Yeah, got that one right

[thewayne]

"They were helpless before their government just as we are helpless before our government."
—VA state Sen. Richard H. Black on why the German people didn't stop the Holocaust

Unchecked hyperbole should be registered as an offensive weapon, as this one certainly offends me. We're helpless? We've forced out how many politicians, put how many in jail? Public referendum drives forced a vote of confidence on Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin. How many governors of Illinois are in prison, or politicians from New Jersey?

I guess no one's called Obama a Nazi in main-stream press recently and Black got kinda twitchy. The problems in Germany festered over decades, come back to me in 20 years and let's re-evaluate your comment.

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[silveradept]

...he's not wrong, but not for the reasons he's thinking. Mostly because of the reasons you're mentioning.