well, i think it is a fair parallel to draw. it has nothing to do with the nazis. it has to do with the reaction of americans to refugees, in that case from the nazis, in this case from isis. and the hysteria was similar. these were people in desperate, desperate need, and people wanted to reject them on the grounds that maybe they were in this case terrorists, in that case communists or whatever. in 1940 president roosevelt proposed a bill to admit 20,000 jewish children who might otherwise perish in the in europe over quota. it was rejected by the congress after a congressman from mississippi got up on the floor of the house and said there may be 20,000 cute kids now but in 15 years there will be 20,000 damn kikes. and that was his direct quote, and it defeated the bill. the exact same hysteria. congressman honda, it seems like the rhetoric in the house and on the campaign trail has
so it was either a comment that was out of ignorance and just needed more information or he s just not well informed. congressman nadler, there s been a lot of discussion about how the u.s. reacted to the possibility of accepting jewish refugees, particularly around 38 and 39. you know, there s generally this rule of thumb, it s called godwin s law, that you shouldn t be invoking the nazis to make arguments in present day. is this a fair parallel to draw at this point in time? well, i think it is a fair parallel to draw. it has nothing to do with the nazis. it has to do with the reaction of americans to refugees, in that case from the nazis, in this case from isis. and the hysteria was similar. these were people in desperate, desperate need, and people wanted to reject them on the grounds that maybe they were in this case terrorists, in that case communists or whatever.
38 and 39. you know, there s generally this rule of thumb, it s called godwin s law, that you shouldn t be invoking the nazis to make arguments in present day. is this a fair parallel to draw at this point in time? well, i think it is a fair parallel to draw. it has nothing to do with the nazis. it has to do with the reaction of americans to refugees, in that case from the nazis, in this case from isis. and the hysteria was splirm. these were people in desperate, desperate need, and people wanted to reject them on the grounds that maybe they were in this case terrorists, in that case communists or whatever. in 1940 president roosevelt proposed a bill to admit 20,000 jewish children who might otherwise perish in the in europe over quota. it was rejected by the congress after a congressman from mississippi got up on the floor of the house and said there may