Sometimes you just want to wallow in wingnut stupid, and it's hard to beat Jonah Goldberg and his quest to rehabilitate and rebrand Hitler. For an overdose of pure stupid, it's like eating a Twinkie deep fried in lard.
Here's one of his "Obama equals Hitler" pieces
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/...
And then there's RedState contrasting photos of Obama and various dictators. It's kind of reassuring to see how sad, pathetic, and small these people are.
http://www.redstate.com/...
And then there's Jonah's fucktards who talk about nothing but Hitler being a "National Socialist," meaning he was a liberal. That's meaningless because Hitler swore his goal was to eliminate the "liberals."
To try to help these nitwits, here's a refresher on Nazi talking points. Hitler described this as his political "philsophy," which amounted to a declararion of "war against the existing order." A "Culture War" if you will. Take a good look in the mirror boys.
The thing to bear in mind is that Hitler said Germany had collapsed because of loose morals, religious tolerance, the liberal media and all the usual boogeymen that we hear about today from conservatives, especially people like John Hagee and Rick warren who are also public admirers of the Der Fuhrer. Hitler said that these culture issues were an existential threat to the survival of the country. Like the folks at World net daily, he told his followers these issues were a threat to their very lives, a message which Hitler emphasized needed to be dumbed down and reinforced through endless repetition.
What we see with Jonah Goldberg and his entourage of pseudointellectuals is an effort to destroy the meaning of the word "Fascism" and to reduce Hitler to a buffoonish antisemite, rather than a devious master propagandist. If Jonah can limit Fascism to a very narrow definition (that was not used in WW2), that means that the GOP is free to adopt Hitler's propaganda script from Mein Kampf without being called "Fascists."
Short Guide To Nazi Propaganda Talking Points
Things The Nazi Were Against:
Trade unions
Communists
"Liberals"
"The liberal press"
"Socialism"
"Socialists"
"Democrats"
"Social Democrats"
Homosexuals
Pacifists
Atheists/secularists
Religious tolerance
Mixed marriages
Redistribution of wealth/class warfare
Contraception
Sex education
Immigrants
Multiculturalism
Bilingual anything
Universal education
Art that does not glorify the state
Darwin and teaching evolution
Elementary teachers who don't teach nationalism
University professors
People who don't support the troops
...and of course Jews
Things The Nazi Were For:
Pre-emptive war
Censorship
College students ratting out professors for lack of loyalty
Torture
Abstinence
Marriage
High birth rate
State control of the media, arts, and science
Personality cults
Making nationalism part of the curriculum
Worship of an idealized version of the past
Rebellion against "weak" authority
Blaming minorities and immigrants for everything
Invoking destiny and being judged by history
Claiming to do "God's will."