Trying to Fit a Freight Truck Through The Front Door of a House
What Follows is a Partial List of Failed Nazi Efforts Since Kurt Waldheim.
“Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.”
– Joseph Heller, Catch 22
Kurt Waldheim, an Austrian who served as a lieutenant in the German army from 1942 to 1945, snuck into power in the Americas through diplomatic channels. He assumed the position of United Nations secretary general during the years 1972-1981. A former member of the Nazi Party, he did not see that his efforts would fail.
In their quest for power in the U.S., the Nazis and neo-Nazis are constantly engaged in an effort to fit a freight truck through the front door of a house, and it obviously doesn’t work. One of the insurmountable walls they face is that an overwhelming majority of Americans are not of German ancestry. The Nazis constantly come up with people like Arnold Schwarzenegger, which gains some ground for them until people discover the truth. When Americans are informed that people like Schwarzenegger are connected to the Nazis, a reaction against Nazism ensues.
And that’s not to mention the problems the Nazis face when they run into green side of the U.S. Army.
The Nuremberg Trials established finally that Nazi barbarism is illegal under international law, particularly Gestapo tactics and concentration camps. Yet the Nazis have continued their ape-like efforts in America, the Waldheim episode being only one example.
Skokie – A Big Mistake in American Law
It was a mistake in 1977 to grant permission to the Nazis to exercise First Amendment rights at Skokie, Illinois. In the Skokie case, the Nazis sued the town government of Skokie to petition for the right to stage a protest march. The group won the case but for other reasons never marched.
It’s unclear why the Seventh Circuit judge made his decision. Formally, he based his decision on a First Amendment rationale, but given developments over the last 33 years, one must wonder about his agenda.
The debate was whether all persons should receive the First Amendment right of Free Speech. Under the rationale that all persons should receive that right, the American Civil Liberties Union represented the Nazis in the suit to gain the right to protest in Skokie. It was a bizarre case.
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