Sanders Wrong on Shoah Comment; Still Drowned Out By Right Wing Holocaust Comparisons

David Streeter — February 23, 2010 – 3:39 pm | Abusive Holocaust Rhetoric | Democrats | GOP Hypocrisies Comments (0) Add a comment

Today Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) compared climate change deniers to those who chose to ignore Hitler’s rise in Europe. Sanders’ comment is completely inappropriate; as we have said previously and repeatedly, Holocaust rhetoric has no place in politics on either side of the aisle.  

It is important to note though that instances of Democratic and progressive figures using Holocaust rhetoric remain rare. 

Our country is still waist deep in a sea of right-wing Holocaust rhetoric. Just look at the last week: 

• Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck made Holocaust comparisons on their radio shows
• A CPAC speaker warned of the Hitler Youth returning
• A wannabe RNC chairman and key figure in the 2004 election compared liberal bloggers to “Cossacks” and warned of imminent pogroms against Christians
• Beck, as CPAC’s keynote speaker, warned of an impending “economic Holocaust”

All the while, the GOP’s rising star Marco Rubio (R-FL) pled ignorance and refused to condemn this sort of inappropriate language.

In short, Sanders’ comment was inappropriate but we are still waiting to hear the right condemn its own members.

 

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