Achievement Unlocked: The SF Class War Reaches Godwin’s Law
Yes, Tom Perkins went there.
In a letter to the Wall Street Journal published this morning, with the surprising title “Progressive Kristallnacht Coming?,” the legendary venture capitalist compared Nazi Germany’s war on the Jews to “the progressive war on the American one percent.”
Before going too much further, let’s get this one little thing out of the way: Nothing should EVER be compared to the Holocaust, a tragedy in which six million Jews and another five million Germans lost their lives, except the Holocaust, or at the very least, other massive state-run genocides.
Godwin’s Law notwithstanding, there are serious issues with Perkins’ letter, both in his perception of the problem and tone deaf reaction to it.
“From the Occupy movement to the demonization of the rich embedded in virtually every word of our local newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle, I perceive a rising tide of hatred of the successful one percent,” Perkins writes. This, at least, most people agree on.
The problem is that Perkins only reinforces that hatred with his parallel between the distraught working class citizens of San Francisco and a national movement to eradicate an entire ethnic group.
http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/25/if-they-were-looking-for-a-villain-you-just-gave-them-one/
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