Our Leaders Are Nazis Now
I’m about ten years older than my immediate group of friends with one or two exceptions. I’m not sure they have the same sense of immediacy or connection to memory that I have about Nazis. When I was a young boy, I ran around the yards of my neighborhood, playing at combat and shooting Nazis. There was no misunderstanding the evil they represented. This was true for myself and all the adults around me.
I was a crossing guard at my elementary school and each day on older Polish man would walk by and we would exchange a greeting. I thought him odd. Well dressed in a long coat and bowler, he stood out in my blue collar North Jersey neighborhood.
One day, and I don’t remember what prompted the exchange, he showed me the numbers tattooed on his wrist from his time in the Nazi concentration camps. It cemented my fears about how bad it would be if Nazis were in charge.
And now they are.
It’s not a worrisome curiosity or some kind of unexpected political aberration. It’s the exact same fucking thing it was in 193392ya when Hitler took over the Nazi party in Germany. This time LGBTQ+ people, are the initial target of their hatred, with anyone falling into the category of ‘other’ following closely in line.
We are in serious trouble.
No amount of pointing out the incidents of absurdity or stupidity occurring before us will have any effect. Politicians will not fix this. The press has shown they certainly will not. If we want the people we love and care about, our children, families, and friends, to survive, we are no longer talking about elections run by the established political parties. Now people, we are talking about something else.
Having to do with: Revolution • Nazis