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JWinfield's avatar

Its like click work, they are after Walz about anything and he should double down on his analogy and say exactly what the HMemorial has become under the lackies appointed by Dump.

Megan Macomber's avatar

Some metaphors flip a switch and turn the light on. Walz invoked Anne Frank with respect and precision, and the very aptness of his comparison seems to be more than its targets can stand.

John Dolan's avatar

USA Today was irrelevant decades ago.

RRJKR's avatar

The "I can't be a Nazi, because I like Jews" argument doesn't fly There's a lot more to it than just hating Jews.

LOU LOU's avatar

The paper of record should be Wonkette. I know it's weird, but this is a really weird timeline.

Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Marcie. I always loved that Anne named her diary Kitty. I grew up knowing more about Ms. Frank than I did about many of my relatives. This sweet old Jewess thinks Walz got it just right. #NeverAgain

OrdinaryJoe's avatar

No Edna Friedberg. The Nazi's are in full flower again precisely because we bought the centrist trope and shied away from doing everything to "demonize, demean, and intimidate" the crypto Nazis in out midst. We refused to call them what they were, instead buying into the "anti hyperbole" mentality, so we called the invasive plants growing in the garden by "polite" references, dandelions instead of weeds. And sure enough, that made for a very comfortable bed for the weeds of Nazism to reseed. NO MORE!!!!

Manic Pixel Dream Girl's avatar

The cruelty of the 💩 administration is driven by hatred of the other. Passages from Anne Frank’s diary could be lifted out whole and be relevant to the horrors being committed in the United States right now. To deny that, or to point out that any invocation of Anne Frank outside of its original context is inherently antisemitic is wrong-headed and missing the point entirely. As a people historically scapegoated as “other” we are uniquely suited to point out where such violence and persecution leads, not quibble over semantics. Walz was merely demonstrating how important it is to know your history. To divert away from that is just another distraction from what this regime is doing. Any alignment with this nightmare, instead of supporting true public servants like Tim Walz is hateful. The same types of drivers that allowed antisemitism to fester in Nazi Germany are now blooming here. Same poison, different bottle. I’m disheartened to see who is staffing such a vital institution. It renders it worse than useless. It makes it complicit and that is warped and shameful. Just something else broken that the next Democratic administration (if we get that lucky) will have to fix.

TCinDC's avatar

Holocaust Museum:

"Anne Frank was targeted and murdered solely because she was Jewish.

Leaders making false equivalencies to her experience for political purposes is never acceptable. Despite tensions in Minneapolis, exploiting the Holocaust is deeply offensive, especially as antisemitism surges."

What happened to "Never Forget"? The warning is that it could happen again, not just to Jews, but to ANY oppressed minority: ethnic, religious, political, or otherwise. Trump and his administration have been using the same tactics, slogans, and words to minimize and dehumanize brown and black people. They are hunting them down, kidnapping them, brutalizing them — including citizens and people legally here. They're building CAMPS. This is just how it started in the 1930s, so don't feed me this "false equivalencies" bullshit.

Stephen St John's avatar

Rethugs are so easily offended, one might even call them "snowflakes."

Mart's avatar

Guyliner in Couch and Elon campaigned for the AfD in Germany FFS.

[Redacted]'s avatar

FWIW in the armed services, at least when I served, “cowboy” meant a foolish showboater who thought he was cool but actually was a walking, out of control disaster. That’s the demo this ad is aimed at.

RRJKR's avatar

Words have literal meanings and perceived meanings "Cowboy" is a good example. Not necessarily a man who herds cattle from horseback. Likewise "Nazi" is not necessarily a member of a German political party and movement which ended in 1945

Satanic Pancake's avatar

Fuck it -- let's just agree that words are totally meaningless and communicate in toe wriggles instead. Sorry, let me re-communicate that appropriately:

goCatgo's avatar

Eeww. Cut those nails first.

cmd Human Scum's avatar

OT: "Also in that ABC News interview last night, Donald Trump called senators Thom Tillis, of North Carolina, and Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, “losers” after they became the first Republican lawmakers to call for DHS secretary Krisi Noem to lose her job.

They’re terrible senators. One is gone and the other should be gone. What Murkowski says -- she’s always against the Republicans anyway. And Tillis decided to drop out. So you know, he lost his voice once he did that.

Tillis told CNN this morning he was “thrilled” that Trump thinks he’s a loser, adding: “That makes me qualified to be homeland security secretary and senior adviser to the president.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/28/ilhan-omar-attack-trump-minneapolis-ecuador-embassy-rubio-venezuela-machado-iran-iraq-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-697a61ad8f0834fb2dfa4983#top-of-blog

Stanta Knows's avatar

Tillis told CNN this morning he was “thrilled” that Trump thinks he’s a loser, adding: “That makes me qualified to be homeland security secretary and senior adviser to the president.”

Hilarious.

[Redacted]'s avatar

By that standard, everyone on the other side of the aisle, except Fetterman, is qualified to be homeland security secretary and senior advisor to the president.

Aquaman, Real Estate Investor.'s avatar

I'll care when he votes to impeach or quits the GoP.

Lumpy Tapioca's avatar

Genocide is the new Democracy.

More profitable.

Georgiaburning's avatar

Briefly more profitable. Until your retirement party features a tall tree and some rope.

goCatgo's avatar

IKR. Pooh Folks wanna eat EVERY day.

Sherry's avatar

Tom Homan is a fucking liar! They DO arrest at hospitals and court houses. They barge into homes and swarm schools. That asshole has seen the videos and he doesn’t trust his own eyes. Go. To. Hell! Do not pass go, do not collect $50k in bribes.

Helen Van Patterson Patton's avatar

I heard cop noises in the bank today & half expected it to be ICE. Although, that seems like a bad idea unless you're a bank robber dressed as ICE, creating a diversion

Jenuit Fracking Crisco's avatar

To be fair, he'd probably accept a ten dollar bribe and a two for one coupon for steak sauce

goCatgo's avatar

Well......they are liddle bottles.