It's like that Paula Abdul reality show--Fosco knows he shouldn't pay attention, but he cannot look away. That's how he feels about the whole neo-Nazi cake imbroglio which is churning the blogosphere today (even here at Fosco Lives!). Obviously, it's just not reasonable to get upset and spill so much (virtual) ink whenever some white trash troglodyte does something half-witted. And yet, there is just something about this story that makes Fosco want to try to work through it (again and again...).
Well, things got even more inexplicable today as little Adolf Hitler's father spoke to the national press. Some highlights:
"I think people need to take their heads out of the cloud they've been in and start focusing on the future and not on the past."Maddening. I think it's pretty clear that this guy is not playing the same language game as the rest of us. I mean, there is absolutely no evidence of a semi-coherent worldview behind these statements. And by "semi-coherent worldview," I don't mean a logically-rigorous philosophy of life (who amongst us has that?); rather, I mean something more like an everyday understanding of reality. What is this guy? Some kind of schizophrenic? It's just so fascinating!
"There's a new president and he says it's time for a change; well, then it's time for a change."
"Yeah, they [the Nazis] were bad people back then. But my kids are little. They're not going to grow up like that."
"Other kids get their cake. I get a hard time. It's not fair to my children. How can a name be offensive?"
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