How Low Can They Go? - TPM - "Bannon's Deathly Hand"

[NRaleighLiberal]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bannon-s-deathly-hand

By JOSH MARSHALL Published JANUARY 28, 2017, 10:02 PM EDT

The White House announced today that the decision not to mention Jews or anti-Semitism in its announcement commemorating Holocaust remembrance day was intentional. According to White House spokeswoman Hope Hicks, the statement made no mentions of Jews out of respect for the non-Jews who died in Nazi labor camps and death camps during World War II. Hicks told CNN: "Despite what the media reports, we are an incredibly inclusive group and we took into account all of those who suffered."

It is true that millions died under the Nazis who were not Jews. They included targeted ethnic groups like Roma (Gypsies), homosexuals, left-wing dissidents, people with disabilities, etc. But it has long been a trope of Holocaust deniers and white nationalists to insist that Jews were only incidentally targeted.

In any case, there are no word limits in presidential statements. A more logical and worthwhile approach would be to note the various groups who were victimized. This isn't accidental. The new administration is riddled with anti-Semites and those who want to cater to anti-Semites.

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I am trying to wrap my head around what is going on.

Is Trump and his followers so full of self loathing that they are just using a scorched earth approach to some terrible conflagration? Take it all down along with them?

Each day this not only gets worse, it gets more unbelievable.

I don't know what to think right now.

[dhill926]

1. what the fuck....

fuck these guys....

[tazkcmo]

2. In other words:

We're assholes and assholes will asshole.

[KittyWampus]

3. Yes, I think it's almost like suicidal terrorism. Taking the country down with them.

They have gaping holes inside themselves they can't fill. A Spiritual void that things can't fill.

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. that's what I am thinking - just total self loathing, or misplaces superiority, or fear

The right wing is a toxic mess that the country - world - doesn't need.

[uppityperson]

4. K&R

[tblue37]

6. Obviously Jared Kushner and Ivanka care more about power than about resisting

the actions of neonazis and antisemites.

Do they imagine that they and their children would be spared in a new Holocaust? Ivanka might not have to wear a star, but her husband and kids would certainly be considered Jewish, and Bannon and other such "alt-right" (read "neonazi&quot types hate Jews.

[Xipe Totec]

8. Add Netanyahu to that list.

The jerk does not know who he's dealing with.

[C_U_L8R]

7. Typical right wing bullshit

Denialist crap meant to diffuse the significance of the holocaust.
These alt-nazi creeps need to be put back in their cave.