Posted on 01/24/2018 6:11:08 PM PST by markomalley
In an interview with Vulture, hip-hop singer Erykah Badu said something she probably should’ve just kept to herself. But leftists can’t help themselves.
“I’m a humanist. I see good in everybody. I saw something good in Hitler,” she said without the slightest hesitation.
Badu has been accused of being anti-Semitic as a follower of noted anti-Semite and Nation of Islam founder Louis Farrakhan.
“I’m not an anti-Semitic person,” she added. “I (didn’t) even know what anti-Semitic was before I was called it.”
But it was finding a silver lining with Nazism that really set the interviewer’s teeth on edge.
“Come again?” she was asked.
Badu further stuffed her funk boots in her mouth: “Hitler was a wonderful painter.”
The interviewer wasn’t buying that either. So, Badu picked her next argument:
“Okay, he was a terrible painter. Poor thing. He had a terrible childhood. That means that when I’m looking at my daughter, Mars, I could imagine her being in someone else’s home and being treated so poorly, and what that could spawn. I see things like that. I guess it’s just the Pisces in me… I know I don’t have the most popular opinion sometimes.”
You don’t say!
“Why can't I say what I'm saying [about Hitler]?” she added. “Because he did such terrible things?"
Um, in a word, yes!
She followed the Hitler comment by throwing some “love” to accused rapist Bill Cosby:
"I love Bill Cosby, and I love what he’s done for the world. But if he’s sick, why would I be angry with him? The people who got hurt, I feel so bad for them. I want them to feel better, too. But sick people do evil things; hurt people hurt people."
Okay, that’s enough, Badu. Head on back to obscurity now, ya hear?
I agree with you.
Hitler may have had the best of intentions. Consider the choice that every German citizen faced at the time: it was either a Nationalistic dictatorship that allowed a measure of free enterprise, or communism. Hitler restored the country to some extent at the beginning.
The problem is that he kept going when he should have known to change direction. I think the Hitler of history was shaped by circumstances as much as by any innate nature. At some point he found himself swept up by a tsunami— the one he created.
He had no compass and no anchor. It’s a stark lesson for all of us.
I agree with you.
Hitler may have had the best of intentions. Consider the choice that every German citizen faced at the time: it was either a Nationalistic dictatorship that allowed a measure of free enterprise, or communism. Hitler restored the country to some extent at the beginning.
The problem is that he kept going when he should have known to change direction. I think the Hitler of history was shaped by circumstances as much as by any innate nature. At some point he found himself swept up by a tsunami— the one he created.
He had no compass and no anchor. It’s a stark lesson for all of us.
“Jesus loves everyone. Even Hitler. We are called to be Christ-like, and that is hard.”
Yep!
And as far as his painting goes “He could do two rooms in an afternoon. TWO coats!”
And don’t forget about the trains running on time.
I have read where WWI messed up his mind. And I think the absurd and unrealistic penalties imposed by the Versaille Treaty push him (and Germany) over the edge.
And while Jesus does love everybody in the sense that they are all his creation, He also hates evil and evildoers.
Psalm 5: 4-6: For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; No evil dwells with You. The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes; You hate all who do iniquity. You destroy those who speak falsehood; The LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.…
Jordan B. Peterson is a clinical psychologist who has a lot of great videos on Youtube. In one he says that many people consider themselves to be "good" but in reality they simply live lives where they have no real opportunity to be "bad". They play it safe, and that is fine. But a lot of "good" people -- when, let's say, they get caught up in a mob or a riot -- will smash things, burn things, and hurt people. They aren't really "good", they just never felt the freedom to do some stuff. But if they feel they can get away with things, then they just let it all hang out.
Some people truly have high levels of ethics and self-control. But a lot of people are not as "good" as they think they are. It's a lesson for many, that people can be beastly. No one is pure.
True.
Hitler liked dogs.
What this creature fails to understand is that Hitler would have used her for fuel to fire up the ovens at Auschwitz.
Did Jesus love the Devil? You seem to be incredibly stupid.
Till he poisoned her.
Adolph Hitler was a raving, anti-Semetic, misanthropic nut case who deliberately and cold bloodily launched a six year cataclysm humanity barely survived. F**k him! And by the way I read his book!
It may be technically true that there is good in everyone, Herr Hitler did treat his dog well and was a decent artist.
However, I think that his attempted genocide of Jews, Romani and other groups as well as starting the most destructive war in human history outweighs his artistic and animal lover attributes.
No one ever looks good by even indirectly praising a monster.
Your statement is true. Jesus loves everyone and wants then to seek redemption.
However I do suspect that our Lord and Savior realized that this particular individual was extremely unlikely to see the error of his ways and ask for redemption.
Mr. Hitler despised Christianity and did pretty much everything, short of overtly declaring himself a god, to create a new religion to replace it.
John Wayne Gacy was a Democrat donor and voter. Therefore he wasn’t all bad in the eyes of the Left.
I agree with you save one detail: I revere freedom, but I think freedom cannot function without a rational mind and firm ethical grounding. What you see in a mob is chaos. I usually stay away from crowds if I fear they might turn into mobs. A mob is a tsunami and sweeps up most in its path, as you observe.
Hitler, by choice or by accident, played to the mob. He tried to ride it, tame and redirect it and it overwhelmed him. This isn't meant to absolve him of what he did, it stands as a warning of what humanity is capable of descending to .
I know of Dr. Peterson and admire him; I've listened to his talks and I think he's spot on about seemingly good people. I think however that his point is also that because most people are weak to varying degrees, society and culture must remain strong. People need those internal constraints maintained and reinforced around them.
Thanks for your words.
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