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JI7

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Wed Jan 16, 2013, 02:43 AM Jan 2013

John Rocker writes Holocaust ‘would have never taken place’ if Jewish people had guns [View all]

John Rocker has opened his mouth once again, and not surprisingly, something stupid came out of it.

Rocker, in a rambling column for the conservative website WorldNetDaily, said, “Absolute certainties are a rare thing in this life, but one I think can be collectively agreed upon is the undeniable fact that the Holocaust would have never taken place had the Jewish citizenry of Hitler's Germany had the right to bear arms and defended themselves with those arms."

But he wasn’t done there.

Rocker went on to rip President Obama for the “fiscal cliff” agreement and Obama care, and also accused the president of using the Sandy Hook tragedy for political gain.

“ ... the one issue few members of the GOP, even fewer conservative pundits and, worse, even the National Rifle Association fail to realize is the pressing matter of our age: President Barack Obama’s decision to use the political capital garnered from the Sandy Hook tragedy to make an all-out assault on gun ownership.”

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/rocker-guns-prevented-holocaust-article-1.1240551#ixzz2I7OW23TF

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Personally, I consider this a form of historical revisionism getting close to Holocaust revisionism. Behind the Aegis Jan 2013 #1
+1 ellisonz Jan 2013 #11
Going Full Nazi Is In Vogue These Days... KharmaTrain Jan 2013 #12
+3 d_r Jan 2013 #27
Dude obviously hasn't seen Les Miserables Kalidurga Jan 2013 #2
Guns don't help when the entire country hates you. nt rrneck Jan 2013 #3
Sad, but true. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #7
I wish they COULD have fought back, TBH. AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #4
Holy crap, John Rocker. Union Scribe Jan 2013 #5
This guy's opinion matters, why? Would rather see him pitch wildly. Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2013 #6
Matters as much as anyone else's I guess... OneMoreDemocrat Jan 2013 #28
Who the hell is John Rocker? tblue Jan 2013 #8
He used to be a pro baseball player Cali_Democrat Jan 2013 #31
This is why no democratic leaning person or liberal should support Quentin Tarentino graham4anything Jan 2013 #9
Quentin Tarentino is rewriting history? Did I miss something? Behind the Aegis Jan 2013 #10
Inglorious Bastards used the same warped logic John Rocker said graham4anything Jan 2013 #14
I was drunk when I saw that movie. Behind the Aegis Jan 2013 #15
Hitler used Ralph Nader lines to be elected? Union Scribe Jan 2013 #17
Tarentino is satirizing historical interpretation. ellisonz Jan 2013 #16
The right wing doesn't do satire, farce, irony and never heard of The Onion graham4anything Jan 2013 #18
"Inglorious Bastards was an NRA dream come true." ellisonz Jan 2013 #19
and? I don't see the simliarity anyhow, but, so what? graham4anything Jan 2013 #20
Fascinating and touching, graham4anything... VOX Jan 2013 #22
so you think nobody should ever do satire just because the right wing doesn't get it? JI7 Jan 2013 #23
QT isn't satire. He is making films he himself likes to steal from and watch graham4anything Jan 2013 #25
doesn't Tarantino support GUn control ? JI7 Jan 2013 #26
Have never heard him talk about politics at all. Always hear him talk about himself though graham4anything Jan 2013 #29
I'm impressed... Moses2SandyKoufax Jan 2013 #13
Standard Gun-Holocaust reply Democracyinkind Jan 2013 #21
John Rocker? The crazy baseball player? tabbycat31 Jan 2013 #24
I was wondering if it was the same person! Behind the Aegis Jan 2013 #37
it is the same guy, he has always had political opinions JI7 Jan 2013 #38
I keep hearing these arguments Smilo Jan 2013 #30
Crazy Like Nugent Shuhered Jan 2013 #32
Don't know about the Holocaust in Germany not happening... OneMoreDemocrat Jan 2013 #33
I'm glad the Braves traded his dumb ass when they did. He was a shitty wild pitcher. Erose999 Jan 2013 #34
I take it he's changing his first name to "Offiz"? JHB Jan 2013 #35
please do not mistake this for d_r Jan 2013 #36
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