Liberal Larry has the scoop on “The Madcap Adventures of Ivan, the Treblinka Teddy,” the new chidren's book by a former Nazi concentration camp guard. It is the classic tale of a cuddly Nazi teddybear (see the picture) getting in with the wrong crowd and learning a valuable lesson. Larry wonders though, is taking up the guard's cause the "right choice?"
I can respect the powerful message Ivan sends to young kids to stay in school, do their homework, and resist peer pressure from genocidal fascist regimes. But the whole charade comes off like a desperate ploy to capitalize on the outpouring of love and support the Hollywood Community bestowed upon Tookie Williams, a gifted children’s author who was brutally murdered by the Nazi governor of California simply because he plugged some honkies and a couple of gooks. Demjanjuk, on the other hand, is a racist and a bigot.
Is that supposed to be an excuse to start abandoning the detritus of American Imperialism?
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