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rockwall Special user 762 Posts |
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On Sep 12, 2014, Payne wrote: I would be just as outraged, (faux or not), if said teacher was teaching that in the classroom. |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
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On Sep 12, 2014, LobowolfXXX wrote: The point is that there is NO comparison between the DNC and Tea Party groups. Even at a state level. Can you point to even a single instance of billboards comparing Bush to Hitler being paid for by ANY state Democratic party? Seems like you a making a false equivalency. Further, I don't think that the Obama/Hitler comparisons were racist at all. The witchdoctor poster, though- that's another story and that was clearly racist and clearly supported by MANY tea party groups. You know, the same ones who claimed that the watermelons on the White House lawn photos were just good fun. |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
That's funny...it seems to me that you are. You stated that "the Tea Party" made such a comparison. A billboard put up by "the Tea Party of North Iowa" doesn't justify that claim.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
The point you're missing is that there IS NO monolithic Tea Party as you seem to be assuming. But, again, unless you can provide examples of the same thing being done by the DNC or state Democratic parties, it is a false equivalency nonetheless.
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
Not wanting to let the teacher in the OP off the hook, you guys have piqued my curiosity. I googled
Comparison Obama Hitler: 1,020,000 hits Comparison Bush Hitler: 539,000 hits (and that's two candidate Bushes) Comparison Clinton Hitler: 868,000 hits (probably two Clintons) Comparison Roosevelt Hitler: 565,000 hits As I said earlier. Good grief! Here's a nice little article from FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) from 2010. FWIW I like FAIR. Playing the Nazi Card
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The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Comparison Hitler Santa Claus: 11,700,000 hits.
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
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On Sep 12, 2014, Magnus Eisengrim wrote: It's interesting that "FAIR" opted not to use a single example of a liberal candidate or media personality making a Hitler comparison to a conservative. They covered Bush, Reagan, Levin, Limbaugh, Beck... You can't say it's because he was talking about Obama, because he drew out to reference Reagan.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
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On Sep 12, 2014, LobowolfXXX wrote: My guess it was topical in 2010. It may also be the case that the mainstream media (of which FAIR is a self-appointed watchdog) really was that one-sided at the time. You'd have to do some digging to see if any of those mainstream sources were comparing anyone else to Hitler. I suspect that 1) their sample is pretty reasonable, and 2) the sitting president is the most likely target of unfair comparison at any time.
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
7,000,000 hits for Comparison Hitler Mickey Mouse. Including some images of Mickey with the Hitler mustache.
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
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On Sep 12, 2014, mastermindreader wrote: LOL
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
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On Sep 12, 2014, Magnus Eisengrim wrote: That's not my guess when they eschew innumerable examples where Bush (2 years out of office) was compared to Hitler, and instead choose to use a comparison by a Republican (Reagan) to Kennedy (almost 5 decades dead). Somehow it strikes me that Bush would have been a little more topical than Kennedy in 2010.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
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On Sep 12, 2014, LobowolfXXX wrote: Do you have examples where the mainstream press compared Bush to Hitler?
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts |
My recollection is that the popular comparison for Bush in the media was to a monkey or chimp, rather than to Hitler. I checked, many more 'comparison monkey' hits for Bush than for Obama.
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
How many times was Bush compared to a racist stereotype as Obama has been?
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