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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 02:57 PM Feb 2017

White Nationalist Leader Praises Trump For 'De-Judification' Of The Holocaust

Source: Talking Points Memo


By ESME CRIBB Published FEBRUARY 1, 2017, 1:46 PM EDT

Prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer lauded President Donald Trump's statement commemorating International Holocaust Memorial Day that failed to mention Jews as a “de-Judification” of the Holocaust.

"President Trump’s press release was as seemingly banal as any other," Spencer wrote in a post on his website. "But the kvetching came quickly." He complained that the Holocaust has become a standard rhetorical device in liberal "hyper-morality."

"We can’t limit immigration, because Hitler. We can’t can’t be proud of ourselves as a Europeans, because Holocaust. White people can be Christian, but not too Christian, because Auschwitz," Spencer wrote.

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Spencer called the White House statement "especially Trumpian" for its "de-Judification" of the Holocaust. He argued that was "utterly defensible," going on to claim it is "unimaginable for Jewish activists" to see the Holocaust, during which 6 million Jews were killed by the Nazis, treated as "just another genocide."

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/richard-spencer-white-nationalist-praises-trump-dejudification-of-holocaust

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White Nationalist Leader Praises Trump For 'De-Judification' Of The Holocaust (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2017 OP
Richard Spencer was punched in the face by 2 different people the same day IronLionZion Feb 2017 #1
Spencer needs to de-Trumpify his brain. tenorly Feb 2017 #2
Every day, I read another jaw-dropping comment.. when will this end secondwind Feb 2017 #3
I'm sure Trump knows who Spencer is... MountCleaners Feb 2017 #4
K&R for calling it what it is and getting others to understand uppityperson Feb 2017 #5
Uggggghhhhhhh!!! LeftishBrit Feb 2017 #6
Bibi? Bibi? moondust Feb 2017 #7
Really? Behind the Aegis Feb 2017 #9
Dam the stupid burns! Rex Feb 2017 #8
That's the only kind of sub-humans who praise blotus.. the deniers of Cha Feb 2017 #10

IronLionZion

(45,411 posts)
1. Richard Spencer was punched in the face by 2 different people the same day
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 03:01 PM
Feb 2017

and still hasn't learned anything.

MountCleaners

(1,148 posts)
4. I'm sure Trump knows who Spencer is...
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 03:46 PM
Feb 2017

I loathe his whole playing dumb act wrt the far right.

He could renounce and make it clearer how he feels about these people, and chooses not to.

He says and does stuff with full knowledge of how it pleases them.

That is why this president just isn't legitimate to me.

Cha

(297,101 posts)
10. That's the only kind of sub-humans who praise blotus.. the deniers of
Thu Feb 2, 2017, 03:01 AM
Feb 2017

reality to pump up themselves.

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