...It also includes a piece of a speech by Fritz Kuhn, the leader of the German-American Bund (the American wing of the Nazi party), in which he rails against the "Jewish-controlled media" and says it’s time to return United States to the white Christians who he says founded the nation. At one point during the speech a 26-year-old plumber’s helper from Brooklyn named Isadore Greenbaum charges the stage and yells, "Down with Hitler."

He is beaten up by Bund guards and his clothing is ripped off in the attack before New York police officers arrest him for disorderly conduct. (In court that night, the judge said, “Don’t you realize that innocent people might have been killed?” Greenbaum responded, “Don’t you realize that plenty of Jewish people might be killed with their persecution up there?”)

I feel like it would be too easy to draw a parallel here to a CURRENT, ongoing genocide and the way protestors trying to stop the current murder machine are treated...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Anti-fascists were straight-up shooting and stabbing nazis in the Germany at that time because they knew what was going to happen. Of course, liberals denounced them for being "violent commie extremists."

I'm preaching to the choir. You'd think libs would have learned after WWII to trust the left when it comes to fighting fascists. They either don't think fascists are fascists or they're fascists themselves.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

"instructions unclear, ended up trusting fascists when it comes to fighting the left" - the average liberal