Yeah, this really brings back memories

RL — 11/19/2015 1:47:05 AM (archived)

http://www.nytimes.com/live/paris-attacks-live-updates/anger-over-daily-mail-cartoon-equating-refugees-to-rats/
Cartoon comparing refugees fleeing for their lives to escape the likes of ISIS to rats

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CUBL1tfU8AAOhPu.jpg

For a refresher this is what passed for an editorial cartoon in 1939 Austria...

http://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/story_large/public/thumbnails/image/2015/11/17/15/cartoon-austrian.jpg

And today the same sort of bigots and demagogues are leading the mob...
Like Marine le Pen and the National Front:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3320841/Paris-terror-attacks-pave-way-march-Far-Right-Le-Pen-demands-immediate-halt-new-migrants-France-PEGIDA-hopes-draw-record-crowds-tally-tonight.html

I am sure it will come as no surprise that the National Front has a sordid history of antisemitism...
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27761534

Meanwhile it seems the terrorists were mostly - if not completely- french and Belgian nationals... but that wont matter... the refugees are out of the frying pan and into the fire... and while it suits their purposes the right wing in Europe and in the US will condemn them all as murderers...

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Yeah, this really brings back memories - RL - 11/19/2015 1:47:05 AM
- The only certain part of this. - bowser - 11/20/2015 2:13:29 AM
- Nationalities of the Paris Murderers - RL - 11/19/2015 2:34:10 AM
  - Do you have that big a problem with reinforcing the existing background check system? - TB - 11/19/2015 3:59:33 AM
    - The point was the refugees are being held responsible - RL - 11/19/2015 4:10:12 AM
      - At the time, it seemed to be a reasonable suspicion. - TB - 11/19/2015 4:23:03 AM
        
        When it comes to the refugees, I side with Ted Cruz... - RL - 11/19/2015 11:06:04 PM
        
        Ref. Obama's 2011 position on shutting refugee programs down because of terrorists. - TB - 11/20/2015 1:23:22 AM
        
        Again... - RL - 11/20/2015 1:32:49 AM
        
        And this brings us to the heart of the matter... - RL - 11/20/2015 1:09:17 AM
        
        For Hillary to win the next election... - TB - 11/20/2015 1:37:16 AM
        
        Who destabilized the Middle East? Say again. - bowser - 11/20/2015 2:25:28 AM
        
        No TB this isn't all a plot to elect Hillary... - RL - 11/20/2015 2:10:28 AM
        
        But its tailor made for Trump... - RL - 11/20/2015 3:24:34 AM
        
        And Carson compares the refugees to Rabid Dogs... - RL - 11/20/2015 3:27:58 AM
        
        Tennessee GOP leader: Round up Syrian refugees, remove from state - RL - 11/20/2015 3:30:29 AM
        
        Rand Paul demands vote on blocking welfare for refugees - RL - 11/20/2015 3:45:27 AM
        
        Huckabee compares refugees to E. Coli - RL - 11/20/2015 7:48:14 PM
        
        In response to Mali Huckabee claims Obama will make americans memorize Koran - RL - 11/20/2015 7:51:18 PM
        
        The Koran's easier to memorize than the Bible anyway - mcfly - 11/21/2015 6:36:43 PM
        
        You can expect the quotes from the other GOP candidates to get worse... - RL - 11/20/2015 3:34:38 AM
        
        You missed Santorum - Tony - 11/20/2015 1:31:27 PM
        
        Yup... in my defense he is easy to miss - RL - 11/20/2015 7:40:17 PM
        
        Wow, total saturation! You win. - TB - 11/20/2015 4:07:18 AM
        
        Thank your candidates... - RL - 11/20/2015 7:33:46 PM
        
        Candidates - TB - 11/20/2015 9:18:30 PM
        
        Re: Candidates - RL - 11/20/2015 10:28:59 PM
        
        "Worst part of the voting bloc" - TB - 11/21/2015 12:14:48 AM
        
        Yes. - RL - 11/21/2015 3:50:02 AM
        
        You need to settle down. - TB - 11/21/2015 6:56:34 PM
        
        Raw politics - mcfly - 11/21/2015 7:28:47 PM
        
        Hostile to Islam? - TB - 11/21/2015 8:02:45 PM
        
        Ummm, TB... - mcfly - 11/21/2015 8:45:34 PM
        
        Yeah, that passport - mcfly - 11/19/2015 6:30:02 PM
        
        There is only one reason to carry, or forge, a Syrian passport right now. Think about it. - TB - 11/19/2015 6:56:41 PM
        
        Yes: Trolling us. And it's working beautifully. - Robert - 11/19/2015 8:54:11 PM
        
        I wouldn't be surprised... - RL - 11/19/2015 11:15:44 PM
        
        No, it was just politically expedient for some groups.... - RL - 11/19/2015 4:15:12 PM
        
        More useful idiocy... - TB - 11/19/2015 7:02:46 PM
        
        That is an EXCELLENT example, let's look at it together, shall we? - RL - 11/19/2015 10:50:01 PM
        
        Obama shut off the refugee flow because of terrorism. - TB - 11/20/2015 1:00:55 AM
        
        No discussion of the facts of the matter... - RL - 11/20/2015 1:08:59 AM

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