Chapter 2 of Theologians Under Hitler tells the story of Gerhard Kittel, theologian of note in Nazi Germany. The first part of the chapter deals with Kittel's elaborate defense of his words and actions. The defense was written while he was in prison following his arrest for Nazi activities. The interest of this part of the chapter is in the way Kittel writes about himself in the face of facts known and unknown. There is a certain crawling and weak nature to his defense. Though fairly brilliant, the defense put forward by Kittel comes across seeming less than luminous and forth-coming. I am eager to read more in order to come to a better judgment.
What will we say when the Bush years are over? Did we stand up against torture? Did we stand up for civil rights? For that matter what will we say about our actions when President Clinton lowered the boom on the poverty-stricken and threw single mothers into the workforce often leaving young children to fend for themselves at home alone?
It has been one of the major themes of this blog that the United States has a form of fascism now. It is not the fascism which is completely out in the open. Much is hidden. This will continue to be a thesis of this web log, and I plan to enumerate more details in the weeks to come.
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