matty wrote on Jun 5^th, 2012 at 9:53pm:


Hitler used whatever name would facilitate his rise to power.
Go read some history especially the obligations of Germany within the Versailles treaty ending WW1.
You'll find that the the socialist part of the party name had very little in common with what we now regard as socialism in an economic sense.
It was all about National pride.

Dsmithy70 wrote on Jun 5^th, 2012 at 10:04pm:


Hitler was a disgusting and evil man, much more so than Gillard. Skippy's post below is disgraceful, but sadly not totally shocking, coming from him. I am sure that you would agree, Smithy.

matty wrote on Jun 5^th, 2012 at 10:06pm:


You asked on the other thread,
That is why you get far right.
Equating any Australian political leader past or present with a despot is smacking lunacy.
More than a few of posters who usually agree with you would and should be disgusted with that sort of comment

adelcrow wrote on Jun 5^th, 2012 at 10:13pm:


Well he had the hatred of the Jews pretty sorted.
That would put him on a decent footing for Greens leadership.

Step forward Adolf errr Rhiannon.

I didn't see you chastise skippy, funnily enough. He said that Mr Abbott is worse than Hitler.

I reckon the Jews are alright.

I don't like Somalians.

I don't know where Adolf stood on that one.
I might see what Lee Rhiannon thinks then instead....

On the first day, Hitler shook hands only with the German victors and then left the stadium. Olympic committee officials insisted Hitler greet every medalist or none at all. Hitler opted for the latter and skipped all further medal presentations.[10][11] On reports that Hitler had deliberately avoided acknowledging his victories, and had refused to shake his hand, Owens said at the time:

    "Hitler had a certain time to come to the stadium and a certain time to leave". "It happened he had to leave before the victory ceremony after the 100 meters. But before he left I was on my way to a broadcast and passed near his box. He waved at me and I waved back. I think it was 'bad taste' to criticize the man of the hour in another country".[12]

Away from the public eye, Hitler expressed his true feelings and disgust at Owens. Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and later war armaments minister, later recollected:

    Each of the German victories, and there were a surprising number of these, made him happy, but he was highly annoyed by the series of triumphs by the marvelous colored American runner, Jesse Owens. People whose antecedents came from the jungle were primitive, Hitler said with a shrug; their physiques were stronger than those of civilized whites and hence should be excluded from future games.[13]

Frances wrote on Jun 2^nd, 2012 at 11:34pm:

It goes very much like this. If you are not of the left ideology and it looks like you are winning the argument or you may win power or win against the left, then you are most assuredly racist, sexist or homophobe.