On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Lawrence O’Donnell says “we now live in a country where not everyone is horrified by” the atrocities of the Holocaust. He quotes the late Congressman Tom Lantos, a Holocaust survivor, who said: “The veneer of civilization is paper thin. We are its guardians, and we can never rest.” Aired on 01/28/2021.
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“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing.” Edmund Burke
If there are any good people left in the republican party, they better step up and do something, or they’ll be collateral damage to the trumpist ideology.
smell her hair joe
@Marty Methuselaws take your meds marty, go on now…..
I fear all this crazy BS is going to get someone/people assassinated, and if that person is a Democrat then the Trumpublican GOP will claim their innocence and blame Antifa no matter who’s truly responsible!!! And if one of their own is assassinated, the Trumpublican GOP won’t care if it’s a non-trumper Republican who’s killed!?! This is where the U.S. is– crazy people and crazy conspiracies are making for some very scary times!!!
Holocaust deniers should be denied the right to live, earth will thank us for it.
or climate collapse..
orbis spike 1610 karma
You ain’t got the balls you shabbos
beautifully said, ty mr o’donnell.
I remember a country where punching Nazis was considered perfectly normal.
@My Tale It’s a pickle.
now Nazi= regime critic
regime critic does not = White Supremacist.
@Peter Mayer Nope.
Sorry, there isn’t much else someone that denies the horrors of the holocaust can be than a nazi.
Nor is there much else someone that tries to overthrow democracy.
@Drake Fire google thegreateststorynevertold
The increasing polarization is starting to now worry me. I don’t remember the 80s, 90s and 2000s getting this bad. I guess because we didn’t have the internet back then. I didn’t start using the internet until 1995. Reagan should have never helped to get rid of the fairness doctrine.
The demographics have also dramatically changed in the last 40 years too.
I can’t imagine why anybody would wear a T-shirt promoting the killing of innocent people on a industrial scale. What is wrong with those people. Must be a lack of education and understanding. And empathy.
@Erick Borling you say the person isn’t doing anything. The fact that he acquired such a shirt means he had to get it specially made. And by extension wanted his belief system out there. It’s short sightedness to believe he wasn’t doing anything, he obviously is sending a message.
@Kim Clarke u cant just call any dissenting opinion a troll i had to make a new acvt for reasons i dont wanna say in fear of censorship….. buddy bring an intellextual statement or dont reply
@Rush Limbaugh What on earth is the purpose of wearing a “6 Men Weapons and Equipment” t-shirt at a rally at the Capitol? Unless those are code words for “6 million weren’t enough”? Could you also explain the non-anti-Semitic meaning of the “Camp Auschwitz” t-shirt? Let me guess: there’s a place in Paraguay called Auschwitz where there’s a camp for physically disabled children where that rioter is a counselor every summer. Except if that were true, he should have been there on January 6th, since it’s now summer in Paraguay. (Temperature in Asuncion right now is 82 degrees F.) As you can see, I can make as ridiculous a statement as you can if I try as hard as you have.
It’s heartbreaking to know evil walked into our Capitol to attack our democracy and our Constitution and half of the members that serve in her chambers support that evil instead of doing the right thing to eliminate and punish the insurrectionists.
just like 45…………..
The things people do to each other.
Maybe some day, long after I am gone, we will have a truly civilized society.
Because the alternative is our own destruction.
that was first nation life before Columbus though
you got ju wish after all
@Marty Methuselaws I hate Columbo too but let’s no need to put down other atrocities, I thought that is what you already blamed the Jews for?
@Marty Methuselaws Ah yes…Columbus the great saviour and bringer of peace. That must be why Native Americans are so well assimilated into present American society, doesn’t feel a need to hold on to their own lands, and their culture is well preserved and thriving. Oh wait! None of that is true!! Ever think it was because Columbus discovered this land and all those who came after him nearly wiped out an entire indigenous people? Just because you choose to rewrite history doesn’t make it true.
@meghnac78 wrong..sweety
orbis spike 1610
tic..tic..tic..
your bad blood also got to worry about the ‘rona’.. sunshine..
your days are truly numbered ..job
Remember when we wondered how something like that could happen?
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
Did she say something about the nature of politics and human political nature? I can’t seem to attribute this idea I think is hers.
I think most conspiracy theorists fit into this category; people who can no longer tell the difference between reality and fantasy.
the USA was always a totalitarian state and killed millions of people
@Peter Mayer You’re totally wrong
@Mark Hill read the protocols of the elders of zion
I remember Congressman Tom Lantos I miss his wisdom and his voice. RIP Sir.
Jackie Speier succeeded Lantos in his congressional district.
Outstanding commentary Lawrence.
Six books everyone should read:
– ‘Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning’
By: Timothy D. Snyder
– ‘The Dictator’s Handbook’
By: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith
– ‘On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century’
By: Timothy D. Snyder
– ‘A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II’
By: Sonia Purnell
– ‘Surviving Autocracy’
By: Masha Gessen
– ‘Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents’
By: Isabel Wilkerson
Thanks.
Senator Tony Blinken American Patriot! WE need MORE of these moral individuals in USA Government. Bravo 🎉 🙌 👏
Reading up on Tom Lantos, I could only imagine what he’d say now. If only he could see how bad it’s got.
Jackie Speier succeeded Lantos in his congressional district.
I’ve said that about a lot of people not just the honorable Congressman!
Thank God Pompous Pompeo is gone.
The carnage of our past is so scary to remember ,that there are present day supporters of the right wing extremist is scary in its own right …never forget ….that by allowing the past to be ok allows it to happen in our lifetime …
And now the Republican Party has advantagedly replaced the Nazi party!
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”― Edmund Burke
Lawrence O’Donnell, a brilliant post and a poignant reminder, given what has transpired in recent times in America as well as across the globe. Thank you.
“The veneer of civilization is paper thin.” I LOVE that quote, and will use it in the future. Never forget that there are literally MILLIONS of Americans who would — and have — GLADLY embraced an authoritarian in the mold of Hitler. And don’t ever let yourselves believe it couldn’t happen here. It almost did (and I’m not just talking about January 6)…
Hear, hear! Cannot scream this loud enough!!