Although my comments address things brought up in the Canada thread, this seems a more appropriate place to post them.
Whenever someone pulls up a Holocaust card in an argument, I ask how many Jews died at the hands of the Germans? They have a fairly good idea. Most other groups? Same. Homosexuals? No one knows. In the eyes of those otherwise exacting Nazis, homosexuals weren't worth counting/documenting on the way to the camps and ovens.
Do I feel like I'm living in 1933? You bet. All this election did was give a mandate for hatred. Hatred is okay again. The police state is okay again. That's what troubles me the most about the results state to state in this election, and cannot be overlooked. In 1964, Goldwater campaigned on the theme of "in your heart, you know he's right." Forty years later and where are we? "Compassionate" neo-conservatives who know in their hearts it's okay to hate. Yes, that's harsh. But it's no different than what we've been dealing with since the Year Dot in one form or another. And then everyone is so surprised when the hatred is returned. The effects of hatred last not lifetimes, but centuries, and validating in one's heart it's okay to hate is the seed.
The validation of hatred towards homosexuals are just the tip of the iceberg. The canary in the mine, so to speak. I hope the rest of you are shuddering in your boots at where the U.S. is headed before it's too late, because they're coming for you next.
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Date: 2004-11-04 01:52 pm (UTC)Whenever someone pulls up a Holocaust card in an argument, I ask how many Jews died at the hands of the Germans? They have a fairly good idea. Most other groups? Same. Homosexuals? No one knows. In the eyes of those otherwise exacting Nazis, homosexuals weren't worth counting/documenting on the way to the camps and ovens.
Do I feel like I'm living in 1933? You bet. All this election did was give a mandate for hatred. Hatred is okay again. The police state is okay again. That's what troubles me the most about the results state to state in this election, and cannot be overlooked. In 1964, Goldwater campaigned on the theme of "in your heart, you know he's right." Forty years later and where are we? "Compassionate" neo-conservatives who know in their hearts it's okay to hate. Yes, that's harsh. But it's no different than what we've been dealing with since the Year Dot in one form or another. And then everyone is so surprised when the hatred is returned. The effects of hatred last not lifetimes, but centuries, and validating in one's heart it's okay to hate is the seed.
The validation of hatred towards homosexuals are just the tip of the iceberg. The canary in the mine, so to speak. I hope the rest of you are shuddering in your boots at where the U.S. is headed before it's too late, because they're coming for you next.