Normalizing evil
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A letter to the editor in response to a story in Sunday's NY Times (In America's Heartland, the Voice of Hate Next Door):
To the Editor:
Why on earth would The Times describe a white nationalist and Nazi sympathizer as being “polite” and having “Midwestern manners” that “would please anyone’s mother”? A person who spouts anti-Semitic hate, denies the extent of the Holocaust and believes that people of different races should be separated is per se the opposite of polite, and certainly wouldn’t please any mom I know (or would want to know).
When we lose sight of what evil means, what it actually entails, we risk legitimizing and normalizing it.
Stephen A. Silver
San Francisco
Rob's comment:
See also Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil and How Should the Media Cover Nazis?
Rob's comment:
See also Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil and How Should the Media Cover Nazis?
Labels: Hate/Terrorism, History, Media, Right and Left
posted by Rob Anderson @ 2:05 PM
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2 Comments:
Failed bullshit “smart” train boondoggle collapsing in disarray: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/7693747-181/smart-expands-capacity-with-a?artslide=0
You made your stupid comment to the wrong post, moron. The real test of the SMART train will be in the long run: how much it will really cost to operate and whether it makes sense as a public investment. Like the even dumber high-speed rail project, I think it will cost a lot more than advertised.
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