Are Only the Nazis Certifiably Evil?

I went to see HellBoy. Having never read the comic, but intriqued by the trailer, I wasn’t quite sure what I would think of the movie.  The movie was, okay.  On a ten star scale, I’d give it a 6.375.  I would have scored it higher, if the movie hadn’t drifted into smarminess because of HellBoy’s love interest, not to mention the bland caricature acting contributed by other supporting actors.  I’m glad I only paid matinee prices for a ticket.

While watching the movie, though, I did have a thought I wanted to share.  I wondered why the Nazis are the only group that can be besmirched with impunity.  Why aren’t socialists, communists, Islamofascists, to name just a few groups with the same profile as the Nazis, besmirched with the same impunity?

Posted by on 04/04 at 06:18 AM

  1. “Why aren’t socialists, communists, Islamofascists, to name just a few groups with the same profile as the Nazis, besmirched with the same impunity?”

    As for the socialists and Communists, it’s because 99.99+% of the populance either explicitly or implicitly endorses those selfsame ideas. Most people are socialists/Commies.

    Why the National Socialist Workers’ Party is an exception is a bit of a mystery, though Hitler’s attack on Soviet Russia (darling of the Left that it was) probably has a bit to do with it. Also don’t forget the fact that the US fought the last “good war” against the Nazis.

    Posted by John Lopez  on  04/04  at  10:26 AM

  2. Nazis are easy to demonize because of their comical uniformity--the uniforms, the salute, the goose-steps. Communists never really had the same type of readily identifiable characteristics.

    Posted by Skip Oliva  on  04/04  at  11:26 AM

  3. The reason commies are not demonized is that in their gut people recognize that communism is democracy taken to it’s logical conclusion. At bottom our society shares the same collectivist premise - that collective welfare trumps individual rights. Hell, there’s even a sneaking admiration of communistists for their ideological fidelity to democratic ideals.

    Posted by John T. Kennedy  on  04/04  at  01:33 PM

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