Jewish Defence league. Are they really that dumb?
 

Here is what Will Smith said about Hitler:

and the JDL's response:

Can't these folks at the JDL see they are shooting themselves in the foot over this type of thing? What Mr. Smith said is basically TRUE. If you had the chance to interview Hitler and asked, "Mr. Hitler, are you evil?" what do you think his response would have been?

The only one I see being ignorant here is the JDL.

The road to hell is paved with ____ intentions.

I have to agree, Moonie. Irrational kneejerk response.

Probably the same as if you asked him if Jews were fully human.

I expect he would have answered both questions "No."

Am I to read into your response that you think Mr. Smiths comments were somehow pro-Hitler?

just goes to show how an intelligent, well spoken logic based opinion can get you into as much trouble as a really dumb one all depending on who hears it and how they decide to take it

Yeah, pretty dumb and uninformed response from them. I can't stand when the truth of history gets obscured by emotions and opinions. It's like people who love conspiracies and dislike the government so they think that bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a political move to "scare the Russians." Revisionist history sucks. We're supposed to learn from the past and use it as a lesson in what not to do in the future, but that isn't possible when past events can't be viewed and discussed accurately. It's as though Michael Moore is teaching history in all our schools or something.

I really like Will Smith. I would think that the JDL could choose their battles just a little better. Smith is clearly anti-Hitler.

Pro-Hitler? No. Anti-semitic? Possibly. Phenomenally stupid? Absolutely.

We all have impulses to cruelty, and Hitler and the Nazis joyfully gave theirs free rein. When someone declares people sub-human, confiscates their property, murders them en masse, including children, harvests their fillings, makes people dig their own mass grave, etc., etc., etc., you don't look back on that with a shrug and say, "Well, he meant well."

No one has published the full context of his quote. The reaction is based on an article author's preface, "Remarkably, Will believes everyone is basically good." What a disgusting twist on a quote with no other context.

Sorry, but all he said was the Hitler himself didn't think what he was doing was evil. Who can possibly dispute that statement? Hitler thought he was doing the right thing. Period.

This "controversy" is pathetic.