I always thought it was odd that I did not have a lot of extended family. I would have friends who would have hundreds of people come over for family reunions and here I am with like 10 people I know in my family. Since both of my parents were born during World War II in countries that were not their home countries due to the war, I know why I did not have a huge family. Sadly most were murdered during the Holocaust. My grandparents pretty much explained it to me as a kid. They died for being Jewish.
Growing up, I had a lot of teachers with numbers tattooed on their arms. I only had to ask one teacher one time to understand what it meant. To understand that is identifying prisoners during the Holocaust. But every teacher wanted to talk about it because they wanted to instill in every Jewish child what happened and to never forget. They talked about the atrocities they witnessed, how they lost their parents and siblings, and they are lucky to be alive. And they did this to make sure that everyone knew to never forget. Never forget what they went through because it can easily happen again.
I have met so many Holocaust survivors. Every one of them wanting to tell me and others about their life. How they survived and what they saw. And they said there will be a day that they are no longer on this Earth. And their story will be just that, a story. And it is in us to make sure others knew. And others.
It is 2022. There are very few Holocaust survivors alive. 85,000 in the United States. Almost all are over 85 years old. And many struggle every day.
The Holocaust murdered six million Jews. It took everything from them monetarily first. They sent to camps. Then murdered most. Luckily some survived, but with nothing.
The United States was hesitant to take in Jewish immigrants during the Holocaust. I think that is why I take immigration and helping those fleeing for their lives so personally. It is astounding to me the hatred of someone in a South American country wanting to do whatever they can to save their family to put everything on the line to come to America. People want to compare a feeling immigrant to a murdered or criminal. It is so easy to dehumanize people to make someone feel okay with themselves to hate. Trust me, there were plenty of German propaganda movies that compared Jews to rats.
With everything I have written so far, I want to get back to the title of this and why I truly believe Kanye West is pure worthless shit.
First off, Kanye praises Hitler. He does this to the millions of followers he has. Hitler has no good qualities. He was a insecure man who blamed whoever he could for everything that went on around him. Sound familiar? Hitler hated everyone who did not fit some weird description of a “white man”. I assure you Hitler would not like someone with the last name Fuentes or a black man. Not sure why Kanye never picked up a book to see how Jesse Owens was treated and how he feared during the 1936 Olympics.
Kanye said he loves Nazis. He wouldn’t love them going into his house and taking him in the middle of the night. Seizing all his funds. And throwing him in a camp for being born black. Six million Jews died in the Holocaust. 5.5 million others died as well. Who the fuck does Kanye West think is part of the “others”.
Kanye West and Ben Shapiro have this strange thought process that if they hate Jews and minorities they will be respected by Nazis. That is not the way it works.
But the truth is, Kanye hating Jews is not anything special or provocative. It is lazy and hateful. There is nothing special or great about Hitler or Nazis. Nothing. And quite honestly, there are plenty of people who continue to blame Jews for everything. “Jews own everything” is the dumbest thought process possible. But I am not in the mood to argue with stupid people.
Anyway, I have gone on and on, but why did did I call Ye worthless shit?
Kanye said the Holocaust never happened.
Fuck you, ye. The Holocaust sadly happened and the promise I made to every single survivor I ever met in my life is to make sure it never happens again.
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There isn't enough sugar or indeed high fructose corn syrup in the world to coat this absolute dumpster fire of shit. All this is so well said, Tony, and a good reminder to those who might "forget" or cling to willful ignorance that this is real, personal, and indeed a matter of life and death.