
Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial is a six-episode Netflix documentary that covers the rise of Hitler and the Nuremberg trials that followed World War II.
One of my proofers, Laura, pointed out two flaws in this cartoon I was already aware of, but I have creative license. The first flaw is that Trumpers wouldn’t bother to watch a documentary of attempt to educate themselves on anything.
I just read an audience review of the documentary by a MAGAt who claims he stopped reading at the third episode because of a comparison of Hitler retreating to a bunker to Trump retreating to Mar-a-Lago. Realizing what he was watching, the MAGAt got butthurt and turned it off in order not to learn more. MAGAts choose to remain ignorant.
The second flaw is that MAGAts want Trump to be America’s Hitler. Who called Trump America’s Hitler? J.D. Vance said that and is now Trump’s running mate. If you join a team whose leader you believe is like Hitler, that means you like it.
Republicans talk about toning down the rhetoric and say the blame for someone taking a shot at Trump’s ear is the fault of Democrats for comparing Trump to Hitler. But it’s not liberals’ fault that Trump is compared to Hitler. It’s Donald Trump’s fault he’s compared to Hitler.
If you don’t want to be compared to Hitler, maybe don’t talk like Hitler. Don’t build hate against immigrants the way Hitler built hate for Jews. Don’t claim people are not like us the same way Hitler did to Germany’s Jewish population. Don’t vilify and lie about immigrants the same way Hitler did to Jews and others. Don’t call your political opponents your enemy the way Hitler did to his. Don’t destroy all political opposition which Hitler did and now Trump has done to the GOP. Don’t demand loyalty and turn the people who support you into a cult. Don’t call people “vermin” which is something Hitler did. Don’t promise to deport 20 million people which may be the biggest aspect of the Trump Campaign and something else Hitler did. Don’t promise to create concentration camps. Finally, don’t try to violently cling to power.
An assassination attempt on your life doesn’t make you a hero. There were at least 23 assassination attempts on Adolf Hitler’s life. Many of those were before World War II and committed by Germans. Hitler’s life wasn’t saved by God 23 times or even once, which is what Trump and his allies are claiming about his failed assassination attempt. I bet Nazis, like today’s MAGAts, claimed it was divine intervention that saved Hitler’s life. Hitler’s wounds from these attempts were more life-threatening than a tiny hole in an ear.
When you claim your leader was saved by divine intervention or is God’s chosen candidate, congratulations. You’re in a cult.
And when you trot around with a bandage over your uninjured ear, you’re in a fucking cult.
History does not look kind to Hitler and the Nazis. History will not be kind to Trump and his MAGAts. In the future, a lot of MAGAts are going to claim they weren’t a part of it. They’ll lie and say they were warning everyone else. It’ll be like the right-wingers today who lived through the Civil Rights era and claim they were only observing or not there at all. MAGAts are on the wrong side of history and the most amazing thing about that is they don’t see it. But maybe, they believe today that Hitler was on the right of history.
When I look back on history, I wonder where I would have stood. I believe I would have supported Lincoln. I believe I would have supported the Emancipation Proclamation. I believe I would have opposed the internment of Japanese Americans. I believe I would have supported the Civil Rights movement.
And I know I would have opposed Hitler because I’m doing it now.
Music note: I listened to BRMC.
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Watch me draw:
Trump and the Republicans interpretation of “unity”: “Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer”! [One People, One Realm, One Leader!] (no homosexuals, no immigrants, no other undesirable nonwhites included)
I’ve seen reports of pushback regarding his nomination from white supremacy Republicans because “Vance married a brown” and “had mongrel children” (Their words, not mine)
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I thought it typical he chose a big white bandage for sympathy. Anyone else would hav3 chosen a flesh color bandage.😂
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From today’s DailyCartoonist.com:
“Well today marks 2,633 days of Clay Jones posting a new editoon on GoComics every day, surpassing [Cal] Ripken’s 2632 record of consecutive games played.”
Great work! Congratulations!
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Wow! That’s a lotta art! When does our poor Clay eat and sleep?
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I wish I’d been there when the great one was shot. I know first aid and stuff.
First, a trauma bandage to the wound, then apply a tourniquet on the neck to stop the bleeding, make that nice and tight. Don’t be a sissy, give her a real good twist. Then transport the victim to the nearest, all white staffed, hospital.
Problem solved.
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Tourniquet on the neck to stop the bleeding woulda been perfect, LOL!
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Clay, this is one of your best cartoons and commentary I’ve seen lately. Not that the others aren’t good, but this one really ‘hit’ me. I always appreciate your comments – I like knowing what’s going on in your head! Thank you for sharing!
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Excellent ‘toon and post, Clay! I really want to watch that documentary … maybe I’ll have to bite the bullet and sign on for a Netflix account, for I cannot find it for free anywhere.
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You can always sign up, watch it, then drop it.
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And that’s just what I decided to do! I really want to see that, so I’m going to watch the first episode tonight. Thanks, Clay!
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The blind following the blind!
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And it worked out so well for Germany……Reference- May 1945.
Actually from a UK perspective, having in part lived through but mostly witnessed the horrors which unfolded in Northern Ireland in the latter third of the 20th century- that is the scenario the USA might have to worry about.
Rather than take up your space with my theorising I humbly (serious) offer this link to my post on the subject (I don’t normally do this, but I do care so for my adopted country the USA)
A Spectre to be Exorcised (Communal Violence) – The World As It Is. Not As It Should Be (wordpress.com)
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To be or Nazi be.
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Jill, another comparison for Trump is he runs things like a mob boss, valuing loyalty over competency. He keeps lists of people who he feels wronged him or did not vote his way for vindication. A congressman once saw such a list at a party in the Oval Office that he opined was left out on Trump’s desk for others to see.
This is a key reason, reporters who followed Trump’s business for years noted he is such a bad manager.
Keith
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This is one of my favorites (I say that a lot about your work) and as usual your commentary is spot on!
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It took me a while a I studied the drawing and then I laughed so hard, my eyes started watering ( or laugh-crying?!)!!! I simply love the white bandages on everyone!! You are too good (bad english, I know but….)
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Germany tried to say the Holocaust never happened after the fact and I’m not sure what became of that attempt. I see tRump trying to do similar things here with banning books, wanting to throw out some of the classes that our kids have studied for years, and his multiple views on religion make me wonder if he actually believes in God or if he believes he IS God. I’m betting on the last. I had 3 uncles and 1 aunt involved in WWII, and the uncles all ended up in Berlin, where they met for the second time during the war. The first time was in Paris after the liberation and they all saw the camps as well as the people who survived. They were marked for life after seeing that. I wonder about whether we will have actual concentration camps here if the MAGAt’s win. While Hitler was a very real dictator our wannabe Hitler is just a puppet for the real power seekers who might tire of his rants and take measures against him when they can no longer trust his ranting and raving with little brain power to go with it all. The man is crazy but maybe that’s what makes a good cult leader. Now we wait for them to serve the Kool Aid!
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