{"id":17451,"date":"2010-05-24T17:04:50","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T23:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=17451"},"modified":"2010-05-24T17:04:50","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T23:04:50","slug":"dont-be-a-sucker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/05\/24\/dont-be-a-sucker.html","title":{"rendered":"Don’t be a sucker"},"content":{"rendered":"

A great War Department film from 1947, which starts off by telling people not to let themselves be fooled by con men … then segues into how divisiveness and minority-bashing are the tools of folks who want to get something — money, power — and how Americans shouldn’t let themselves be suckers by buying into their prejudicial spiel.<\/p>\n

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It’s a great little 17 minute flick that epitomizes the classic Niem\u00f6ller quote<\/a>:<\/p>\n

First they came for the Jews. I was silent. I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists. I was silent. I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists. I was silent. I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me. There was no one left to speak for me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s a startlingly modern theme, suggesting that America is (gasp) a nation of minorities<\/em>, and that our individual status as minorities in multiple areas is a sign of freedom, an example of America’s strength, and a compelling reason to stand against mistreatment of all minorities — as our hero learns when a Fox News\/Tea Party diatribe from some soap box speaker in the park finally names one of his particular minority attributes as one of the “out” groups who are ruining our nation.<\/p>\n

Good stuff, and, were it to produced by the government today I have no doubt that some on the Right would be waving torches and pitchforks in indignation over such blatant liberal propaganda, political correctness, pandering to the [insert unpopular group — Muslims, gays, “illegals”], and capitulation of our national sovereignty and character as White Anglo-Saxon Christians. Which … I think proves the movie’s point.<\/p>\n

Downloadable in various formats from here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(via DOF<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A great War Department film from 1947, which starts off by telling people not to let themselves be fooled by con men … then segues into how divisiveness and minority-bashing are the tools of folks who want to get something — money, power — and how Americans shouldn’t let themselves be suckers by buying into … Continue reading “Don’t be a sucker”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[41,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-movies","category-zt-pc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41149,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/19\/they-call-themselves-the-guardians-of-the-galaxy.html","url_meta":{"origin":17451,"position":0},"title":""They call themselves 'The Guardians of the Galaxy'"","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 19-Feb-14 5:55am","format":false,"excerpt":"Okay, I'm there.It could still be played for a bit too much humor, but I think it should be, at least, entertaining.(h\/t +Les Jenkins)\ufeffThis post has been reshared 1 times on Google+ View this post on Google+","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51309,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/28\/rt-richiehmccaw-breaking-swiss-police-confirm-that-when-arrested-all-seven-fifa-officials-threw-themselves-on-the-ground-and-pretended-to-be-injured.html","url_meta":{"origin":17451,"position":1},"title":"RT @RichieHMcCaw BREAKING: Swiss Police confirm that, when arrested, all seven FIFA officials threw themselves on the ground and pretended to be injured.","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 28-May-15 8:32am","format":false,"excerpt":"RT @RichieHMcCaw BREAKING: Swiss Police confirm that, when arrested, all seven FIFA officials threw themselves on the ground and pretended to be injured. 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