'I hate Illinois Nazis'

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April 20, 2009

BY NEIL STEINBERG Sun-Times Columnist

Driving requires split-second decisions -- who yields to whom when merging onto the highway, whether to speed up through the yellow light, and of course what to do if there are Nazis.

It has been a while since I've studied my Rules of the Road, but instinctively, you see Nazis, you slow down and try to find a place to park.

I had just hopped into the car after four hours outside in the penetrating cold at the dedication ceremony for the Illinois Holocaust Museum, and was not keen to return to the cold rain.

But Nazis! How often do you get to talk to Nazis? Maybe a dozen of them, in jackboots and black cargo pants, waving red and white swastika flags at the corner of Harms and Golf roads Sunday afternoon. I slowed, leaned over, gazing carefully, locking eyes with a round-faced, heavy lad of about 14.

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