I was 18 years old, fresh out of High School in the early 90's when I first came across Neo-nazi propaganda. The claims I heard were so outrageous, so outlandish, that I thought it would never get a foothold in contemporary sentiments. After all, didn't we learn a lesson with the Holocaust where millions of Jews were murdered and it all began with hate speech maligning them and targeting them for special persecution?
And yet, like a foxtail weed makes it's way into a dog's ear, Satan has managed to get this thinking into the mainstream so that it's become a hip fad to bash Jews, decry the "oppression" of Israel, and revise history. On another forum, I'm dealing with somebody who made this outrageous statement:
"The jews set up themselves, if they are set up at all. Historic fact is that from the 19th century on, half of Europe was run by jew administrators, put into offices, especially in Russia and Germany. We all know what the 2 results of this were. This is a very clever game, and it is useful sometimes to point out the greater and real picture. Do I smell the usual propaganda? We don't want this to cost America, do we?"
Yes. Denying the holocaust is just the beginning. Every problem is now linked to a grand Jewish conspiracy, and it's not just the kooks saying it, it's mainstream thought. Those of us who love the truth and grieve what was inflicted on the Jews of the 20th century, just because they were Jewish, can see the beginning from the end. A group is set apart for special disdain and hostility. The woes of society are pinned on them, particularly economic austerity. Then people begin to justify in their minds greater and greater acts of revenge. And it isn't long before they're rounded up, registered, designated a subclass in society, and then exposed to the most horrific abuses and atrocities. It's happened before at it can happen again.
And the Nazis who will make that happen aren't men who lived decades ago, they are your neighbors, co-workers, family, and other acquaintances that you never imagined could harbor such ugly bigotry.
And yet, like a foxtail weed makes it's way into a dog's ear, Satan has managed to get this thinking into the mainstream so that it's become a hip fad to bash Jews, decry the "oppression" of Israel, and revise history. On another forum, I'm dealing with somebody who made this outrageous statement:
"The jews set up themselves, if they are set up at all. Historic fact is that from the 19th century on, half of Europe was run by jew administrators, put into offices, especially in Russia and Germany. We all know what the 2 results of this were. This is a very clever game, and it is useful sometimes to point out the greater and real picture. Do I smell the usual propaganda? We don't want this to cost America, do we?"
Yes. Denying the holocaust is just the beginning. Every problem is now linked to a grand Jewish conspiracy, and it's not just the kooks saying it, it's mainstream thought. Those of us who love the truth and grieve what was inflicted on the Jews of the 20th century, just because they were Jewish, can see the beginning from the end. A group is set apart for special disdain and hostility. The woes of society are pinned on them, particularly economic austerity. Then people begin to justify in their minds greater and greater acts of revenge. And it isn't long before they're rounded up, registered, designated a subclass in society, and then exposed to the most horrific abuses and atrocities. It's happened before at it can happen again.
And the Nazis who will make that happen aren't men who lived decades ago, they are your neighbors, co-workers, family, and other acquaintances that you never imagined could harbor such ugly bigotry.