{"id":131586,"date":"2016-09-20T21:39:04","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T03:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/20\/because-comparing-human-beings-to-poisonous-food-is-hysterical.html"},"modified":"2016-09-20T21:39:04","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T03:39:04","slug":"because-comparing-human-beings-to-poisonous-food-is-hysterical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/20\/because-comparing-human-beings-to-poisonous-food-is-hysterical.html","title":{"rendered":"Because comparing human beings to poisonous food is hysterical!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It went over great<\/i> in Germany eightyish years ago, just like it's going great for Donald Trump, Jr., today [https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/778016283342307328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a>].<\/p>\n

'Trump’s tweet has clear parallels to [Julius] Streicher’s children’s book, where a boy named Franz learns about the Jews from his mother:<\/i><\/p>\n

“However they disguise themselves, or however friendly they try to be, affirming a thousand times their good intentions to us, one must not believe them. Jews they are and Jews they remain. For our Volk they are poison.”<\/i><\/p>\n

“Like the poisonous mushroom!” says Franz.<\/i><\/p>\n

“Yes, my child! Just as a single poisonous mushroom can kill a whole family, so a solitary Jew can destroy a whole village, a whole city, even an entire Volk [nation].”<\/i><\/p>\n

Streicher didn't get executed at Nuremberg for this story in particular, but it was part of his constantly produced fabric of vitriolic anti-Semitism that did lead to crimes against humanity — and his eventual death.<\/p>\n

Language like this, stories like this, have impact. Teaching folks that groups of people are poisonous, or even that just some<\/i> of them are poisonous so you can't trust any<\/i> of them — has impact. It's not good impact. But it is following an old tradition.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nNazi Who Originated Donald Trump Jr.’s Skittles Analogy Was Hanged at Nuremberg<\/a><\/span>
\nThe book’s author, Julius Streicher, was hanged at Nuremburg in 1946 for crimes against humanity.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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It went over great in Germany eightyish years ago, just like it's going great for Donald Trump, Jr., today [https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/778016283342307328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]. 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