My night shift colleague and fellow editor, Larry Kessler, in his
column this week, speaks eloquently about the overuse of the ephithet "Nazi" to describe any social or political position we don't like.
Unfortunately, it's our generation -- Larry's and mine -- that has a lot to answer for when it comes to labeling people Nazis or fascists.
Didn't oppose the Vietnam War stoutly enought? You were a fascist.
Failed to support the striking students at Columbia? You were a Nazi
Didn't believe in co-ed dorms? You were a fascist Nazi and really harshing my buzz, dude.
It got worse over the last 40 years with feminazis and nutrution-nazis and islamofascists and soup nazis.
So my proposal is we call a truce about calling each other Nazis.
Becuase these guys aren't real
Nazis.
Or these
guys.
Nazis looked like
this.
And there was nothing funny about them at all.
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