People say the Holocaust couldn't happen again, but it could. And it might. All it takes for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing. And that may just be the case with the Kill The Gays campaign in Uganda. Yes, lately there has been some movement to remove the clause about killing homosexuals, and, instead, sending them....us...remember, it's us... to prison for life.
But at Change.org there was an interesting comparison between what those in power in Nazi Germany said all those years ago, and what many in Uganda are saying today:
Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels: "Defending against the Jewish danger is only part of our plan. [Jews have] attempted to mobilize the world against us, in the secret hope of winning back the territory it has lost."
Ugandan Ethics and Integrity Minister James Nsaba Buturo: "It is the duty of Ugandans to be vigilant because agents of immorality are busy using all lies and deceptions to hurt our society."
Nazi politician Dr. Robert Ley: "There is no room in the world for the Jews any more. The Jew or us, one of us will have to go."
Ugandan cleric Sheikh Ramathan Shaban Mubajje: "I asked President Museveni to get us an island on Lake Victoria and we take these homosexuals and they die out there. If they die there then we shall have no more homosexuals in the country."
Adolf Hitler, from Mein Kamf: "Was there any form of filth or crime...without at least one Jew involved in it. If you cut even cautiously into such a sore, you find like a maggot in a rotting body, often dazzled by the sudden light - a Jew."Ugandan Sheikh Multah Bukenya: Quoted as saying that his followers are "ready to act swiftly and form this squad that will wipe out all abnormal practices like homosexuality in our society."
Nazi Nuremberg Laws of 1935: "Marriages between Jews and citizens of German or kindred blood are forbidden...Sexual intercourse between Jews and subjects of the state of Germany or related blood is forbidden."Proposed Legislation in Uganda: "A person who purports to contract a marriage with another person of the same sex commits the offence of homosexuality and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for life."
So, before you go about thinking something like the Holocaust couldn't happen again, think twice. Remember, it all started with words, and ended with the deaths of millions.
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Can't you draw the same connections between Nazi Germany and American Conservatives?
ReplyDeleteBob, this is what scares me most: what if the conservatives start a movement to amend the constitution that would result in the US becoming an Christian nation officially. It's not that far fetched.
Someday the conservative will have control over congress again. It's cyclical. And when they do, they would vote for this amendment. Any politician who tries to be the voice of reason risks being voted out of office.
Getting 37 states to approve the amendment would be no problem at all, especially when low population states like Alaska have just as much voting weight as high population states like California.
I think the potential for America becoming a theocracy in the next 20 years is high.
It isn't a question of it happening again. The Holocaust has happened may times since. We do forget and we become complacent. Genocide happens now.Rwanda, Yugoslavia, Sudan. We let 10-16k children die each day of hunger. Another 5-10k die each day from preventable diseases. The meaning is not as far reaching, but it still happens because the majority don't see these people as human beings. They think they aren't worth helping.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Larry Ohio. VERY possible here.
ReplyDeleteOne note. The nazis began with the Jews, and expanded on that after making the "final solution" offical. Gays were added, as were other "undesirables". So, the hate feeds on itself and on whim. No one is safe. No one.