The New York Times' first article about Hitler's rise is absolutely stunning (Trump parallels)

[ghostsinthemachine]

On November 21, 1922, the New York Times published its very first article about Adolf Hitler. It's an incredible read — especially its assertion that "Hitler's anti-Semitism was not so violent or genuine as it sounded." This attitude was, apparently, widespread among Germans at the time; many of them saw Hitler's anti-Semitism as a ploy for votes among the German masses.

Times correspondent Cyril Brown spends most of the piece documenting the factors behind Hitler's early rise in Bavaria, Germany, including his oratorical skills. For example: "He exerts an uncanny control over audiences, possessing the remarkable ability to not only rouse his hearers to a fighting pitch of fury, but at will turn right around and reduce the same audience to docile coolness."

But the really extraordinary part of the article is the three paragraphs on anti-Semitism. Brown acknowledges Hitler's vicious anti-Semitism as the core of Hitler's appeal — and notes the terrified Jewish community was fleeing from him — but goes on to dismiss it as a play to satiate the rubes (bolding mine):

More: http://www.vox.com/2015/2/11/8016017/ny-times-hitler

[mucifer]

1. "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross did an episode on this if you want to hear this as a podcast

It's chilling.:

http://www.npr.org/2016/01/14/463028807/the-failed-coup-that-led-to-hitlers-mein-kampf

[Jnclr89]

2. Glenn Beck is also calling

Glenn Beck is also calling all Donald Trump supporters "Brown Shirts". Lmao, can this get any better? lol

[Jenny_92808]

3. I just do not understand how anyone

could be fooled by and incited by Trump to hate. It appears history shows us that it happens.

I once read the writings from a German woman who lived in that time and she said she regrets what she did back then. She once threw a Jewish child against a brick wall trying to do as much harm as possible and remembers how she felt so proud of herself (because she was conditioned into feeling Jewish people were sub-human...my words, not hers).

It gives me comfort to do the math. 35% of republicans (who represent 23% of Americans) approve of trump. If I did my math right, that equals 7% of all Americans approve of trump. Please correct me if I am wrong. I suppose we can throw in a few independents, maybe bring it up to 10-15% (a guess).

.35 x .23 = .07

"39% of Americans identify as independents, more than they do as Democrats ( 32%) or as Republicans (23%)."

http://www.people-press.org/topics/political-party-affiliation/

I have a theory that some people are voting for Trump to sabotage the republican party.

http://www.vox.com/2016/3/1/11135388/trump-general-election

"Too many liberals and Democrats are saying that's a good thing — not because they feel Trump would actually make a better president than, say, Marco Rubio, but because they are convinced Trump will go down in flames in a general election."

Drumpf will never be President!