In a speech at the National Press club Thursday, my favorite Rummy had this to say about the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez:
"He's a person who was elected legally, just as Adolf Hitler was elected legally and then consolidated power, and now is of course working closely with Fidel Castro and Mr. Morales and others."
Got that folks? Just a slightly Pistol Pete, behind the back bounce pass indicating a link between Hitler and Chavez. Pretty smooth Rummy, pretty smooth.
Tossing the name Hitler out there has become the quickest and simplest method to demonize anyone you want. Nowadays anyone who is anyone has thrown the Hitler comparison at Bush. Hell I routinely call my girlfriend "lil Hitler," when she forces me to eat fruit, (I'm not very health conscious). So I'm not about to tell anyone to stop doing it, even though every time our leaders use that name it demeans and softens the atrocities Hitler committed, but hey! If its good enough to be used for a guy who sells soup on a sitcom written by a Jewish guy, then I guess its good enough for any one right?
But I was thinking that when we use Hitler for anyone, all across the world, we are doing a cultural and historical disservice to other groups of people. After all, this world has had its share of bad people, and perhaps its time we extended our definition of Hitler to reflect our changing global culture. So for example, in Venezuela, a South American country,
Their Hitler could be,
Fidel Castro...although he's some what cliche right now, so how about...
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, the US backed dictator to the Dominican Republic who tried to wipe out his neighbors the Haitians? We don't talk about him that much.
So you see there's many "Hitlers" out there to choose from that are much more culturally relevant. I mean if you really wanna demonize some one you should hit them where it counts. Here are some more examples.
If you're Native American:
Then your Hitler is:
Any random white man.
If you're black:
Then your Hitler is:
That's right, any random white guy.
If you're Japanese:
Then your Hitler is:
Godzilla.
If you're from Antarctica:
Then your Hitler is:
Orca, the Killer Whale.
If you're Martian:
Then your Hitler is:
Despero.
If you're Kryptonian:
Then your Hitler is:
Brainiac.
If you're German:
Then you're Hitler is:
FDR.
If you're Hitler:
Then you're Hitler is:
Stalin.
And, God help you...if you're Stalin, then you're Hitler is....
GALACTUS! THE WORLD EATER!!!!!!!!
Now go forth, and properly shout out your Hitlers...
1 comment:
Hahaha very amusing ... some great connections made .. thanks for the laugh
:-)
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