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What We Deserve
On February 22, a gentleman named Sebastian Mueller-Soppart posted this on his Facebook page:
“The rise of this blusterous man bewilders the educated among us, conjoins opposing politicians, agonizes our international allies, threatens minorities, spits on the disabled, and touches the hearts of those who just don't know any better.”
~ Liselotte Hubner, Berlin, 1929
Topical, eh?
The quote was (and is) fairly devastating. Superimposed on a photo of Donald Trump, it went viral faster than a cat video. This prompted many people to denounce it as fake on the grounds that Liselotte Hubner does not appear to have been a historical personage. Of course, Mr. Mueller-Soppart never claimed she was anything of the sort, explaining instead that the lady in question was his grandmother … who survived two years in a concentration camp.
The post struck a lot of folks as pertinent. But, perhaps predictably, many people have also demanded to know what any of this has to do with Donald Trump. Apparently, they just don’t see a connection. (The rest of us should probably resist the impulse to roll our eyes.) Can we take courage in the fact that some people see it perfectly well?
“Like any number of us raised in the late 20th Century, I’ve spent my life perplexed about exactly how Hitler could have come to power in Germany. Watching Donald Trump’s rise, I now understand.”
~ Professor Danielle Allen, Harvard University, 2016
Dr. Allen is a political theorist at Harvard. Read the rest of her comments here:
“Trump is rising by taking advantage of a divided country. The truth is that the vast majority of voting Americans think that Trump is unacceptable as a presidential candidate, but we are split by strong partisan ideologies and cannot coordinate a solution to stop him.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...
God help us all.
“The rise of this blusterous man bewilders the educated among us, conjoins opposing politicians, agonizes our international allies, threatens minorities, spits on the disabled, and touches the hearts of those who just don't know any better.”
~ Liselotte Hubner, Berlin, 1929
Topical, eh?
The quote was (and is) fairly devastating. Superimposed on a photo of Donald Trump, it went viral faster than a cat video. This prompted many people to denounce it as fake on the grounds that Liselotte Hubner does not appear to have been a historical personage. Of course, Mr. Mueller-Soppart never claimed she was anything of the sort, explaining instead that the lady in question was his grandmother … who survived two years in a concentration camp.
The post struck a lot of folks as pertinent. But, perhaps predictably, many people have also demanded to know what any of this has to do with Donald Trump. Apparently, they just don’t see a connection. (The rest of us should probably resist the impulse to roll our eyes.) Can we take courage in the fact that some people see it perfectly well?
“Like any number of us raised in the late 20th Century, I’ve spent my life perplexed about exactly how Hitler could have come to power in Germany. Watching Donald Trump’s rise, I now understand.”
~ Professor Danielle Allen, Harvard University, 2016
Dr. Allen is a political theorist at Harvard. Read the rest of her comments here:
“Trump is rising by taking advantage of a divided country. The truth is that the vast majority of voting Americans think that Trump is unacceptable as a presidential candidate, but we are split by strong partisan ideologies and cannot coordinate a solution to stop him.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...
God help us all.
