Chaplin, Hitler, Coulter

According to his Autobio, after the release of The Great Dictator, a
'young New York scion' asked Chaplin why he was so anti-Nazi.

Chaplin replied that it was because the Nazis were 'anti-people'

"Of course, you're a Jew," his questioner noted.

"One doesn't have to be a Jew to be anti-Nazi," Chaplin replied. "All
one has to be is a normal decent human being."

At the Conservative convention where several presidential hopefuls
gave speeches, the poster girl for the ultra-right-wing extremists
(who has been hailed by a poster on this board as a
'mainstream Reagan republican' and an 'honorable, decent, courageous,
brilliant
woman') felt it was a reasonable and proper mode of political
discourse to refer to a Democratic
candidate as a "faggot".

The thunderous applause which greeted this witty quip was entirely
commensurate
with the viewpoint expressed by a party which sought to have bigotry
written into
the Constitution - a piece of politcal theater whose entire purpose
was to exploit
prejudice for politcal purposes.

It is not clear whether the ultra-right-wing extremists are "anti-
people",
but they are certainly "anti-American-people" in view of how they
rushed young
Americans off to fight and die on a dishonest pretext and deprived
them of the proper protection, in view of how they allowed
an entire American city to be washed off the map, in view of how they
sorely failed
the young Americans who have returned from their war at Walter Reed
and elsewhere.

And, as 70% of the American people have come to realize, one doesn't
have to
be homosexual, a "Bush-basher", or even a Democrat to oppose the
treasonous
betrayal these ultra-right-wing extemists have perpetrated on the
American people.

All one has to be is a normal, decent human being.

On Mar 5, 6:13 pm, bachu....TakeThisOut@rogers.com wrote:
> According to his Autobio, after the release of The Great Dictator, a
> 'young New York scion' asked Chaplin why he was so anti-Nazi.
>
> Chaplin replied that it was because the Nazis were 'anti-people'
>
> "Of course, you're a Jew," his questioner noted.
>
> "One doesn't have to be a Jew to be anti-Nazi," Chaplin replied. "All
> one has to be is a normal decent human being."
>
> At the Conservative convention where several presidential hopefuls
> gave speeches, the poster girl for the ultra-right-wing extremists
> (who has been hailed by a poster on this board as a
> 'mainstream Reagan republican' and an 'honorable, decent, courageous,
> brilliant
> woman') felt it was a reasonable and proper mode of political
> discourse to refer to a Democratic
> candidate as a "faggot".
>
> The thunderous applause which greeted this witty quip was entirely
> commensurate
> with the viewpoint expressed by a party which sought to have bigotry
> written into
> the Constitution - a piece of politcal theater whose entire purpose
> was to exploit
> prejudice for politcal purposes.
>
> It is not clear whether the ultra-right-wing extremists are "anti-
> people",
> but they are certainly "anti-American-people" in view of how they
> rushed young
> Americans off to fight and die on a dishonest pretext and deprived
> them of the proper protection, in view of how they allowed
> an entire American city to be washed off the map, in view of how they
> sorely failed
> the young Americans who have returned from their war at Walter Reed
> and elsewhere.
>
> And, as 70% of the American people have come to realize, one doesn't
> have to
> be homosexual, a "Bush-basher", or even a Democrat to oppose the
> treasonous
> betrayal these ultra-right-wing extemists have perpetrated on the
> American people.
>
> All one has to be is a normal, decent human being.

Chaplin, Hitler and...Coulter? You give Ann Coulter far too much
credit. "Only cream and bastards rise." No one will remember Coulter
in 20 years.