I don't know much about her, but I agree the references to "re-education camps" are bombastic. It made me think more Khmer Rouge/Stalinist Russia than Hitler Youth, but the idea is the same. The fact that we live in a free society with camera phones and instant access to sharing information via the Net makes any widespread attempt at something so sinister very nearly impossible to carry out. What troubles me, in short, are two things:
- that so many people believe this paranoid fantasy, which is strikingly similar to the 9/11 conspiracy fantasies - that some media folks are fanning the flames rather than offering well-reasoned analysis of the situation On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Judah Mc wrote: > > Bachmann is really a nutjob, honestly. I'll see about collecting some > choice pieces later on, but her take on "re-education camps" is > straight up comparison to Hitler Youth. Americorps != Hitler Youth. I > hope we can at least agree upon that. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:294688 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
