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(164,137 posts) Thu Jun 21, 2012, 04:26 AM Jun 2012

'Joe the Plumber' under fire after tying the Holocaust to gun control [View all]

Source: Telegraph

'Joe the Plumber' under fire after tying the Holocaust to gun control

A Republican candidate dubbed "Joe the Plumber" came under fire on Wednesday for tying the Holocaust and the Armenian genocide to gun control in a campaign video for an Ohio congressional seat.

7:17AM BST 21 Jun 2012

Samuel Wurzelbacher became a hit among conservatives after confronting President Barack Obama on the campaign trail in 2008.

The video shows Wurzelbacher loading up a shotgun and pulverising fruits and vegetables while a voice over intones: "In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were exterminated.

"In 1939 Germany established gun control. From 1939 to 1945 six million Jews and seven million others, unable to defend themselves, were exterminated," the voice continues.

The video is just the latest in a rising number of offensive incidents in which the Holocaust is invoked for political gain, said Deborah Lauter, director of civil rights at Anti-Defamation League, a prominent Jewish group.

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9345826/Joe-the-Plumber-under-fire-after-tying-the-Holocaust-to-gun-control.html

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'Joe the Plumber' under fire after tying the Holocaust to gun control [View all] Judi Lynn Jun 2012 OP

Joe the asshat sakabatou Jun 2012 #1

Joe the Douchebag LynneSin Jun 2012 #41

sam the joe frylock Jun 2012 #56

So have DUers CreekDog Jun 2012 #2

So have DUers to be fair, however, I don't think any DUers that did that are liberals. clang1 Jun 2012 #10

just look in the GD thread CreekDog Jun 2012 #11

Did what? Link gun control to the extermination of 10 million people in WWII or use this in a jwirr Jun 2012 #37

OK, so prove him wrong nxylas Jun 2012 #3

Gun control is not what Hitler is mostly famous for. Lars77 Jun 2012 #4

re: OK, so prove him wrong clang1 Jun 2012 #5

Canada had a ridiculously low murder rate in the '70s. louis-t Jun 2012 #45

Prove him Wrong? It's his responsibility to prove himself right... reACTIONary Jun 2012 #9

That might be true if he was writing a doctoral thesis nxylas Jun 2012 #51

As stated clang1 Jun 2012 #13

Easy enough to do - ET Awful Jun 2012 #14

ET Awful Diclotican Jun 2012 #19

Of course, there's a large difference between what Hitler did in Germany and what he did ET Awful Jun 2012 #28

ET Awful Diclotican Jun 2012 #33

re: ET Awful clang1 Jun 2012 #32

clang1 Diclotican Jun 2012 #47

Thank you. This is a part of WWII history that I have never known. I read this post hoping to learn jwirr Jun 2012 #39

The UK and Australia both have strong gun control SwissTony Jun 2012 #24

Did you forget about this? Dr_Scholl Jun 2012 #60

I did. I stand corrected. nt. SwissTony Jun 2012 #65

so Jews were well treated before Hitler supposedly enacted this law? yurbud Jun 2012 #48

+1000 n/t clang1 Jun 2012 #68

About 1% of Germany was Jewish. There were as many SA stormtroopers as there were Jews DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2012 #66

Germany continuously deregulated firearm ownership Nevernose Jun 2012 #67

"No one in the video said gun control CAUSED genocide," DrDan Jun 2012 #6

Don't insult peoples intelligence please clang1 Jun 2012 #7

The more I learn about these reichwing nutbags, the less I feel good about being an American. pacalo Jun 2012 #8

The Nazi and other comparison are not just about gun control clang1 Jun 2012 #12

Wrzelbacher bringing up the issue of gun control shows his campaign is in trouble SkatmanRoth Jun 2012 #15

Well, That's one way of looking at it I guess n/t clang1 Jun 2012 #16

Or 'loses'. That is the weirdest, most prolific typing affectation I have ever seen. louis-t Jun 2012 #46

So DU has a spell checker, not a grammar checker SkatmanRoth Jun 2012 #57

It's a very common goof. I've never figured out why. louis-t Jun 2012 #69

Refute Plumber Joe? Take him seriously and take the bait? I wonder --> daaron Jun 2012 #17

Police forces in this country are better armed than the militarys of some countries clang1 Jun 2012 #20

Ayup. The 2nd Amendment is the least of our Constitutional rights --> daaron Jun 2012 #21

re: Ayup. The 2nd Amendment is the least of our Constitutional rights --> clang1 Jun 2012 #22

Something needs to be done about this issue clang1 Jun 2012 #18

same thing in DC, groups of people shot due to an alleged taking of a bracelet during a party wordpix Jun 2012 #34

How odd that those places not banning firearms.... PavePusher Jun 2012 #61

Yes n/t clang1 Jun 2012 #64

Just as if quaker bill Jun 2012 #23

re The only thing such guns might have done was allowed the owners to die sooner. clang1 Jun 2012 #25

What a bunch of anti-semetic crap graham4anything Jun 2012 #26

Joe just lost a lot of people - truthfully Woody Woodpecker Jun 2012 #27

Ask a whackjob a question and you get a whackjob answer Rambis Jun 2012 #29

Gun culture at work. nt onehandle Jun 2012 #30

For every hook there is a fish. Remmah2 Jun 2012 #35

joe confused his ass with his brain again. nt Javaman Jun 2012 #31

Here's what some Jews think about the Armenian genocide. Remmah2 Jun 2012 #36

Okay...so it took the combined military might of America, Britain, Russia CJCRANE Jun 2012 #38

Post removed Post removed Jun 2012 #40

It's not common sense. It took the combined might of America, Britain, Russia and the allies CJCRANE Jun 2012 #42

And the U.S. is not Nazi Germany jade3000 Jun 2012 #58

They make these outrageous comparisons deliberately. clang1 Jun 2012 #62

re: Joe the plumber clang1 Jun 2012 #43

Joe the Bummer. truthisfreedom Jun 2012 #44

Joe the Dumber....nt Evasporque Jun 2012 #54

The Plumber who has never cleaned a drain of fixed a toilet......Joe the jerk.... Tippy Jun 2012 #49

Drop dead asshole is all I have to say. Auntie Bush Jun 2012 #50

Let's give Joe (or Sam) some props for this ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2012 #52

Joe the Moron....nt Evasporque Jun 2012 #53

What did those fruits and vegetables ever do to Ol' JoeySam the Unlicensed Plumber to deserve that? Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2012 #55

nobody wants your fucking gun, asshole.... spanone Jun 2012 #59

Who's writing his script? ALEC, the NRA, Glenn Beck or all three? What an arse. freshwest Jun 2012 #63