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Elie Wiesel slams tea partiers over Holocaust signs

From Salon, 11/6/09:
http://www.salon.com/news/tea_parties/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2009/11/06/wiese
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Wiesel slams tea partiers over Holocaust signs

The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right
are making to genocide

By Alex Koppelman

Unfortunately, it seems that whether it's on the Internet or in real
life, Godwin's Law always finds a way to prove itself again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law

People manage to use Nazi and Holocaust references in the most poorly
considered of ways, as if they're unaware of the true horror that was
the slaughter of millions of innocent people.

That sort of thing has been happening all too frequently during
protests against Democratic healthcare reform plans, and one of the
more shocking examples was on display at the protest on Capitol Hill
Thursday: A banner that featured a picture of naked, emaciated bodies
stacked in a pile, with text reading, "National Socialist Health Care:
Dachau, Germany -- 1945."
http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/1.jpg

Now, someone with credibility on the issue that's all too real has
spoken out against these comparisons.

Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor and author, put out a statement
through his foundation's Twitter account.

It reads simply, "Elie Wiesel on the GOP Tea Party's anti-Semitism and
Holocaust comparisons: 'This kind of political hatred is indecent and
disgusting.'"

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There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who
can help us get out of this rut.

Martin Scorsese

Harry

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