “the right”, so I don’t know where she got that from.
Is that true? Your comments are appreciated.
Nazi anti-semitism was not rooted in Christian views. It was more due to an intense nationalism that saw Jews as not being "true Germans", but rather, interlopers from other parts of the world. They were also contemptuous of Slavic peoples.
Unfortunately, it is a historical misconception that has been accepted in Western society that the fascists, including the Nazis, were right wing. It is only conservatives who know that Nazism was collectivism (the word Nazi is short for National Socialism).
By conflating the leftist, anti-Christianity, Nazi party and its fascist cousins in Italy, Spain and elsewhere, liberals unfairly draw a straight line to the Nazi concentration camps from the Christianity-based anti-Semitism of the 19th century (the “Hep Hep” riots in Austria and the kidnapping of Edgar Mortara being the most egregious examples).
Unfortunately, this myth, which was popularized by Stalin and the Soviet Union in general, remains one of the biggest obstacles to the ability of the Conservative movement to attract Jews. Many Jews are afraid that if they scratch a Conservative they will find an anti-Semite, and so they shrink away from learning what we stand for.
In my opinion, one of the most important efforts that the Conservative mlvement could undertake would be to popularize the fact that collectivism is left-wing and that Conservatives were revulsed by the Nazis.
The other historical truth that has to be popularized is that the Republican party was founded as an anti-Slavery party and always has stood for equality of opportunity for all. It is a truism in American culture that the Republicans are racists, and this has kept American blacks and college students from understanding that the Republican party is much closer to their values than the Democrat party is.
“The article states, ‘It’s true that this is not the anti-Semitism of the 1930s, which came from the right and was rooted in longstanding Christian views that demonized the Jews.’ . . Is that true? Your comments are appreciated.”
Martin Luther’s “On Jews and Their Lies” was certainly influential in Nazi Germany, and, in fact, details the plans for the final solution with its “Seven Remedial Actions” including “work” camps for Jews and denying Jews any right to police or civil protection.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Jews_and_Their_Lies
The Nazis passed copies of Luther’s works out at their rallies.