Could We All Agree That There's Nothing More Nazi Than Saying 'Show Me Your Papers'?

[truebluefan]

From Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update:

Myers: This week, Arizona signed the toughest illegal immigration law in the country which will allow police to demand identification papers from anyone they suspect is in the country illegally. I know there’s some people in Arizona worried that Obama is acting like Hitler, but could we all agree that there’s nothing more Nazi than saying "Show me your papers?" There’s never been a World War II movie that didn’t include the line "show me your papers." It’s their catchphrase. Every time someone says "show me your papers," Hitler’s family gets a residual check. So heads up, Arizona; that’s fascism. I know, I know, it’s a dry fascism, but it’s still fascism.

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We are no longer the land of the free. Of course it's been that way for a long time! This law should not come as a surprise.

Arizona has a major problem with the drug wars that have moved into the state from Mexico. I understand their need to do something, anything to help control the situation, but is this it? This is fascism. It truly is!

This concerns me! What is going to stop other states from doing the very same thing? Since Arizona was the first to pass this type of law, it could and probably will make it easier for other states to do the same.

Look, I have been concerned about the immigration problem we have for quite some time, and yes Arizona needs to do something that will combat the violence in their state. I don't have an answer for both problems. I do know this law is not the answer.

 

[BlueBaron]

Re: Could We All Agree That There's Nothing More Nazi Than Saying 'Show Me Your Paper

tbf, show me your papers!

 

[BrianFromWA]

Re: Could We All Agree That There's Nothing More Nazi Than Saying 'Show Me Your Paper

Disagree 100%. When I get pulled over, the first thing asked for is my license, registration and proof of insurance. Why? B/c it's an easy and legal way to vet legal drivers committing a violation vs. illegal drivers committing a crime (driving w/suspended license or without insurance or something). Why am I asked for my ID every time I buy a beer? I'm 32 years old! But I still have to show ID, or I don't get served and could be blacklisted from bars for trying to buy without ID.

Why is it a problem to have to show someone proof of (insert whatever you want here...proof of gun ownership, proof of driving status, proof of being 21, proof of identity)? It seems a lot like gun registration...the ones who are clean don't have anything to fear registering their weapon.

"I don't know....I don't know...but I DO know this isn't the answer!"

Funny how the Nationalist Socialist Workers' Party came from a bunch of thugs running amok b/c there wasn't any authority to stop them at the time. It was illegal in Weimar Republic to beat up other candidates, but the Brownshirts got away with it b/c they threatened violence and riots if the law was enforced. It was illegal to influence voters at the voting booths, but no one stopped the Brownshirts b/c there would be violence and rioting from a large number of thugs. Today, it's illegal to be in this country without authorization and documentation, but people (not just Mexicans in AZ) get away with it b/c they threaten violence and riots and thuggery if the law is attempted to be enforced.

Additionally, Hitler got his powers by ensuring through thuggery that his henchmen were elected, and then having his henchmen vote for supreme powers for the Chancellor/President, including the ability to perform unconstitutional acts and pass legislation (like, say, the Nuremburg Anti-Semitism Laws). Today, the government has the ability through two branches (Congress and the Presidency) to pass legislation the President wants passed at all costs:

“I don’t know that I’ve specifically heard him on health care,” said Gibbs, “but I have heard the president say that if making tough decisions in getting important things done that Washington has failed to do for decades means that he only lives in this house and makes those decisions for four years, he’s quite comfortable,” Gibbs told reporters at the White House press briefing.

“The way he approaches this issue, the economy, Afghanistan and Iraq, any of these issues is not in a mode of self preservation, but in a mode of how best -- given all the information out there-- how best to make decisions that he thinks is in the best interest of the American people, not what’s in the best interest of his personal career,” Gibbs said.

I find it laughable that most of the people screaming "Nazi! Nazi!" have little to no idea what National Socialism is, or how Hitler came to power, or are unconcerned, b/c the rise of Obama from 2006 to today is a lot closer to the Rise of the Third Reich 1930-35 than the Tea Partiers or Arizona governors are.