By Akiva Hirsch
You may know Hannah Arendt for describing Africa as being “populated and overpopulated by savages” or for her listing “the Dark Continent” as a synonym for Africa in her book The Origins of Totalitarianism, in which she invented politics. But what you might not have known is that Arendt also accused Jews of being complicit in their slaughter at the hands of the Nazis! That’s right, just when you thought she couldn’t get any better, good ol’ Hannah had a little surprise for you. Turns out, Arendt figured out that if Jews who the Nazis ordered to round up other Jews had simply said “no thank you sir” then no one would have died. Wow! If only this reporter’s cousin had thought to do that, maybe I’d know what he looked like. To fully honor these revelations in political theory penned by the same woman who justified European colonists slaughtering African tribes by pointing out that tribes were already killing each other, Roger Berkowitz has decided to rename the HAC so as to show exactly what values they’re representing. He also explained that it had something to do with political correctness. How well the name change goes over remains to be seen, but one thing’s for sure: if ever there was a man fit to be in charge of the Center For Victim Blaming Nation Betraying Nazi Apologists, it’s Roger Berkowitz.
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