Right-wing pundit Stew Peters is no stranger to offensive commentary, but on a recent episode of his eponymous podcast, he openly called for the deportation of all Jews from the United States -- even going so far as to echo Nazi rhetoric by calling it a "final solution."
The organization primarily attracted members from the anticommunist middle class, small business owners, self-employed professionals such as physicians and lawyers, national conservatives, and nationalist World War I veterans, many of whom believed that Nazi antisemitism was only a rhetorical tool used to “stir up the masses.”
“He doesn’t really mean it” How many times have we all heard something like that, often followed with a pivot to talking about Gaza (for some on the left) or tax cuts/“great at business” (for the right).
On the one hand, the shock and horror that people experience when their government goes hard on bigotry, demands some kind of retreat to psychological safety. On the other, the above is not the kind of copium one should reach for. What’s sad is that, as a group, they probably had the resources to actually do something useful to help themselves, rather than offer mutual support to ignore all the warning signs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_German_National_Jews
Oof
Yeah, sounds very familiar doesn’t it?
“He doesn’t really mean it” How many times have we all heard something like that, often followed with a pivot to talking about Gaza (for some on the left) or tax cuts/“great at business” (for the right).
History repeats
On the one hand, the shock and horror that people experience when their government goes hard on bigotry, demands some kind of retreat to psychological safety. On the other, the above is not the kind of copium one should reach for. What’s sad is that, as a group, they probably had the resources to actually do something useful to help themselves, rather than offer mutual support to ignore all the warning signs.
This is why it’s dangerous to not always be seeking the truth, no matter how uncomfortable it is
It’s going to come back to bite you sooner or later