On Dec 7, 2004, at 12:36 PM, Gary Denton wrote:
Substituting "America" for "Germany," many of Hitler's religious assertions could have been uttered by Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson -- with Hitler even asserting that God punished Germany for turning away from Him -- before promising that renewed piety would protect the Fatherland and make it prosperous and successful once more. "Once the mercy of God shown upon us, but we were not worthy of His mercy. Providence withdrew its protection and our people fell, fell as scarcely any other people heretofore. In this deep misery we again learned to pray," Hitler said in 1936, sixty-five years before Falwell and Robertson blamed abortionists and feminists for the tragedies of Sept. 11.
I think that lots of folks were uncomfortable with the "Homeland" language because of its echoes of "Fatherland." No, America is not Germany, and clearly, Bush is no Hitler, but we don't have to go all the way there to lose a lot of what makes America America.
Dave
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