Whoopi Goldberg Compares Confederate Flag to Nazi Swastika

[KamaAina]

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/whoopi-goldberg-compares-confederate-flag-to-nazi-swastika/

In the events following the Charleston shooting, the discussion on racism has merged with a discussion of whether it is appropriate for the South Carolina Statehouse to continue flying the Confederate flag.

Jeb Bush gave his opinion on the issue when he said that despite being a symbol of Southern heritage, the flag’s context is outdated and belongs only in Florida museums. While other GOP politicians have touched on the issue with varying conviction, Mike Huckabee called it a state matter that was not an issue for 2016 candidates, while Rick Santorum refused to take a side on the debate.

On Monday’s episode of The View, the side-stepping of the discussion did not sit well with the panelists. Whoopi Goldberg condemned the flying of the flag, saying that the with how long the flag has been glorified in the South amid decades of controversy, the only way to argue against the flag’s defenders is to compare it to the flag of Nazi Germany.

“It would be like having the swastika flag flying on your next-door neighbor,” said Goldberg. “That is a part of history in Germany that they are struggling desperately to get away from.”

So geek tragedy is Whoopi Goldberg?!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026858080

[joeybee12]

1. Whoopi Gasbag Goldberg...

Is actually right about something.

[Stardust]

7. Yeah, and she luuuves The Donald.

[joeybee12]

8. They all do..it's just an act...

I dislike them all on The View!

[Electric Monk]

2. An apt comparison, imho, but not really an original one

[HassleCat]

5. Her comparison was provided...

...by the people she criticizes. As your photos illustrate, there has been a lot of cross-pollination between racial bigotry and the neo-Nazi movement. That's pretty natural. When you look at the statements of secession from the confederate states, there is racial language that could have come straight from Nazi literature. George Franz, the guy who developed many of the racial ideas adopted by Hitler, was an admirer of the Klan, and he and his followers dressed up in Klan style robes for their weird conferences. There are definite connections.

[MADem]

3. I agree with her on this.

It may have once been the war flag of a lost cause, but it doesn't mean "heritage" or "history" any more and hasn't for a long time.

Any time I see the thing, I get a cold fear in the pit of my stomach. I reflexively do not trust anyone who has such a symbol on their clothing, vehicle, whatever, unless they are play-acting and got the short straw in a civil war re-enactment!

[Humanist_Activist]

4. Apt and accurate comparison, its a flag that represents some of the worst in humanity.

There's nothing redeeming about that flag.

[HockeyMom]

6. I posted something similar on another board

I do not understand the "Southern Pride of my Heritage" in flying the Confederate Flag. Heritage? Should someone of German heritage be proud of their German roots and so fly the Swastika? Not the same? Well, both flags represent the superiority of one group of people to the oppression and death of another group of people.

Then there is the little, unimportant matter of the Confederate Flag also being a symbol of Secession. Treason? Strictly from that standpoint, the Confederate Flag is incompatible with the USA Flag. How could they possibly be flown side by side?

[catnhatnh]

9. From another post...

You have to admire the candor of skinheads flying Swastikas...

...at least they don't claim it's because their grand-daddies fought on the losing side at Stalingrad...

[Dont call me Shirley]

10. Thom Hartmann called slave quarters Concentration Camps yesterday. They're both befitting

synonyms.