How Can You Defend Him?
A couple of unsettling events prompt me to write this. One of those events is people defending – and admitting to liking – a man named Adolf Hitler. If I could spit his name in writing, I would. I loathe the man responsible for killing six million Jews , who was the centre of a World freaking War, who turned many surviving Jews atheist. Imagine a man being so cruel that you lose your belief in God – in the idea that there can be good in the world. No, being a good speaker is not a redeeming quality, goddammit! Go back and read what I wrote about legitimacy. See, Indians wouldn't have tolerated mention of that man if it were Hindus – or heck, simply other Indians – he was targeting. We still feel sour about the British Raj, so my imagination is not far-fetched. So this is my response to whoever dares defend him to me. Fine, he was a good speaker. But good speaker does not equate to good person , not if his speeches moved crowds to commit genocide ...