"Open Letter to Hitler" (1932): Just change the names and date

AIPNEWS.com ^ | January 16, 2009 | Michael Walsh

[EternalVigilance]

"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

- George Santayana

[Uhaul]

Excellent - excellent post.

[WOSG]

Fascinating letter about the cult of Hitler.
Economic distress begets demagogues and dangerous ideologies.

[the invisib1e hand]

EV, it might be good, in light of what might be suggested by this thread -- that is, a seemingly, potentially prophetic parallel between the conditions in pre-Nazi Germany and the potential US conditions, at least in two realms: politics and economics -- that the letter be verified. Is a scan available somewhere?

And, in light of what is suggested, I'm glad you don't launch off into a defeatist dirge about how inevitable something awful is, absolutely.

No such thing is inevitable, no matter how close we come to it.

[Pinkbell]

It’s eerily similar. We must pray for our country.

[Wil H]

They had their Austrian usurper, we have our Kenyan one...

[Kimmers]

We helped to rescue them and defeat Hitler.....is there anyone that will do the same for us.....

chilling letter....

[Domandred]

I fed this to my word pad and replaced Hitler with Obama, Hindenburg with Bush, Germany with America, etc.

Read it to an office worker. She said yep that's about right. Whoever wrote that is right on.

She even laughed about "Obama is coming now and then I don’t have to pay anything" saying "I remember that lady!!"

Then I told her it was written in 1932 to Hitler. I just replaced the names.

She said quietly "oh my G_d"

[ColdSteelTalon]

Obama does have a cult of personailty. And that can be dangerous. People who have a fanatical love for a leader will look the other way, when and if that leader does wicked things. Hitler of course was an extreme example.

People need to keep in mind that their leaders are human perhaps too human.

[EternalVigilance]

Any parallels are those suggested by your own mind. The author/editor simply asks you to think about it.

A bit of Googling led me to this:

http://books.google.com/books?id=W4sUi6omc3cC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=Fr.+Ingbert+Naab&source=bl&ots=iV_TZUvjM_&sig=ZAPKT3-JnLuLP1BkQxyzeUBmMRo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result

I’m sure you can find most everything you need to verify the story by similar means:

[EternalVigilance]

Wow.

[the invisib1e hand]

Any parallels are those suggested by your own mind.

I want to call you a coward for saying that but I'm gonna give you the benefit of the doubt and assume I misunderstood.

But the fact is you posted this for a reason, and that reason is strongly implied by your follow up post; and furthermore, the author (who, from the link, appears to be one "Eternal Vigilance," -- any relation -- doesn't ask you to think about it, he tells the reader that he will "subconsciously start substituting names and date as you read the content".

That bit about "any parallels are those suggested by your own mind" is untrue.

[the invisib1e hand]

I’m sure you can find most everything you need to verify the story by similar means

Sigh. Sometimes having manners is a thankless job.

[big'ol_freeper]

Scary stuff. Thanks for posting.

[the invisib1e hand]

I’m sure you can find most everything you need to verify the story by similar means:

It's incumbent on you to back up what you post, Pulitzer.

Anyone with integrity would get that.

[Paladin2]

Heil 0bama?

[EternalVigilance]

You’re mistaken. The author is not “EternalVigilance.” If you follow the link you will see that the author/editor/commentator is Michael Walsh.

I simply thought the article to be so good that FReepers would enjoy sharing it.

Why are you bringing contention to this thread for no discernible good reason?

[the invisib1e hand]

Why are you bringing contention to this thread for no discernible good reason?

I asked a simple question in the most reasonable way. You reacted like a damp dog and the "contention" is all yours, turkey.

Thanks for the link. Cya.

[EternalVigilance]

You’re questioning my integrity because I don’t care to hold your hand while you type key words into Google?

The author of the article gave you a cite. That’s more than most writers these days will give you.

Why don’t you go find another thread to dump on.

[freekitty]

You got that right.