Just accidentally stumbled across this quote…

"I have been a racist since 1921. I don't know how they can think I'm imitating Hitler."
…..– Benito Mussolini

Hey, who can blame Il Duce? Can you imagine how mortifying it would be to show up at the Axis Spring Pageant and discover that you and der Führer were wearing the exact same antisemitic gown?

On a somewhat related note…

You kind of have to respect a guy who can keep a straight face while comparing Kristallnacht to the G20 protests. (Totally the same thing. Totally!) Really! It's a skill. And most most people — burdened by consciences, as they are — just can't pull it off.

But that Glenn Beck, he's a different story! He's the King of Comparing Nazi-Sanctioned Pogroms Against Jews to Protesters Protesting Bankers' Bonuses!

Oh! So that's how political science works. It's just like Thomas the Train! Except a dumbed-down version.

I guess that the real take-away message is that fear over economic collapse leads to racists renting space in Madison Square Garden. Wait, what? I've really lost the thread of this. Why did I make myself watch this? Do yourself a favor and don't have watched that.

There is one good bit, though…

"If you add two elements, fear and hunger, people will listen to anybody who says I have the answer… When I say anybody, I mean anybody."

You don't say.

What took you so long, Internet?

(via The Daily What)

…and still the Republican congressperson from Delaware won't admit that Barack Obama looks just like Adolf Hitler (What gives?!) in this exclusive outtake from Better Know a District.

Salon's Tom the Dancing Bug shines the harsh light of historicalishness on the oh-so-very-real Obama/Hitler connection…

Are you patriotic enough to learn the whole truth?

Unless you've been living in a bunker for the past several decades, you're probably aware that Adolf Hitler and Nazis are all the rage these days. Whether you're at a town hall meeting or you're local movie theater, you just cannot help but bask in revery for Western Europe's greatest moment of shame.

And since we're all already on the subject…

June 16, 2005: A Relatively Closer Look – Hitler Reference

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