So we’re gonna do this now, huh. nytimes.com/2017/11/25/us/…
Just a nice holiday weekend. Some end-of-autumn yardwork, maybe some shopping, and a little Nazi normalizing in the paper of record.
OK. Let's do this.
OK. Let's do this.
See, once you've decided to become a Nazi? I literally don't care about the rest.
There were a million 'regular person' things about Nazis in WWII as well. Those things don't matter. What matters is what they allowed and what they did.
There were a million 'regular person' things about Nazis in WWII as well. Those things don't matter. What matters is what they allowed and what they did.
"Ms. Hovater, 25, was worried about Antifa bashing up the ceremony. Weddings are hard enough to plan for when your fiancé is not an avowed white nationalist."
Imagine, living under the threat of violence because of what you are.
Imagine, living under the threat of violence because of what you are.
You know what I remember before 2017? When identifying as a Nazi was so toxic you didn't get a puff-piece write up in the New York Times. 
We know, guy.
People who voted for Donald Trump? We know.
People who voted for Donald Trump? We know.
"It was a weeknight at Applebee’s in Huber Heights, a suburb of Dayton, a few weeks before the wedding."
Awesome! Hope they enjoyed their meal. Holocaust victims frequently starved to death.
Awesome! Hope they enjoyed their meal. Holocaust victims frequently starved to death.
"The couple, who live in nearby New Carlisle, were shoulder to shoulder at a table, young and in love."
Aw, young love. Chaim Hirszman found the dead body of his wife and had to shave it.
Aw, young love. Chaim Hirszman found the dead body of his wife and had to shave it.
"He was in a plain T-shirt, she in a sleeveless jean jacket."
Neat! Just like regular people! Jewish women were stripped naked to humiliate them before their deaths and then they were buried in mass graves.
Neat! Just like regular people! Jewish women were stripped naked to humiliate them before their deaths and then they were buried in mass graves.
"She ordered the boneless wings."
Yummy!
Mordechai Ansbacher saw people begging for potato peels, and when Jews were liberated from camps, some were so shockingly emaciated they looked like skeletons.
Yummy!
Mordechai Ansbacher saw people begging for potato peels, and when Jews were liberated from camps, some were so shockingly emaciated they looked like skeletons.
"Her parents had met him, she said, and approved of the match."
It's good to have supportive parents. Of the entire Frank family, only father Otto survived.
It's good to have supportive parents. Of the entire Frank family, only father Otto survived.
"The wedding would be small."
But not as small as the gap in the wall this fleeing boy tried to squeeze through.
But not as small as the gap in the wall this fleeing boy tried to squeeze through.
"But his tattoos are innocuous pop-culture references: a slice of cherry pie adorns one arm, a homage to the TV show “Twin Peaks.”"
How very relatable. They would gas Jews in transport vans.
How very relatable. They would gas Jews in transport vans.
"He says he prefers to spread the gospel of white nationalism with satire."
How nice. Each successive group of Jews had to lie down on the bodies of those that had already been shot.
How nice. Each successive group of Jews had to lie down on the bodies of those that had already been shot.
"He is a big “Seinfeld” fan."
Oh is he. Is he really. Hannah Lewis watched Nazis shoot her mother dead. Here's what she has to say now.
Oh is he. Is he really. Hannah Lewis watched Nazis shoot her mother dead. Here's what she has to say now.
“I guess it seems weird when talking about these type of things,” he says. “You know, I’m coming at it in a mid-90s, Jewish, New York, observational-humor way.”
They stacked Jewish bodies like firewood, you unbelievable shit. There is footage. Here's an observation. Make a joke.
They stacked Jewish bodies like firewood, you unbelievable shit. There is footage. Here's an observation. Make a joke.
Normalizing is exactly what these Nazis need. And nothing helps that more than a noncritical article about how normal they are from the @nytimes, which should be fucking ashamed. 
I don't care about their fondness for NPR
I don't care about their four cats
I REALLY don't care about their bridal registry
They're Nazis, and they're looking to recruit, and they think they president and the GOP are with them.
And they are right.
I don't care about their four cats
I REALLY don't care about their bridal registry
They're Nazis, and they're looking to recruit, and they think they president and the GOP are with them.
And they are right.
Sort of feels like if a Nazi party hadn't taken over, there wouldn't suddenly be Nazis all over the place. Right?
One thing I remember about the first 40 years of my life, is, if you were a Nazi, then it didn't matter what other normal shit you had going on, you weren't normal.
For the memory of the victims, how dare we.
For the sake of the survivors, some who are STILL ALIVE, how dare we.
There's no extra points for being the ignorant Nazi, the one who just didn't know.
How dare we.
For the sake of the survivors, some who are STILL ALIVE, how dare we.
There's no extra points for being the ignorant Nazi, the one who just didn't know.
How dare we.
I'll end with these words I posted on Facebook exactly a year ago, reeling from the election of what I knew to be a Nazi president.
I was told I was over-reacting.
I really don't think so.
I was told I was over-reacting.
I really don't think so.
Yeah, so 4:30 vs. 7:30 makes a hell of a difference, @nytimes but we see you. 
The time to realize what story to write in this situation was 70 fucking years ago, @nytimes.
We need a biased newspaper. We need it biased in favor of humanity.
To hell with this 'both sides' fair and balance sickness in this country.
We need a biased newspaper. We need it biased in favor of humanity.
To hell with this 'both sides' fair and balance sickness in this country.
We're not interested in the halfway point between 'almost too late' and 'when they came for me it was too late to speak,' @nytimes.
Handle your shit.
Handle your shit.
The New York Times isn't normalizing hate by writing about it. They're normalizing hate by the *way* they deliberately chose to write about it.
They're going to try this very transparent deflection, as if we're suggesting their offense is writing about our very real Nazi problem.
The mistake is writing a 'the way we live now' piece about it.
The mistake is writing a 'the way we live now' piece about it.
Worth mentioning also, this is the *nice* version of the thread.
As I began I soon became mindful of those who may suffer from viewing traumatic imagery, so in deference to them, this was the very watered-down version of the thread.
The images and video are out there that bring the cruelty and atrocity into inescapable clarity. Might be a blog post. I think for those who are able it's necessary viewing.
