Saturday, June 20, 2009

The Hitler/Obama comparison

I read this from a commenter that goes by the name of "Dream Team" on KSLs website after an article that had nothing to do with this, but the comments led him to making this statement.

I found it interesting the connection he made.

"I thought I would never be able to experience what the ordinary, moral German felt in the mid-1930s. In those times,the savior was a former smooth-talking rabble-rouser from the streets, about whom the average German knew next to nothing.. What they did know was that he was associated with groups that shouted, shoved, and pushed around people with whom they disagreed, he edged his way onto the political stage through great oratory and promises.. Economic times were tough, people were losing jobs, and he was a great speaker. And he smiled and waved a lot. And people, even newspapers, were afraid to speak out for fear that his "brown shirts" would bully them into submission. And then he was duly elected to office, with a full-throttled economic crisis at hand (the Great Depression). Slowly but surely he seized the controls of government power, department by department, person by person, bureaucracy by bureaucracy. The kids joined a Youth Movement in his name,where they were taught what to think. How did he get the people on his side? He did it promising jobs to the jobless, money to the moneyless, and the children, advocating gun control, health care for all, better wages, better jobs, and promising to re-instill pride once again in the country, across Europe, and across the world. He did it with a compliant media-Did you know that? And he did this all in the name of justice and....Change. And the people surely got what they voted for. (Look it up if you think I'm exaggerating) Read your history books. Many people objected in 1933. Don't forget that Germany was the most educated, cultured country in Europe. It was full of music, art, museums, hospitals,laboratories, and universities. And in less than six years- a shorter time span than just two terms of the U.S. presidency- it was rounding up its own citizens, killing others, aborogating its laws, turning children against parents, and neighbors against neighbors. All with the best of intentions, of course.
I've never been so afraid for my country and for my children as I am now. This man (Obama) campaigned on bringing people together, something he has never, ever done in his professional life. In my assessment, Obama will divide us along philosophical lines, push us apart and then try to realign the pieces into a new and different power structure. CHANGE is indeed coming. And when it comes, we will never see the same nation again.
Just like you know who."

1 comment:

Justin said...

I wish everyone knew their history like this guy does. Charisma and hard times have always combined to create oppressive regimes. From Caesar to Napoleon to Obama. When you're just one of the sheep any shepherd will do, I guess.