On May 8th, 1945, the Third Reich surrendered. Our local paper recalled an amazing event. Parallels?

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31. Either It Never Happened or Those Other People Did It

First line of defensive denial: Nothing to see here folks. The holocaust is fake news. Jews invented that myth in order to justify Zionism. Lots of Nazis were very fine people. Likewise, liberals concocted the Steele dossier. It wasn't Russia, it was Ukraine. Coronavirus deaths are exaggerated by the lamestream media in order to make Trump look bad. He's doing a good job in difficult circumstances. Nobody could do any better.

Second line of defensive denial: Yeah, Ok, some Nazis were bad, but we're not them. As in the film The Nasty Girl (Das Schreckliche Maedchen), we all resisted. We were never on board with that holocaust thing. Liberals are conflating the Republican party with Trumpism. We're just standing up for the rights of the common man.

If American democracy survives the flimflam man and his wrecking crew, we'll need a Truth Commission (not too sure about the Reconciliation part) and ongoing efforts at de-Trumpification (de-Nazification), and even then the long-term prognosis will be guarded.