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Fake Quote Files: Adolf Hitler on Gun Registration, Conquest and DisarmamentTrevor Noah proves Donald Trump is āpresidentialā by comparing him to Gadhafi and Idi Amin
While American observers criticize the Republican front-runner for being āunpresidential,ā Noah argued, Trumpās xenophobic rhetoric actually reminded him of home.
The native of South Africa then showed footage of that countryās president, Jacob Zuma, complaining about āillegal migrantsā while also saying that ānot allā of them were involved in illegal activity, language that also resembles Trumpās remarks.
āThatās light xenophobia with just a dash of diplomacy,ā Noah said. āWhich is also the title of Paula Deenās new book.ā
Have a cause you really hate? Want to discredit it? Well, fortunately for you, thereās Historyās Worst Dictatorsā¢. Whether itās banking, corporations, evolution, abortion, gun control, gun rights, atheism, or vegetarianism, these villains can be dredged up whenever you need cast the specter of mass murder on your opponentsā intentions. Just make up a quote, make up a date, attach one of their names to it, and post it anywhere online. Your particular communityās echo chamber of self-confirmation, self-reinforcement, and self-congratulation will take it from there.
Although the internet has spawned epidemics of this kind of egregious dishonesty, telling bold-faced lies to score cheap political points has a long and storied past. Here we critically examine two famous quotes attributed to Adolf Hitler about gun registration and confiscation: one almost true and one totally bogus.
Gun Registration
This year will go down in history. For the first time a civilized nation has full gun registration! Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!
ā Adolf Hitler, 1935
Only two problems: one, thereās not a shred of historical evidence that Hitler ever said this, and two, it wouldnāt have made any sense even if he had.
Whether it's true or not, your guilty of the same exact logic.