Early in 2017, the following video started the debate, “Is it ok to punch a Nazi?”
Suddenly, right-leaning political opponents were labeled as “Nazis” and violence ensued. The Nazi-punchers continued their “public service” to intimidate any conservative voice into silence and eventually branched off into “mostly peaceful” protest demonstrations.
Wikipedia says of Nazism:Nazism is a form of fascism, with disdain for liberal democracy and the parliamentary system.and of fascism:
Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.
According to the established narrative, the Nazi-punchers were on a mission to root out racism and fascism which apparently after the election of President Donald Trump began to become an everyday occurrence (according to the narrative.) Unfortunately the narrative was a political fabrication meant to hamstring the Trump administration. None of the elements defining fascism above can actually be attributed to the Trump administration. On the other hand, during the summer of “mostly peaceful” demonstrations, it was the Nazi punchers looting and burning cities, beating people up and attacking (liberal democratic) government buildings.
At the end of 2023, the narrative was set on its head.
After Hamas sent its operators into Israel to commit murder, take hostages, and despicable acts of sexual abuse, those who previously assumed the role of Nazi punchers now found themselves out in mass demonstrations. The goal was to stop the Israelis from pursuing those who planned and executed the vile attack and not allow justice to be served. The chants included slogans to eliminate the state of Israel and some even suggested to ‘exterminate the Jews.’
History must not be their strong suit.
In November 1941, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini met with Adolf Hitler (translated official German report.) One of the topics of discussion concerned Palestine.
The Mufti then mentioned the letter he had received from Germany, which stated that Germany was holding no Arab territories and understood and recognized the aspirations to independence and freedom of the Arabs, just as she supported the elimination of the Jewish national home.
The Fuhrer replied that Germany’s fundamental attitude on these questions, as the Mufti himself had already stated, was clear. Germany stood for uncompromising war against the Jews. That naturally included active opposition to the Jewish national home in Palestine, which was nothing other than a center, in the form of a state, for the exercise of destructive influence by Jewish interests.
So, the Nazi punchers are now following the tenets of Adolf Hitler.
The protesters call for for the elimination of the state of Israel, “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” just like the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Adolf Hitler did eighty-two years earlier. The narrative establishing the Nazi-punchers as defenders against racism and fascism appears to have been a lie.
Another carefully crafted media narrative shown to be false.
Maybe I should start a list of retractions/apologies I am waiting to hear…