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spanone

(135,873 posts) Sun Jul 3, 2016, 12:18 PM Jul 2016

GOP Presumptive Nominee Donald Trump Posts Anti-Semitic Image on the Day of Elie Wiesel’s Passing

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The world lost a living legend in Elie Wiesel yesterday. Few people in history have done as much for human rights and the cause of world peace as he did. Wiesel stood for everything good and right in this world: tolerance, nonviolence, and humane treatment for all peoples around the world.

Wiesel continued his tireless advocacy because he knew as a Holocaust survivor that the world must not forget what happened in those dark days lest history see a repeat of human’s worst tendencies. What had befallen the Jewish people, Wiesel knew, could not be allowed to happen again to anyone.

It is a sad irony that Donald Trump’s brand of racist strongman politics should be rising in the year of Wiesel’s passing. But the irony takes on a more immediately angering turn: on the day of Wiesel’s passing, Donald Trump not only made yet another racist provocation on Twitter, he made a specifically anti-Semitic one. Here is Trump’s original tweet:

The obvious anti-Semitic associations don’t need elaboration here. Trump’s campaign did delete the tweet and replace the Star of David with a simple red circle, but the rest of the imagery remained. More importantly, it was obvious that wherever Trump and his campaign got the image was some hotbed of anti-Semitic white supremacy: Trump’s campaign almost certainly didn’t originate the image themselves.

http://washingtonmonthly.com/2016/07/03/donald-trump-posts-anti-semitic-image-on-the-day-of-elie-wiesels-passing/

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GOP Presumptive Nominee Donald Trump Posts Anti-Semitic Image on the Day of Elie Wiesel’s Passing (Original Post) spanone Jul 2016 OP

We need to really keep on top of this! Cooley Hurd Jul 2016 #1

'Goodwin's Law' is an internet construct devised to protect fascist ideas from suffering Bluenorthwest Jul 2016 #2

Precisely. But Nazism needs to be pointed out where it is! Cooley Hurd Jul 2016 #3

I'm a big fan of calling a Nazi a Nazi. Also 'Nazi-ish' 'Naziesque' and that sort of thing. Bluenorthwest Jul 2016 #4

He's my FAVORITE whatever-year-old! Cooley Hurd Jul 2016 #5

Trump has a history of anti-Semitism ... napkinz Jul 2016 #6

K & R malaise Jul 2016 #7

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)

1. We need to really keep on top of this!

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Sun Jul 3, 2016, 12:27 PM

Jul 2016

He's a creep, but his message is a creeping one. This isn't fascism, this is Nazism. Many people are loathe to use the Nazi reference because of Godwin's law, but we're there with shit like this. And any Republican that says they're supporting Trump needs to be drummed out of office as soon as practicable!!!!

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)

2. 'Goodwin's Law' is an internet construct devised to protect fascist ideas from suffering

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 3, 2016, 12:33 PM

Jul 2016

the most apt and understandable historic comparisons. The stated objective of that construct is the exact opposite of the things taught by Holocaust survivors such as Mr. Weisel, who said 'Never forget' while Godwin says 'Never even mention it'.
I am an open opponent of this Godwin nonsense. It's pernicious.

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)

3. Precisely. But Nazism needs to be pointed out where it is!

Reply to Bluenorthwest (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 3, 2016, 12:36 PM

Jul 2016

Perhaps there's a new term that will come out of this, trumpism, but it needs to be nipped in the bud now before it spreads like a cancer.

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)

4. I'm a big fan of calling a Nazi a Nazi. Also 'Nazi-ish' 'Naziesque' and that sort of thing.

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 3, 2016, 12:52 PM

Jul 2016

I offer this weeks favorite 90 year old, Mel Brooks:
"Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance."