[SML] WAY, WAY, WAY O.T. : Death and Politics

[herrick goldman]

Hear hear...

We can certainly discuss the cutting of the NEA (-also a Hitler move) and
betsy devos as the education pick. She represents terrible choices.

On Jan 21, 2017 6:34 PM, "Charlie Richmond via Stagecraft" <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Dear Chip - I so completely understand and agree with where you (and many
> others) are on this that I have nothing to add as you can imagine but I
> certainly don't want to ban you from the list nor do I personally think
> this is inappropriate.  Actually, the nature of the internet has changed
> now, I think, and lists such as these, which are a dying breed in fact need
> to start being more activated because all the other places where people
> communicate certainly are now.  This is technically social media and that
> has changed tremendously in the 23 years or so that it has now existed.
> But more than anything else, the forces of darkeness are pushing the light
> out and we need to resist that!!
>
> Charlie
>
> On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 3:25 PM, Chip Wood via Stagecraft <
> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
>> Two things happened in early Nov.  My oldest dearest friend died and
>> T---- got elected.  So I don't have my buddy anymore to talk that over.  I
>> am feeling scared and lonely.  We have very lightly tiptoed around politics
>> on the list, but I am finally going to post this, since nothing seems to
>> have changed.
>>
>> If you don't want to read anymore, here is a good place to stop.  The
>> rest will be highly biased.  If any of you wants me banned from this list,
>> so be it , I'll be gone forever.
>>
>> Way too many similarities to 1933 in Germany even to the coziness to the
>> Russians (Putin, Stalin) before Russia was invaded.  Putting Bannon,
>> Sessions,  and others of their ilk as close advisors is way too similar to
>> Himmler and Heinrich. Pence w/ his outspoken anti-LGBT  statements and
>> Indiana state laws.  Mr. Bannon the chairman of Breitbart News
>> <http://www.breitbart.com/> has for years given voice to anti-Semitic,
>> racist and white nationalist ideology.  This scrid is not about tax policy,
>> health care, or education – even though all those and more are so
>> important. This is about racism, bigotry, intimidation esp of females,  and
>> the specter of corruption and possible treason.
>>
>> My immediate family is a mix of Anglo, Jew, Black, and Native American. 3
>> out of 4 makes us particularly antsy. Now pics w/ Trump signs on rail cars
>> and Auschwitz are appearing on Twitter
>>
>> Trump throughout the course of his entire election, shifted blame to
>> Mexicans, Muslims, Blacks, and China for all our problems. Blame the other
>> (Jews), then there’s no need to blame ourselves. Instill a sense of
>> unabashed nationalism and people will uber enthusiastically follow the
>> Fuhrer.  (Big Brother- 1984).  Within 3 months the Nazi-led Reichstag
>> forced a bill through to give minority elected Chancellor Hitler unlimited
>> power.  The rest is history.
>>
>> When the Munich tax office reminded Hitler in 1934 that he had never paid
>> any income tax and now owed them more than 400,000 Reichsmarks, pressure
>> was brought to bear and before long they had agreed to write off the whole
>> sum and destroy all the files on Hitler’s tax affairs.
>>
>> The United States has much stronger institutions than Germany did in the
>> 1930s, or Russia does today. Both Clinton and Obama in their speeches
>> stressed the importance and strength of these institutions. The problem,
>> however, is that many of these institutions are enshrined in political
>> culture rather than in law, and all of them—including the ones enshrined in
>> law—depend on the good faith of all actors to fulfill their purpose and
>> uphold the Constitution.
>>
>> As George Santayana wrote (The Life of Reason, 1905): “Those who cannot
>> remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”  Thanks --  Bill Conner
>>
>> Heil 2017!
>>
>> Chip 1
>>
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