To the editor:
Hitler!
Do I have your attention now? The Left hopes I do. Last October, Christopher Tremoglie of the Washington Examiner freshened a famous, centuries-old quote by Benjamin Franklin: “In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes — and Democrats labeling the Republican presidential candidate a fascist…”
When organizing this essay, I was stunned to learn that Democrats have been associating the Republicans with fascism for 60 years. Sixty years! Talk about a tired act.
Supposedly, in 1964 Sen. Barry Goldwater from Arizona, who was the Republican nominee for President, was the first to be blessed as a fascist by the Democrats, Hollywood and media outlets. Today’s Progressives have upped the ante adding “dictator,” “Nazi” and the always popular “Hitler” to their lame, anti-Republican/Trump repertoire.
They have likened detention facilities holding criminal, illegal aliens as “concentration camps.” When Donald Trump held a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden right before the 2024 election, the liberal media compared it to the 1939 pro-Nazi rally held there, even going so far as showing footage from that event as the Trump rally was in progress. And let’s not forget the brave, patriotic men and women who work for ICE are the “Gestapo.”
Obviously, the Left’s strategy here is to associate President Trump and his MAGA supporters with one of the most vile and evil genocidal regimes in human history. In turn, the Libs feel that this will sway support away from Republicans and towards them. As I have pointed out earlier, this strategy has been a key component in their playbook to try to cling to power for decades.
It’s actually quite cunning when you break it down. The Left doesn’t need ideas, solutions or positive outcomes of any sort because “at least we’re not Hitler!” And despite the fact that the Third Reich has yet to take over America in the form of the Republican Party, the Left marches to the same drumbeat over and over and over. Not only is this rhetoric historically inaccurate, but it’s also an outright lie. Sadly, we all know that dishonesty is a staple of the Progressive Left.
The Left seems to care less about how incredibly offensive this comparison is to people and families that were actually affected by the Holocaust or even Jews in general. Think about it – the Left is comparing President Trump and his supporters to the atrocity of six million murdered Jews. It’s outrageous and sickening, not to mention hypocritical, as we all know the lack of support the Left gives to Israel. But it’s OK because Orange Man bad, right?
Just to let you know, Lefties, your incessant use of this terminology has rendered these words forever useless, much like “threat to democracy” and “insurrection.” They now mean nothing coming from your mouth.
Do you know what real fascism looks like? Open borders, “no jab, no job,” DEI, the Russian collusion hoax, attacks on the 1st Amendment, attacks on the 2nd Amendment, arresting of your political opposition on fake charges, defunding the police, lying about Biden’s health and Hunter’s laptop, objecting to voter ID, classifying parents who object to CRT and DEI being taught in schools as “domestic terrorists,” weaponizing government agencies against American citizens, communist and socialist teachings in our universities and attempted control of the media just to name a few. Here’s the irony: These fascist actions have all been committed by liberal/progressive Democrats. Not Trump, not MAGA, not Republicans.
So, as you Lefties sit at Shubie’s eating your cranberry and kale salad parroting what you heard the night before on CNN, please realize one important thing: Hypocrisy, hate, violence and fascism are part of your ideology not ours.
Mark W. Ferrante
Ruby Avenue
