Just to Be Clear: Paladino Compared Gay Marriage to Evil Nazi Horrors

[Shallah Kali]

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/10/10/just-to-be-clear-paladino-compared-gay-marriage-to-evil-nazi-horrors/64473/

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All welcome clarifications, but for one small thing: In his weekend speech, Paladino didn't just imply some ugly slanders about gay people or tacitly endorse hate crimes; he equated gay marriage with the Holocaust -- and, for good measure, with political violence against blacks in the Civil Rights-era South.

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I've been accused of being an angry man. My opponent says an angry man is unqualified to be governor of New York State. Well, I beg to differ. There are some things in this world that we must all be angry about. During World War II, all decent people were angry at Hitler's extermination of six million Jews in the gas chambers of Aushwitz. During the days of the civil rights battle here in the United States, all decent people were angry at the brutal mistreatment of black people down south.

And the stinger at the end:

If you elect me as your next governor, you can depend on me to protect and defend your family from those who seek to tear down our values and bankrupt our citizens. And yes, I will veto all legislation that mocks our sacred institution of marriage and family. I will veto any gay marriage or civil union bill that comes to my desk. Yes I'm angry. Real angry at the way our politically correct elites are mistreating our innocent children, and I want to protect them and give them a real future in America, the greatest country on God's green Earth.

[saltpoint]

1. Those "politically correct elites" are just full of

mischief, aren't they, Carl.