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Who Are the Real Nazis in America?
Arutz Sheva ^ | 10-13-04 | Cinnamon Stillwell

Posted on 10/13/2004 7:02:14 AM PDT by SJackson

* Thugs storm campaign headquarters, intimidating staffers and refusing to leave.

* Campaign signs are vandalized, stolen, and set on fire in front of peoples' homes.

* The word "Nazi" is spray painted on the sidewalk in front of a home, along with swastikas.

* Shots are fired through the window of campaign headquarters.

* An eight-foot swastika is burned into a home's front lawn.

If these incidents sound reminiscent of Nazi Germany or the Ku Klux Klan's early rampages, then you're in for a surprise, because they all took place in modern day America, during the run-up to the 2004 presidential election. And instead of Nazis and the KKK, it's the leftist minions who are the perpetrators this time around. In a classic case of projection, they use swastikas to smear their political adversaries, when it is in fact they who have become today's Nazis.

Like so much of America's leftist "cultural heritage", this Nazi-obsession can be traced back to the 1960s. An Australian relative of mine who arrived in America during the so-called Summer of Love, was shocked to hear people using the term "Nazi" on a daily basis. The government, the police and even parents were labeled "fascists" and "Nazis" by hippie youth rebelling against any and all authority.

Years later, not much has changed. Today it's hip on the Left to label Republicans and in particular President Bush "Nazis" at every turn. Bush is routinely compared to Adolph Hitler, most famously in an ad put out by MoveOn.org earlier this year. Hitler mustaches superimposed on Bush photos are popular at anti-war rallies, as are cute little Bush/Hitler dolls. Al Gore's notorious "digital Brown Shirts" comment during a speech at the Georgetown University Law Center implied that the Bush Administration exerted some kind of diabolical control over online journalism. Indeed, such allusions are so widespread that numerous articles and websites have been devoted to chronicling them.

Trying to explain the "logic" behind this bizarre association, one of the teenagers arrested for spray painting swastikas on a Bush/Cheney supporter's property in Duluth, Minnesota said, "The connection between the Nazi party was Hitler used nationalism as a way to motivate his cause and we feel that Bush is doing the same thing." Having been brainwashed by years of moral relativism, such youth are apparently unable to distinguish between patriotism and fascism. They also have a distorted view of their own behavior. As the same young man put it, "We're anti-fascist."

Leftist Jew-haters joined the crowd when they decided to start smearing Israel with the stain of Nazism. Despite the cruel irony of affixing the symbol of Jewish annihilation to a Jewish state, leftists have taken to this tactic with enthusiasm. Swastikas are now featured prominently at anti-war rallies, usually in combination with a Star of David. Along these lines, Israeli flags are routinely defiled by replacing the Star of David with a swastika. And now that these rallies have been infiltrated by various Islamist groups – with their Palestinian flags, Hamas-style chants, and subtle signs saying "Kill the Jews", among others – the sea of swastikas fits perfectly.

Similarly over the top are the accusations leveled against political foes in general these days. It is now common to label opponents "hateful" or "filled with hate." Apparently, "hate" now describes anyone who holds a political viewpoint contrary to one's own. All this hysteria has the unfortunate effect of trivializing history and depleting language of meaning.

At the end of the day, the simple fact is that the only people in America today (aside from a few neo-Nazis) running around spray painting, burning and affixing swastikas are leftists. In an effort to point out what they see as the fascistic impulses of the right, they have in effect become the Nazis they claim to oppose. Faced with a popular president, the momentum of history, and their own lust for power, the Left has resorted to the tactics of fascism: harassment, intimidation, and violence. Lord only knows what they'll do if Bush wins the presidency come November, but you can be sure it will involve swastikas.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: leftisthate; politicalterror
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To: Always Right
I am not sure bringing Nazi's into any debate ever helps.

She's talking about a movement that paints swastikas on their opponents property and parades with "Kill the Jews" signs and chants. I'd say it fits.

21 posted on 10/13/2004 7:45:15 AM PDT by SJackson (They're not Americans. They're just journalists, Col George Connell, USMC)
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To: Kerfuffle
Conclusion: The more someone paints opponents as "Nazis," the less they are to be trusted (something the author above should bear in mind).

Your conclusion. Send her an email.

22 posted on 10/13/2004 7:46:25 AM PDT by SJackson (They're not Americans. They're just journalists, Col George Connell, USMC)
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To: SJackson

FACT - The word "NAZI" is an acronym for THE GERMAN WORKER'S SOCIALIST PARTY.


23 posted on 10/13/2004 7:53:48 AM PDT by Wil H
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To: SJackson

FACT - The word "NAZI" is an acronym for THE GERMAN WORKER'S SOCIALIST PARTY.


24 posted on 10/13/2004 7:53:48 AM PDT by Wil H
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To: SJackson
Let's not forget Michigan's simulated terrorist attack drill with homeschoolers as terrorists. An obvious Nazi intimidation tactic from the left.
25 posted on 10/13/2004 7:57:28 AM PDT by TigersEye (Muslims and Democrats kill babies for fun and profit.)
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To: SJackson
This is a 30 year old tactic by the Left. It only speaks to how far to the freaking left these brainless goons were then and are now.

In the 60's, the cops were Nazis. The teachers were Nazis. The parents were Nazis. Hell, I've been called a Nazi and I'm a libertarian. And this was from some hippie lib girl who knew me and knows better, but because I'm a fight-in-the-trenches Republican that lib labeled me as such.

They've got nothing as far as an intellectual debate goes so they resort to this BS. Old and used like the socialist philosophy they follow. And of course another example of how anti-American they are. If you love your country, you are a Nazi.

Typical libs

26 posted on 10/13/2004 8:25:25 AM PDT by Rise of South Park Republicans (The Founding Fathers wanted disagreements as long as we all agree America kicks as* - Eric Cartman)
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To: DrDavid; massgopguy
Well, number 11 sure doesn't fit the DNC platform....:

11. That all unearned income, and all income that does not arise from work, be abolished.

27 posted on 10/13/2004 8:28:56 AM PDT by ErnBatavia ("Dork"; a 60's term for a 60's kinda guy: JFK)
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To: ErnBatavia

Not abolished. Just taxed to the point that discourages investment. People who invest without an expected rate of return are blockheads.


28 posted on 10/13/2004 8:45:01 AM PDT by massgopguy (massgopguy)
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To: SJackson

People never learn.


29 posted on 10/13/2004 8:56:24 AM PDT by redgolum (Molon labe)
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To: SJackson

lunchtime bump for later read

New Anti-Dem Portal...

SEE ---> http://www.noDNC.com/


30 posted on 10/13/2004 9:27:00 AM PDT by woodb01 (Take out the 'dnC'BS "news" trash... SEE ---> http://www.noDNC.com)
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To: wizardoz

I think the Cherokee's tried this in Georgia. Now they live in Oklahoma.


31 posted on 10/13/2004 9:30:49 AM PDT by rocksblues (Sorry John, we remember and will never forget your treason!)
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To: RamingtonStall

"IF KERRY IS ELECTED, THE DRAFT WILL BE NEEDED! Because the resignations from the Military will be rampant!"

You are VERY correct! We active duty servicemembers, with a few exceptions I'm sure, have ZERO desire to serve at the will of a bona fide TRAITOR. Furthermore, I/we will have lost far too much faith in the bulk of the American electorate to serve their short-sighted and socialist ideals.

If, heaven forbid, kerry is elected, I will drop my retirement papers in 2 years when I hit the 19 year point. We suffered - yes SUFFERED! - through eight years of being gutted by the clintonites who set this country up for the situation we now face. I am simply too old at this point in my life to play that nonsense again.

I have dedicated my life to serving. I do so because of patriotism, pride, and a sense of duty. Those words will cease to exist if kerry is elected.


32 posted on 10/13/2004 9:37:50 AM PDT by Don Simmons (Annoy a liberal: Work hard; Prosper; Be Happy.)
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To: Kerfuffle
>>>>>>>Conclusion: The more someone paints opponents as "Nazis," the less they are to be trusted (something the author above should bear in mind).<<<

Sometimes, it is diversionary "catch a thief tactics". George Soros, Kerry's master was a member of Nazi Arrow Cross himself and now bankrolls Moveon.

33 posted on 10/13/2004 12:23:04 PM PDT by DTA (Proud Pajamista)
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