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| Cliff Mass |
If Cliff Mass had done the politically fashionable thing and compared DHS personnel trying to protect federal buildings against violent rioting thugs to stormtroopers, he would have been fine. It's not the Nazi comparison that's the problem. The real problem is criticizing the violent thugs the Left is using to wage war against America.
KNKX Public Radio announced Thursday it was axing its long-running weather segment with meteorologist Cliff Mass after the University of Washington professor wrote a post on his own blog comparing some Seattle protesters to the early Nazi militia known as the Brownshirts.
Mass wrote that "Seattle has had it(s) Kristallnacht and the photos of what occurred during the past weeks are eerily similar to those of 80 years ago."
Because racist thugs attacking businesses, some of them Jewish, is so fundamentally different. "We abhor the comparison and find it sensationalized and misleading --it does not reflect who we are and what we stand for at KNKX," the radio station wrote on its website.
But comparing DHS personnel or ICE personnel to stormtroopers would not have been sensationalized or misleading. And we all know it.
Because racist thugs attacking businesses, some of them Jewish, is so fundamentally different. "We abhor the comparison and find it sensationalized and misleading --it does not reflect who we are and what we stand for at KNKX," the radio station wrote on its website.
But comparing DHS personnel or ICE personnel to stormtroopers would not have been sensationalized or misleading. And we all know it.
Mass, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the UW, said Friday morning that he was "stunned by the reaction. It exploded in a way I was stunned by."
He said Friday morning, and wrote in a comment on his blog post Thursday night, that he wasn't referring broadly to all protesters, just referring to people who destroyed property. "I compared those DOING VIOLENCE to Brownshirts," he wrote in an email to The Seattle Times.
He said Friday morning, and wrote in a comment on his blog post Thursday night, that he wasn't referring broadly to all protesters, just referring to people who destroyed property. "I compared those DOING VIOLENCE to Brownshirts," he wrote in an email to The Seattle Times.
Mass, who is Jewish, said he wrote his blog post after being "deeply moved when I took a walk around the city." He said the shattered windows and empty, boarded-up businesses he saw reminded him of the infamous November night when Nazi paramilitary officers and rioters destroyed hundreds of synagogues and broke windows and looted more than 7,000 Jewish-owned businesses. He said Friday he believes Seattle needs strong leadership and not police defunding. He also said, had he not used the words "Kristallnacht" and "Brownshirts," he suspects the reaction would have been different.
Nah. He would have been lynched anyway. To view the rest of this article, click here
Nah. He would have been lynched anyway. To view the rest of this article, click here
