GOP Lawmaker Said Teachers Must Be Neutral on Nazism

[RandySF]

Indiana state Sen. Scott Baldwin (R), who is facing criticism for saying teachers must be impartial when discussing Nazism, walked back his remarks, the Indianapolis Star reports.




https://politicalwire.com/2022/01/08/gop-lawmaker-said-teachers-must-be-neutral-on-nazism/

[Walleye]

1. Republicans walk back their comments and back off. Democrats flip-flop thank you media

[Fritz67]

48. Lol...so true.

Just like during natural disasters like Katrina white people "do anything it takes to survive" while blacks "loot and pillage"

Liberal media my butt.

[applegrove]

2. You beat me to it. I will delete. And to say it - thought he could

say that publicly, think of what they say in private.

[paleotn]

3. That just won't walk back.

[dem4decades]

4. They can make "Springtime for Hitler" the new state song.

[DBoon]

12. I think the "Horst Wessel Song" would be a better choice

"Springtime For Hitler" was meant to be ironically bad

[AllaN01Bear]

24. wtf is going on?

[Skittles]

5. he is a fucking nazi

that explains it

[LakeArenal]

6. So unbelievable.

[madinmaryland]

7. If you are neutral on Nazism, then you are a fucking nazi. nt

[Rebl2]

9. Yep

[AllaN01Bear]

25. if it walks like a duck,,,,,,,

[crickets]

27. *ding!ding!ding!* We have a winner. nt

[Kid Berwyn]

40. Absolutely.

[ShazzieB]

8. For anyone who would like to know exactly what he said that he's now taking back...

There is video here:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/indiana-state-senator-scott-baldwin-sorry-for-saying-teachers-should-be-neutral-on-nazis

And yes, it's every bit as bad as it sounds.

[LoisB]

17. Shaking my head.

[marie999]

43. Thank you for the post.

Before reading it, I was wondering if he meant the teachers should just state facts and then discuss them with the students. Your post shows that wasn't the case.

[msfiddlestix]

47. thanks for the Daily Beast link to what he actually said.

I don't know anything about this Senator's background, ideological inclinations other than party affiliation. Is he a pro-Nazi? pro-fascists as the tweet suggests?

Or is he attempting to raise the issue of concern of banning or

"reprimanding teachers for encouraging students to be mortified by ideologies like white supremacy"

in a badly worded argument on the subject of in the first instance?


Editing to add: I think if his clarification is the basis of his arguments, I think it's worthy of discussion..

[spanone]

10. but.....he said it.

[dalton99a]

11. Goddamn Indiana Nazi.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

13. And are the remnants of the "greatest generation" buying this crap?

They fault teachers for so much because faux talking heads have bashed them relentlessly for over 20 years.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

21. I'm beginning to believe this theory that history repeats after 80 years when generations die off.

I forget who proposed the idea but I saw it brought up after the last deregulation/speculation induced market crash.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

41. Tom Brokaw needs to revisit his thesis and factor in the 80 year theory.

Possibly the Fox News people factor in to be head of the line come the next Reich. And the see Heir tfg as the only American who could forsake the Constitution for his personal gain.

They're criminal enablers that we must defeat. I fear we need Nazi Hunters to come from outside politics and rescue this country.

[AllaN01Bear]

23. teachers have been bashed long before fox.

[EastMeetsWest]

33. I doubt there are too many "remnants" of the "greatest generation",

since that was the generation that fought WWII and is usually considered to be Americans who were born between 1901 and 1927.

[Aussie105]

14. Teachers can stay neutral . . . just ask for feedback from the kids.

Just give kids details on Nazi type actions, and let the kids decide for themselves!

'Well, kids, you have seen the concentration camp video, seen the piles of dead bodies, watched the smoke from the crematorium chimneys . . . what do you think?'
(Johnny, use the puke bucket next time . . .)

Very few will respond with . . . seems like a good idea!

[IronLionZion]

15. Way too many GOP are on the side of Nazis

[peggysue2]

16. There are certain subjects which you cannot . . .

walk back or suggest neutrality. Nazis and Hitler are at the top of the list. No do-overs. This Indiana state senator needs to be tossed out on his ear.

We fought a hideous war to defeat these monsters. Baldwin I assume has never heard the phrase: Never Again!

Despicable.

[MyOwnPeace]

26. I certainly agree with you.....

but forget the ear - I might suggest some other body part!

[peggysue2]

30. No argument on that.

[LoisB]

18. How does one walk that back?

[monkeyman1]

20. you don't ! he's officially branded as a fucking Nazi!!!

[Grokenstein]

38. Go on Tucker and say, "Oops, poops."

Within ten minutes Tucker will have his viewers screaming that liberals are the "real" Nazis.

[LoisB]

49. Sad but true.

[Behind the Aegis]

52. In true republican style; "Sorry you were offended by my remarks."

[Stuart G]

19. Show the kids, "Night and Fog" and see if they are neutral on Nazi Germany.

It is a 30 minute documentary on the Holocaust

At link are some reviews of ....Night and Fog...30 minute documentary on Nazi Germany:

In case you are wondering, mine is the 6th...written by ...stuartpiles: "The most powerful film ever made"
Please read the other reviews too..

Warning: The reviews are difficult to read, but not as difficult as is the movie to watch...
....(my guess is that that one is at the library in your town, or city...or it should be)


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048434/reviews?sort=totalVotes&dir=desc&ratingFilter=0

[dchill]

22. There is no neutral on Nazi.

[MyOwnPeace]

28. But, but........

Donnie said that "there are good people on both sides!"

[Initech]

29. NO!!!!! Fuck that. Fuck Nazis.

The only thing Nazis are good is throwing in the dumpster and that's about it.

[Poiuyt]

31. I would think that would be enough to get him voted out of office

But in this day and age, it might help him.

[MyOwnPeace]

34. My GAWD.......

isn't that sad........

[LudwigPastorius]

32. ...

[MustLoveBeagles]

35. Yep

There's no coming back for this one.

[Botany]

36. I had members and friends of my late father's family...

... who were from western Indiana who died fighting the Nazis.

Btw Didn't TFG keep a book of Hitler's speeches by his bed? As per wife #1.

[steve2470]

37. And...there it is, the hidden face of the TrumpPublican Party...

Neo-Nazi to the core. White supremacist. Antisemitic, anti-anything-other-than-white-people, racist, sexist.

So, Scott Baldwin, would you say teachers must be impartial when discussing Soviet Communism also ? Maybe you would, given the love for Putin in the TrumpPublican Party.

[PatrickforB]

39. His opponent needs to POUND on that day after day after day.

Neutral to nazis? We don't need more white supremacists in office. Disgusting POS needs to resign.

[maxrandb]

44. Why? So he wins by 40% instead of 20?

Look, we can ridicule and take this POS to task for this, BUT OUR FUCKING NEIGHBORS ELECTED HIM TO POWER

Yeah, this guy is a disgusting Nazi turd, but we shouldn't forget

- he was elected by a majority of our neighbors

- he was welcomed and elevated by the Retrumplican Party

- he was funded by corporate donors, some of which we probably support by buying their products and services

- he was supported and groomed by local and national Hate Radio stations

and, he is just one of thousands in national, state and local elected office. Most of them don't say the quiet stuff out loud.

Businesses and wealthy people fund him.

Radio Stations provide aid and comfort to him.

Any business that gave him money should be boycotted to ruin.

Any local business in his district that supported him should be boycotted to bankruptcy.

That is the "peaceful" way to defeat Nazis.

I hope people realize that if we don't start getting serious about using the peaceful tools at our disposal to crush nazis and fascists, we are going to eventually have to do it the hard way.

So yeah, he's a Nazi fuckstick, but he didn't just miraculously trip and fall into elected office

[eShirl]

42. Because Trumpism is basically Nazism.

We all know it.

[Emile]

45. Living behind the Hoosier Iron Curtain requires people

with a brain to smoke a lot of weed!

[spanone]

46. so scott, there are good people on both sides, eh?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

50. Whoops

They're being a little too open.

[Behind the Aegis]

51. Yet a further explanation of...

...Deborah Lipstadt may be asked to apologize to Republican senator before confirmation as antisemitism

Though a different senator (that POS Ron Johnson), it does explain why some in the GQP are hinky about having someone monitor anti-Semitism.

[Progressive Jones]

53. Americans - Killing Nazis and Fascists Since 1944. Period. nt

[Blue Owl]

54. Hitler-loving Scott Baldwin can kiss my fist in his fucking face