Nun compares Bush to Hitler ! or Goodwin's "law" to be amended?
I've been a fan of Sister Joan Chittister, OSB, ever since I saw her on NOW. I read her, "From Where I Stand" columns on a regular basis. In today's column she talks about what happens to a nation that substitutes idolatry of the leader for responsible citizenship.
She asks: "What happens to a nation that substitutes idolatry of the leader for responsible citizenship"?
She notes: "a military system and its loss of integrity and truth."
She wonders how people can follow the "groundless rhetoric of a rampageous leader who has committed one international crime after another in their name."
And she questions if we are substituting the tradition of "getting behind the president in wartime" for getting behind the values that once made us a great and peaceful nation?
Someone once said that when I made a comparison to something that is happening now to Hitler and Nazi Germany that I had invoked Goodwin's Law and had lost the debate. Well here is a very smart religious woman making a comparison between Bush's America and Hitler's Germany based on the movie "Downfall".
I think I'll forward this to that slippery sophist Hannity so she can be a guest. I'm sure he would have no problem beating up on a nun. I can just hear his flat little tin pot, front-of-face voice saying, "Sister, I'm sure you are an educated person, but do you really believe that George Bush is as bad as Hitler? Yes or no? Come on, this is a simple yes or no question. Is George Bush another Hitler?" Ah yes, The Sean Hannity Show where intelligent debate goes to die. Sigh.
And for my literal X vs. Y readers, it goes without saying that in many ways Bush is no Hitler, (for one he isn't as competent at executing a war) but if the jackboots fit...
She asks: "What happens to a nation that substitutes idolatry of the leader for responsible citizenship"?
She notes: "a military system and its loss of integrity and truth."
She wonders how people can follow the "groundless rhetoric of a rampageous leader who has committed one international crime after another in their name."
And she questions if we are substituting the tradition of "getting behind the president in wartime" for getting behind the values that once made us a great and peaceful nation?
Someone once said that when I made a comparison to something that is happening now to Hitler and Nazi Germany that I had invoked Goodwin's Law and had lost the debate. Well here is a very smart religious woman making a comparison between Bush's America and Hitler's Germany based on the movie "Downfall".
I think I'll forward this to that slippery sophist Hannity so she can be a guest. I'm sure he would have no problem beating up on a nun. I can just hear his flat little tin pot, front-of-face voice saying, "Sister, I'm sure you are an educated person, but do you really believe that George Bush is as bad as Hitler? Yes or no? Come on, this is a simple yes or no question. Is George Bush another Hitler?" Ah yes, The Sean Hannity Show where intelligent debate goes to die. Sigh.
And for my literal X vs. Y readers, it goes without saying that in many ways Bush is no Hitler, (for one he isn't as competent at executing a war) but if the jackboots fit...
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I say, people who interupt my discussion by invoking Godwin's Law are obviously not paying attention to what's happening in the world around them.
And I say: yes, Bush is quite likely as bad as Hilter.
He let an attack on our country happen so he could claim wartime powers. He's been involved with business deals with the very people who've vowed to bring down democracy. He's invaded two countries and is responsible for the deaths of untold thousands. He has presided over the greatest environmental destruction since the end of the Mesozoic era. The list goes on.
And he's building concentration camps, right now.
As bad as Hitler, certainly.
And he's building concentration camps, right now.
Concentration Camps?
"HOOOOGAN!"
"Klink, who is this man?"
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