Arnold Schwarzenegger has a message for Two Scoops and the fascists

[QED]

Link to tweet

[BigmanPigman]

1. Thank you.

[gtar100]

2. Wow! Highly recommend watching.

Well stated reasons to not fall for the "both sides" bullshit. And remedies for those, umm... conflicted.

[steve2470]

3. Now THAT is the way for Republicans to talk about Nazism and Neo-Confederacy and racism

He hits it out of the park. I give him some points for that.

[bdamomma]

4. Thank you

Arnold

[Pisces]

5. I love it!!!!!

[rurallib]

6. Sure didn't expect that - wow! Hope it goes viral quickly

[James48]

8. Help-

That appears to be a twitter video.

But how can I share that in Facebook?

Anybody know if there is a YouTube version?

[DinahMoeHum]

45. Here ya go. . .

&t=45s

[BamaRefugee]

9. GREAT. How can I get this on my Facebook page?

[Miles Archer]

27. It's on his Facebook page too. Just go to the link and share it to your timeline.

https://www.facebook.com/arnold/posts/10155527764801760

[BamaRefugee]

37. thanks!

[QED]

29. It's also on Rolling Stone's site

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/arnold-schwarzenegger-to-neo-nazis-your-heroes-are-losers-w498410

[BamaRefugee]

38. thanks!

[Aviation Pro]

10. Well done, Arnold.

Bravo Zulu, my brother tanker.

[KG]

11. pardon me, but today's g.o.p. is not the party of Lincoln.

[George II]

12. Not as funny, but along the lines of Vicente Fox's video messages. Brave, Mr. Terminator.

[cstanleytech]

13. Well said, I just wish more of Arnolds party embraced that sentiment rather

than the fear, uncertainty and doubt they keep cuddling up to over people because they have a different religion or skin color.

[progressoid]

14. Whoa!

[MindPilot]

15. I've always said "we could have done a lot worse"

Arnold was a decent governor and he is fundamentally a good man.

[mwooldri]

17. It's a shame his ex couldn't turn him into a Democrat.

Maybe he will realize that the Republicans (at least the present party leadership) are beginning to have more in common with National Socialism than people would like

[MindPilot]

20. Got a feeling

that statements will be made by big names publicly leaving the party. (that's my fantasy and I'm sticking to it!)

[diva77]

33. Arnold ran California's economy into the ground as governor (I believe it was a stolen election)

He tried to sell off public lands for private profit; he closed a large number of public parks due to his cruel budget cuts
He tried to defeat hard-won conditions for unions -- California nurses, teachers, etc.
He is infamous for groping women
Arnold has said many things sympathetic to Nazis; also, his father was an SS Nazi officer.

...just because Arnold spoke out against his fellow groper buddy doesn't forgive or excuse his abhorrent behavior

[pnwmom]

46. He did bad things in CA. But it's not fair to bring up his father.

No one has control over who their parents are.

[Major Nikon]

47. He did express admiration for Hitler at one time

Most likely because he was influenced by his father. While I'm sure he has repudiated that sentiment by now it's still worth remembering.

[pnwmom]

49. He made a comment in 1977, 40 years ago, when he was 30.

And even then he spoke in the past tense -- of having admired him for coming from nothing.

So I'm going to cut him some slack.

[diva77]

50. I presented a fact. I did not blame him for his father. Take a look at this article on the

association of Schwarzenegger with Kurt Waldheim.

I just wanted to put some balance into the thread praising Schwarzenegger. He was a TERRIBLE governor and he has a lot of character issues. Yes, good for him for speaking out against Dump; but it ain't enough...

Arnold's Nazi Problem
Why won't he repudiate Kurt Waldheim?
By Timothy Noah
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/chatterbox/2003/08/arnolds_nazi_problem.html

SNIP

Here's a question Jay Leno forgot to ask Arnold Schwarzenegger when he announced his candidacy for governor of California on last night's Tonight Show: "Will you renounce your support for Kurt Waldheim?"

A little refresher course may be in order. Kurt Waldheim, a widely esteemed former secretary general of the United Nations, was running for president of Austria in March 1986 when it came to light that he had participated in Nazi atrocities during World War II. Waldheim had always maintained that he had served in the Wehrmacht only briefly and that after being wounded early in the war, he had returned to Vienna to attend law school. In fact, Waldheim had resumed military service after recuperating from his injury and had been an intelligence officer in Germany's Army Group E when it committed mass murder in the Kozara region of western Bosnia. (Waldheim's name appears on the Wehrmacht's "honor list" of those responsible for the atrocity.) In 1944, Waldheim had reviewed and approved a packet of anti-Semitic propaganda leaflets to be dropped behind Russian lines, one of which ended, "enough of the Jewish war, kill the Jews, come over." After the war, Waldheim was wanted for war crimes by the War Crimes Commission of the United Nations, the very organization he would later head. None of these revelations prevented Waldheim from winning the Austrian election, but after he became president, the U.S. Justice Department put Waldheim on its watch list denying entry to "any foreign national who assisted or otherwise participated in activities amounting to persecution during World War II." The international community largely shunned Waldheim, and he didn't run for re-election.

SNIP

Schwarzenegger's name remained on Waldheim's campaign posters. After Waldheim was elected, Schwarzenegger paid him a visit and was photographed with him. According to the New York Post's "Page Six" gossip column, Schwarzenegger was seen sitting beside Waldheim as recently as 1998, when the two attended the second inauguration of Waldheim's successor as president, Thomas Klestil.

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[pnwmom]

51. I didn't dispute your other comments. I just don't think who his father was belonged on your list.

No one can control who their parent is.

[diva77]

52. We will have to agree to disagree. I think in his case, his roots are highly significant in trying

to understand who he is and where he's coming from.

[pnwmom]

53. Then it's only fair to consider what he said in his video. That he knew people

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who, after the war, were ashamed of themselves and had to live with that.


http://people.com/politics/arnold-schwarzenegger-neo-nazis-your-heroes-are-resting-in-hell/

“Your heroes are losers. You are supporting a lost cause. And believe me, I knew the original Nazis, because you see, I was born in Austria in 1947, shortly after the Second World War,” the former governor of California stated.

“And growing up, I was surrounded by broken men, men who came home from a war filled with shrapnels and guilt, men who were misled into a losing ideology. And I can tell you: that these ghosts you idolize spent the rest of their lives living in shame and right now, they’re resting in hell,” Schwarzenegger said.

[knightmaar]

16. It's not a tumour!

It's actually worse than a tumour.

[icymist]

18. K & R

[smirkymonkey]

19. Who knew?

Arnold surprises me.

[Dave Starsky]

25. Say what you will about Arnold.

He is TRULY a self-made man. He is what the Orange Terror and his minions wish they could be.

He truly understands what it's like for immigrants to come to this country seeking a better life.

I've never agreed with his party alignment, but I've never doubted for a minute that he loves this country and the ideal of success through hard work.

[bora13]

21. 2 sides found

t-rump was right.
there are two sides to the violence.
one side is the people who learned the violence.
the other is the people who taught the violence.

together they make the dark side that killed heather and
worse if allowed.

[Leith]

22. That Was Very Good

Too bad most of the rest of the rethugs won't notice or care.

[Initech]

23. Ahnuld is more presidential than Trump ever was or will be!

[iluvtennis]

24. Nice

[dalton99a]

26. Very nice video.

[Hekate]

28. I like this Ahnold. He was our Governator -- he made me mad the way he came in. But this man...

...I applaud him wholeheartedly. May his words of wisdom spread far and wide.

[AgadorSparticus]

30. Great message!! Nicely done Mr. Schwarzenegger.

[montana_hazeleyes]

31. Wow ! This is so powerful, well thought out and presented.

Thank you Arnold. I hope this is seen far and wide.

[onetexan]

32. very well written and delivered

The terminator would have made a better POTUS than Agent Orange. For the first time i actually have some respect for Arnold.

[lambchopp59]

34. Well, okay. I'll forgive Ahhnohld for calling me a "girly-man" in light of this.

Certainly not the worst insult I've had to withstand. Kudos, Gov S for this.

[KewlKat]

35. Great job!

[camelfan]

36. Bravo, Arnold!

I might not like your politics, but I have respect for your stance on hatred and your willingness to call it what it is.

[Hieronymus]

39. Never thought much of Arnold ..

but he gave a powerful message to Donny Johnny.

[Liberal In Texas]

40. Probably the best thing I've ever heard him say.

Not bad for a pretty lousy governor.

[tblue37]

41. K&R for visibility. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

42. I don't often watch videos, but this one and the Vice embed mini-doc are very good.

Schwarzenegger was beautifully direct and very clear.

[Skittles]

43. I have long despised Mr. Swchwarzenegger

but this is a damn good message and coming from him, it really has to sting Trump - yes INDEED

[cp]

44. Surprisingly superb

[Honeycombe8]

48. I'm sure he's loving the Fall of Trump, after Trump disparaged him in tweets. Payback. nt