Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

boston bean

(36,218 posts)
Sat Oct 1, 2016, 09:58 AM Oct 2016

Duterte, Citing Hitler, Says He Wants to Kill 3 Million Addicts in Philippines

MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday that he would like to kill millions of drug addicts in the Philippines, defying international criticism of his country’s bloody war on narcotics and escalating his brutal rhetoric with a reference to the Holocaust.

“Hitler massacred three million Jews,” Mr. Duterte said after returning to the Philippines from a trip to Vietnam, understating the toll cited by historians, which is six million. “Now there is three million, there’s three million drug addicts. There are. I’d be happy to slaughter them.”

Killing that number of drug users would “finish the problem of my country and save the next generation from perdition,” he said.



http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/world/asia/philippines-rodrigo-duterte-hitler-drugs.html

5 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Duterte, Citing Hitler, Says He Wants to Kill 3 Million Addicts in Philippines (Original Post) boston bean Oct 2016 OP
Lock him up! VMA131Marine Oct 2016 #1
Did you see the video of him saying this? He seemed quite determined... boston bean Oct 2016 #2
In that respect, he's more brazen than Hitler VMA131Marine Oct 2016 #3
How long before he labels any opponents as drug addicts? Generic Brad Oct 2016 #4
This guy is honestly a monster Calculating Oct 2016 #5

boston bean

(36,218 posts)
2. Did you see the video of him saying this? He seemed quite determined...
Sat Oct 1, 2016, 10:04 AM
Oct 2016

Also, he is already doing it.. over 3K murdered.

Calculating

(2,955 posts)
5. This guy is honestly a monster
Sat Oct 1, 2016, 11:25 AM
Oct 2016

Get ready for anybody politically undesirable to be framed by the death squads and executed for being a 'drug dealer'.
It's also scary how he uses the exactly language used by Hitler to justify his proposed genocide. "Cleansing society of undesirables". I think Hitler said stuff like that about the Jews, gays, and other hated groups.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Duterte, Citing Hitler, S...