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June 22, 2009
I hate Missouri Nazis!
As a general rule, Nazis, especially neo-Nazis, are regarded by polite society as idiots, sociopaths and delinquents. So, despite this, it was rather nice to read that some Neo-Nazis in Missouri took it upon themselves to sponsor a section of highway and keep it clean:
The state's litter prevention program got an unusual ally last year: A neo-Nazi group adopted a half-mile section of highway in Springfield and picked up the trash.
The state said it had no way to reject the group's application, saying membership in the Adopt-A-Highway program can't be denied because of a group's political beliefs.
Now, if you ask me, what's the problem here? Yes, they're Nazis, but I don't see where they're going to be planting Swastikas in the ground and putting up those Burma-shave style ads that say "Don't go to the movies/They're run by rich Jews/Who want to brain-wash youse/White power." Or something.
Anyway, the Missouri legislature isn't going to let the Missouri Nazis get away with this. As a symbolic repudiation the national socialists, they want to rename that particular stretch of highway:
Lawmakers responded with an amendment to a large transportation bill that would rename that section of road after Abraham Joshua Heschel, a rabbi who narrowly escaped the Nazis in World War II and later marched with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Well-played, Missouri, well-played. I don't know how many organizations there are that want to clean up a highway, but why should they attempt to piss off and alienate somebody who wants to? Now, as I hope you may have guessed, I'm not a Nazi supporter at all - but, you know, this is America, and if somebody wants to be a Nazi, I can't really stop them. Nor should I.
And I don't see how letting Nazis clean a stretch of highway is an affront to civilization. I mean, we make criminals clean highways. These guys aren't criminals, and they can't?
I think what this comes down to, really, is who cares? I sure don't.
entry no. 1391
Posted at June 22, 2009 11:12 AM