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Were German Jews chased around and attacked with military weapons in the middle of cities?

Btw: in the chemical agent factory in Dyhernfurth an der Oder, codenamed "Hochwerk", at least 12,000 metric tons of this agent were manufactured between 1942 and 1945 - it just couldn't be used to various (known) reasons.

You're making a sad joke, isn't it?

Tabun. (Mustard gas and Sarin were produced in a lower number)

There is certainly folly in his trying to compare the the magnitude of different atrocities, but claims that he either was denying the Holocaust or was ignorant of it are just silly.

And "holocaust centers" are and were known as 'concentration camps'.

The release of the dossier at a White House briefing on Tuesday marked a striking shift by President Trump, who entered office praising President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia but now appears bent on pressuring him.

As governor, Robert Bentley would quote the Bible before the Alabama Legislature and say that God had elevated him to the State Capitol. In his dermatology practice, in the city where he was a Baptist deacon, he sometimes witnessed to patients. And when he was a first-time candidate for statewide office, his campaign headquarters were often filled with volunteers from local churches.

This is a state that knows well how mixing faith and politics can lead to disappointment. When Mr. Bentley on Monday resigned from office and pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors in the wake of the sex scandal that ended his 50-year marriage, his downfall reflected both enduring and contemporary challenges for evangelical voters.

...But others said it had become clear that for conservative Christians, the cultural and political issues that define modern conservative politics mattered at least as much as moral piety. That was why, they suggested, Mr. Bentley was able to cling to his job for nearly 13 months after his reputation as a paragon of probity came under fire.

“The idea that moral hypocrisy hurts you among evangelical voters is not true, if you’re sound on all of the fundamentals,” said Wayne Flynt, an ordained Baptist minister and one of Alabama’s pre-eminent historians. “Being sound on the fundamentals depends on what the evangelical community has decided the fundamentals have become. At this time, what is fundamental is hating liberals, hating Obama, hating abortion and hating same-sex marriage.”

The man was disorderly and refusing to obey airline staff and police instructions. What were the cops supposed to do? Meekly tell him to have a nice day and walk off the plane? When the police are called in most cases like this they take some kind of action. This gentleman bears the responsibility for how this scene played out.

"Holocaust centers" — I think this may enter the lexicon.

Are these "types" a personal formulation? Not that they don't make sense, just wondering.

That comfort you speak of that some have - with being subjugated under absolute authority- it makes them always take the side of the police. That comfort unfortunately combines nicely with little things like implicit bias and white privilege.

Do you find anything empathetic about Spicer, besides of course the fact he's homo sapiens

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According to Politico, after backlash from Jewish groups over the comments, Spicer called the offices of Sheldon Adelson to apologize: "Sean called shortly after and said he made a terrible mistake and apologized if he was offensive," a statement for the Republican mega-donor said.

Before Spicer made his apology, Israeli Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz called Spicer's comment "serious and outrageous... We have to demand that he apologize, or resign," Katz tweeted.

After the apology, Katz told Army Radio that "I thought it was my responsibility as a Jew and the son of a holocaust survivor to respond and commended these statements. I thought that Israel should demand he apologize or quit and overnight I see that he did apologize and we welcome this."

The Anne Frank Center demanded President Donald Trump to fire Spicer for "engaging in Holocaust denial."

"Spicer's statement is the most evil slur upon a group of people we have ever heard from a White House press secretary," the Center's Executive Director Steven Goldstein said, adding that Spicer lacks the integrity to serve in his role.
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