Gateway Pundit has some nice examples of sophisticated progressive activists comparing Israeli Jews to Nazis:
The reaction to Operation Cast Lead by the pro-Hamas radicals and Leftists has been predictably foul and bizarre. They are even equating the Israeli acts of self defense to the holocaust… Lebanese from leftist groups light candles during a protest against the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip in front of the Egyptian embassy in Beirut… Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza in front of Israel’s embassy in Madrid.
He’s also got a picture of an Indian protester calling Gaza the “new Nariman House. Which is a bit of a stretch because the Jews in the Mumbai Chabad Center were sexually tortured and had their genitalia mutilated by terrorists while Israel is objectively and undeniably going out of its way not to harm women and children. So those two things seem different to me.
Back back to this Holocaust canard. I’m actually beginning to suspect that there’s something other than clearheaded analysis behind “Jews = Nazis” comparisons. Life expectancy in Gaza skyrocketed under Israeli rule from 48 years to 72 years. It’s higher than Egypt’s. It’s South Africa’s by a staggering 85%. It’s even higher than parts of Britain. 72 years – that’s just like Auschwitz, right?
References:
* Sick… Pro-Hamas Protesters Play the Nazi Card Against Jews [Gateway Pundit]
* Mumbai: Terrorists Sexually Humiliated Guests before killing them [Solomonia]
* Women and children deaths pretty low [Elder]
* The no-return point of a return to Gaza [Ha'aretz]
* Our low life expectancy [It's Almost Supernatural]
* Channel 4 – News – FactCheck: Glasgow worse than Gaza? [Ch 4 Britain]
Previously:
* What Institutional European Anti-Semitism?
* Gaza’s Booming Economy – Underground Mall System, Hundreds Of Supermarkets, Latest Fashions (Plus: New Gaza Tunnel Wasn’t For Smuggling)
* Iranian Cartoons Are Anti-Semitic and Racist (And Something Else Too… Kinda) [Video]
