This is Nazi talk.
This is overtly and specifically language designed to build a case for extermination, broadcast by a widely-viewed far-right propaganda network during prime time.
It’s Nazi talk.
It’s Nazi talk.
We already have a political party in control of the government enacting policy that uses the logic of these talking points as a basis.
It’s Nazi talk.
It’s Nazi talk.
We already have a prison industrial complex.
We already have an emboldened force of racists rounding people up.
It’s Nazi talk.
Laura Ingraham and her Nazi talk.
We already have an emboldened force of racists rounding people up.
It’s Nazi talk.
Laura Ingraham and her Nazi talk.
To parse the statement:
There is a threat!
It's an existential threat.
"We" are the ones threatened.
This threat was done to "us."
It was done to us unfairly.
What was done to us was immigrants.
Specifically brown ones.
It doesn't matter if they came legally or not.
Nazi talk.
There is a threat!
It's an existential threat.
"We" are the ones threatened.
This threat was done to "us."
It was done to us unfairly.
What was done to us was immigrants.
Specifically brown ones.
It doesn't matter if they came legally or not.
Nazi talk.
To be clear:
When I say "This is Nazi talk," I don't mean only that it's the sort of talk Nazis in Germany used to soften up public support for eventual mass extermination, though it is that.
I mean it's exactly what Nazis say, today. The ones today say exactly what she does.
When I say "This is Nazi talk," I don't mean only that it's the sort of talk Nazis in Germany used to soften up public support for eventual mass extermination, though it is that.
I mean it's exactly what Nazis say, today. The ones today say exactly what she does.
Anyone nodding along to Laura Ingraham is nodding along to Nazi propaganda.
I'm not drawing an inference or anything.
I'm saying "anyone nodding along to Laura Ingraham is listening to the exact stuff current Nazis say, and nodding."
I'm not drawing an inference or anything.
I'm saying "anyone nodding along to Laura Ingraham is listening to the exact stuff current Nazis say, and nodding."
And, not for nothing, the Republican president said the same, in Europe, last month.
And so have many of his key advisors.
And so has at least one Republican Senator.
And many candidates.
And so on.
And so have many of his key advisors.
And so has at least one Republican Senator.
And many candidates.
And so on.
What do you call a president who says exactly what Nazis say?
What do you call a political party that supports him?
What do you call the crowds who cheer for him?
What do you call a network that broadcasts exactly what Nazis say?
What do you call those who listen and nod?
What do you call a political party that supports him?
What do you call the crowds who cheer for him?
What do you call a network that broadcasts exactly what Nazis say?
What do you call those who listen and nod?
Some who read this will say I'm writing off millions of kind Americans as being hateful monsters.
No.
It's scarier.
When Nazis aren't in power, being a Nazi requires being a hateful monster, perhaps.
When they are in power, it just takes listening and nodding as they speak.
No.
It's scarier.
When Nazis aren't in power, being a Nazi requires being a hateful monster, perhaps.
When they are in power, it just takes listening and nodding as they speak.
The creepiest part of this clip is not the salute, but how easily and naturally it becomes a friendly smile and a wave.
No accurate historical telling of the Nazi movement would fail to note that it had precedent before 1930s Germany and extends to present- day adherents.
And the lesson of the past is you don't wait until Nazis commit global genocide before opposing them.
And the lesson of the past is you don't wait until Nazis commit global genocide before opposing them.
What's dangerous and false is to pretend that people who say exactly what Nazis say aren't saying exactly what Nazis say.
"Nazi" is hyperbole when applied to feminists, grammar, or soup.
When it's applied to actual Nazis, "Nazi" is just the straight news.
"Nazi" is hyperbole when applied to feminists, grammar, or soup.
When it's applied to actual Nazis, "Nazi" is just the straight news.
I’ve been asked if a widescreen shot of Ingraham’s Nazi salute gives further context.
I’d say yes.
I’d say yes.
I mean ...
I’m really not sure what else I can say to skeptics.
This keeps happening in the Republican Party. It’s not isolated. It’s mainstream.
This keeps happening in the Republican Party. It’s not isolated. It’s mainstream.
And, to avoid stating the obvious, a Nazi winning an election means that lots of people are voting for Nazis.
Some conversation in my mentions yesterday about whether this gesture was on purpose.
It was.
Watch the video. That gesture is the salute gesture. It's not a wave. There was nobody in that direction to wave at.
She knew what she was doing, and it matters.
It was.
Watch the video. That gesture is the salute gesture. It's not a wave. There was nobody in that direction to wave at.
She knew what she was doing, and it matters.
They were nominating someone who was saying all the things that white supremacists and neo-Nazis say.
The gesture was an acknowledgement and a dare
An acknowledgement, to those who believe in the cause that gesture represents
A dare to the rest of us, to believe we'd seen it
The gesture was an acknowledgement and a dare
An acknowledgement, to those who believe in the cause that gesture represents
A dare to the rest of us, to believe we'd seen it
I know there are endless photos of various politicians with their hand in that position.
And yes, in the course of a wave, your arm can reach that position.
Show me video of anyone who *starts* a wave from that position.
You won't be able to, b/c waves don't work like that.
And yes, in the course of a wave, your arm can reach that position.
Show me video of anyone who *starts* a wave from that position.
You won't be able to, b/c waves don't work like that.
Laura Ingraham, on camera, at the Republican National Convention, gave a clear and unambiguous Nazi salute. Watch the video.
She was making a prophecy.
If you still think otherwise, there's this: Yesterday, she was talking like a Nazi does.
She was making a prophecy.
If you still think otherwise, there's this: Yesterday, she was talking like a Nazi does.
Exactly.
The fact that so many can watch it happen and still doubt the report of their own eyes shows you how insidious it becomes, once those who mean to do evil decide to see what is permitted.
The fact that so many can watch it happen and still doubt the report of their own eyes shows you how insidious it becomes, once those who mean to do evil decide to see what is permitted.
