I'm not ready to call him a Nazi sympathizer yet. Those statements he made were curiously evasive and politically tone deaf. I mean, he could have come out and say, "Yes, I like to get into the mind of the enemy. They were some of the most brutal soldiers out there and were involved in some of the most horrific parts of a horrific war. That should be remembered and understood." Then I would have been right there with him. But waffling around and saying that we can't judge them? Not conclusive but not very reassuring either.
Judah On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> wrote: > > See, that's what I mean. This is the kind of thing you should say if > you're gonna call him a Nazi sympathizer. This is far more convincing to > me than "OMG HE OWNS A NAZI UNIFORM AND REENACTS AN SS UNIT!" > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 1:40 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Candidate responds to charge he dressed as Nazi - CNN > Political Ticker - CNN.c > > > I decided to go see what this dude Iott actually had to say about his > reenactment stuff. The initial report seemed to make sense, he was > just part of a WWII reenactment group, but his further statements on > Anderson Cooper kind of make me wonder. > > http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/10/rich-iott-defends-nazis-he-dr > esses-up-as-they-were-doing-what-they-thought-was-right-video.php?ref=fp > a > > He calls the Wiking Panzer division "valiant" and seems to go waaaay > out of his way to condemn their actions saying "they did what they > thought was right" and were "fighting for their homeland". I can > understand respecting the enemy and trying to understand what people > went through. This guy's statements make me more than a bit suspicious > though. He claims we can't judge them. Maybe he is just inordinantly > fair and non-judgemental or something, but I think we have a general > societal agreement that the Nazi SS were bad, m'kay? > > Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:329035 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
