Last week we had International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Along with the gut wrenching documentaries were newspapers from that time. One that struck me was a front page from 1933 where Hitler was running for election again. It reminded me of Donald Trump. This weekend Trump called for violence against anyone who might indict him. His unh…
Last week we had International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Along with the gut wrenching documentaries were newspapers from that time. One that struck me was a front page from 1933 where Hitler was running for election again. It reminded me of Donald Trump. This weekend Trump called for violence against anyone who might indict him. His unhinged rants and lies were meant to stoke hate and violence. We had a taste of this on January 6. In essence Trump has his own stormtroopers who will menace and carry out violence. We minimize this at our own risk. He is the Republican party, supported by the GOP and spawning people like Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Green.
One huge advantage Hitler had were the SA and SS, huge armies that ran riot and often killed opponents. Question is are the Trumpers becoming their equivalent. If so, God help us all!
My husband and I watched a three part series - The Rise of Hitler. There were too many similarities between Hitler and Trump to count. When Hitler initially got in he did not have total control. But he manipulated and schemed until he controlled the government. Once he did he unleashed violence on his opponents. None of this happened over night.
He also had a government he was able to manipulate at will. People forget he was appointed chancellor to form a coalition government. His idea of coalition was to, with the willing assistance of others, was to ban all opposition parties. Dachau was begun in 1933, and was already filling up with Hitler's opponents.
Sounds familiar, doesn't it? I find it ironic that Trump kept using the poem "The Snake", can't remember who wrote it, in some of his rallies. Fits Trump to a "T", and people still don't see it. Including a whole lot of people who should, like National Review, TAC, and those Reps who still vote "lock-in-step" against everything the Dems propose, and refuse to condemn Trump.
Maybe in '33, but by then Hitler was chancellor, the SS and SA (until many of them were killed) and the Gestapo were in charge. By '34, Dachau was in place, and the mass arrests of dissidents and opponents had begun. And the SS was definitely armed by then.
Last week we had International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Along with the gut wrenching documentaries were newspapers from that time. One that struck me was a front page from 1933 where Hitler was running for election again. It reminded me of Donald Trump. This weekend Trump called for violence against anyone who might indict him. His unhinged rants and lies were meant to stoke hate and violence. We had a taste of this on January 6. In essence Trump has his own stormtroopers who will menace and carry out violence. We minimize this at our own risk. He is the Republican party, supported by the GOP and spawning people like Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Green.
well, now they are stormtroopers on film. It seems to change them. We'll see I suspect.
One huge advantage Hitler had were the SA and SS, huge armies that ran riot and often killed opponents. Question is are the Trumpers becoming their equivalent. If so, God help us all!
My husband and I watched a three part series - The Rise of Hitler. There were too many similarities between Hitler and Trump to count. When Hitler initially got in he did not have total control. But he manipulated and schemed until he controlled the government. Once he did he unleashed violence on his opponents. None of this happened over night.
Yes, ma’am. They used the levers of democracy to tear it down. As it was written, “It Could Happen Here”.
He also had a government he was able to manipulate at will. People forget he was appointed chancellor to form a coalition government. His idea of coalition was to, with the willing assistance of others, was to ban all opposition parties. Dachau was begun in 1933, and was already filling up with Hitler's opponents.
All true. And the German people basically ignored it. Indifference is the enemy.
Sounds familiar, doesn't it? I find it ironic that Trump kept using the poem "The Snake", can't remember who wrote it, in some of his rallies. Fits Trump to a "T", and people still don't see it. Including a whole lot of people who should, like National Review, TAC, and those Reps who still vote "lock-in-step" against everything the Dems propose, and refuse to condemn Trump.
As of 1933 they didn't have guns; they had to make do with clubs and knives. Germany had banned guns before the Nazi Party existed.
Maybe in '33, but by then Hitler was chancellor, the SS and SA (until many of them were killed) and the Gestapo were in charge. By '34, Dachau was in place, and the mass arrests of dissidents and opponents had begun. And the SS was definitely armed by then.
Correct. Contrary to gun nut propaganda, the Nazis RELAXED Germany's gun laws so that their thugs could be armed.