At the end of the trip, we turned to the kids and said: "One day, someone may say to you that this never happened. You are here to bear witness that it did. Never, ever allow those lies to take root and spread. Make sure your children know that this happened, too. This cannot be allowed to happen again." (emphasis in original)
He also has some strong words for those who equate Bush with Hitler.
What I care about is that by trivializing the issue, by using your absurd hyperbole, you dishonor the suffering and the loss suffered by the people who were victimized by the real Hitler. Your own illusory suffering at the hands of this Republican president is not only trivial, it is non-existent, and do not even think you can begin to equate the two.
I can take it further. Your grotesque equation of the two leaders is a profound exaggeration: and it's the same kind of gross exaggeration used by Hitler and his henchmen to inflate the "Jewish problem" into a manifest danger, whereby people could ignore the excesses of places like Dachau as being justified. In case that isn't clear enough to you, let me connect the dots. George W. Bush isn't using Hitlerian tactics, you are. (emphasis in original)
I would like to add to his words the following: If you say that Bush is the same as Hitler, the fact that you can say so and have not been imprisoned or killed is unequivocal proof that you are wrong. I believe Kim when he says there will never be a Dachau in the United States. There are simply too many armed citizens to let that happen.
Since it dovetails nicely with the above, I would like to direct you to the website of Jews for the Protection of Firearms Ownership. They understand that there's only one way to ensure that the words "Never Again" have meaning.
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