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My late father wasn’t a particularly political individual. He didn’t have a lot of deep-seated political views that he shared regularly.<\/p>\n

Dad, though, was a proud veteran of World War II. He served in the Navy, seeing combat in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations.<\/p>\n

Thus, when I see pictures such as the one above — taken at an April 2018 neo-Nazi rally — I wonder: What would Dad think? How would he react?<\/p>\n

He’s been gone for more than 38 years. To this day I have no particular memory about a discussion between us about neo-Nazis or those who sympathize with the monsters who in the 1940s tried to kill Dad and those who fought alongside him.<\/p>\n

There has been a significant increase in the open demonstrations of neo-Nazis, white supremacists and others of their ilk during the past few years. Some of it was a response to the 2008 election of our first African-American president, Barack H. Obama. More of it came with the election of his successor, Donald J. Trump.<\/p>\n

Indeed, such KKK luminaries as David Duke, the former Klan grand lizard, er \u2026 wizard, have commented openly about the joy they felt when Trump was elected in 2016.<\/p>\n

So, I am able to some dots. Duke and other KKK members praise Trump’s election and we see a rise in Klan and Nazi activity across the land. Coincidence? I, um, don’t believe so.<\/p>\n

The sight of this political idiocy makes my blood boil. I realize that our Constitution grants all citizens — no matter how disgusting their political views — the right to carry on as these idiots are doing.<\/p>\n

I only can ask: How in the name of human decency can they burn a swastika<\/em> and believe it will persuade anyone to join their perverted cause?<\/p>\n

Dad and all those members of the Greatest Generation would be appalled.<\/p>\n\n

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