Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on September 26, 2018, in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on September 26, 2018, in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
Hitler came from Austria and there were more Nazis in Austria than in the Old Reich and Austria’s contribution to the Holocaust was significant.
It wasn’t a victim.
What a load of crap. Try this imbecilic line on Ellen. The seals will clap their flippers off.
I love it when the “far right” leader leads the fight against anti-Semitism. Must be making lib heads explode.
The American Left, who often say that the US should be more like Europe, can learn something here. Instead of tearing down statues, use them as opportunities to educate people.
Imagine we install in or near every statue a wireless recorded transmissions, or a QR code you can scan into your phone that links to downloadable podcasts. When you see a statue, you tune in or download one of many available historic or educational presentations. Learn about the statue, or the depiction, a biography of the person, political commentaries from a wide variety of people etc.
The Taliban blew up those ancient Buddhist statues because they saw it as heretical. The American left sees statues of Confederate symbols and has the same extreme ideological reaction. Sure they justify it by claiming to be secularist, but the end result and the emotional reaction are nearly identical. They want to blot out history because it doesn’t conform to their contemporary views, regardless of its historical significance and lessons that can be learned from history. They took what could be an opportunity to learn and to teach and instead seek to blot it out as if it didn’t exist. That, imo, is the wrong approach. I agree to an extent, we should not glorify symbols of oppression, but neither should we pretend it didn’t exist. They squandered an opportunity to accomplish something that would be long-term meaningful in exchange for the instant gratification of vengeance for something that occurred in the past.
As Kurz said, you cannot undo history but you can do justice to history. They blew it.
I’m shocked an AUSTRIAN is willing to admit this. I know Austria has been completely intolerant of US efforts to prosecute former NAZIs and has an even recent history of animosity towards Jews.