I've occasionally complained about the Angloamerican tendency to use the word "Nazi" just to mean "authoritative Person with whom I don't agree" instead of, well, Nazi, as in member of the National Socialist Worker's Party that ruled Germany between 1933 and 1945. But never mind such bizarre word creations as "fashion Nazi" or "Christmas Nazi", this morning I stumbled across something far more serious. Not only does it manage to combine homophobia with historical ignorance, it also insults a group who was among the victims of the Third Reich in a particularly vile way:
Spectacular bigotry in print to be found here. (Not the article but the piece of writing it reports.) Choice quotes:
"Having forcibly – and understandably – rectified the Versailles-type injustices and humiliations foisted on the homosexual community, the UK's victorious Gaystapo are now on a roll. Their gay-rights stormtroopers take no prisoners as they annex our wider culture, and hotel owners, registrars, magistrates, doctors, counsellors, and foster parents … find themselves crushed under the pink jackboot."Thanks especially to the green light from a permissive New Labour government, the gay Wehrmacht is on its long march through the institutions and has already occupied the Sudetenland social uplands of the Home Office, the educational establishment, the politically-correct police. Following a plethora of equalities legislation, homosexuals are now protected and privileged by sexual orientation regulations and have achieved legal equality by way of civil partnerships. But it's only 1938 and Nazi expansionist ambitions are far from sated."Was this written by some obscure blogger? No. It appeared in the 28th October 2011 edition of the Church of England newspaper. What. The. Hell?
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