Kritzinger Warning and Ferguson


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HBO produced a film several year ago called Conspiracydipicting the secret meeting held by fifteen of the highest-ranking officers of the Nazi party. It was here where Reinhard Heydrich revealed his plan in how to carry out the “final solution,” in which every Jew in Europe was to be killed.

 

The movie closed with a scene that depicted a conversation that supposedly took place between Hydrich and Adolf Eichmann. Although there is some debate as to whether or not the conversation actually took place, the principle of the story told by Hydrich is indicative of where our society is in 2014. I have also included a youtube clip of the conversation from the Movie.

 

Heydrich: He told me a story about a man he had known all his life, a boyhood friend. This man hated his father, yet loved his mother fiercely. His mother was devoted to him, but his father used to beat him, demeaned him, disenherited him. Anyway, this friend grew to manhood and was still in his thirties when the mother died. The mother, who had nurtured and protected him, died. The man stood at her grave as they lowered the coffin, and tried to cry, but no tears came. The man's father lived to a very extended old age, and withered away and died when the son was in his fifties. At the father's funeral, much to the son's surprise, he could not control his tears. Wailing, sobbing... he was apparently inconsolable. Lost. That was the story Kritzinger told me.

 

Eichmann: I don't think I understand.
Heydrich: No? The man had been driven his whole life by hatred of his father. When his mother died, that was a loss, but when his father died and hate had lost its object, the man's life was empty..over.

Heydrich: That was Kritzinger's warning.

Eichmann: What, that we should not hate the Israelites?

Heydrich: No, but that it should not fill our lives so much that, when they are gone, we have nothing left to live for. So says the story. I will not miss them.

 

http://youtu.be/_ZMuOhuB3Wo

 

In a nutshell, Kritzinger warning  is directed to those who find meaning in life by projecting their hatred onto others, usually those they believe victimized them. The Nazi’s are a perfect example of following this pattern in that they chose the Jews to be the object of their hatred. The Jews were an easy target and were blamed for Germany’s losing the First World War.

 

Those who fit this pattern of behavior often convince themselves that they are noble and virtuous because they believe they are fighting a system of oppression. The clearest example of this is the terror organizations like Hamas and ISIS, who think they are victims of Zionist Jews and the great Satan, also known as the U.S.

 

Although Kritzinger warning is intended for those like the young men illustrated in his story that found meaning in his life through the hatred of his father, his warning is also for members of society. All of the atrocities of the 20th century were the direct result of what Kritzinger warned about. The communists, Fascists, and Socialists all rose to power by identifying an “object” by which they channeled the people’s hatred onto.

 

What worries me in light of the recent events in Ferguson Mo, is that many of the same patterns spoken of by Kritzinger are evident in the rioters and the messages from the so called civil rights leaders. For decades, minorities have been told that they are the victims of a racist white establishment. This narrative as been used to explain why there are such large levels of black unemployment, the large number of blacks incarcerated, and the high number of blacks living in poverty.  

 

The scary thing is that this message of victimhood shows no sign of stopping. Just a few days ago Time Magazine published an article defending the rioters in Ferguson. It wouldn't be so depressing if this were written by a blogger living in his mother’s basement, but Time? Although Derek Zoolander was right when he told Matilda "Yeah, well, fortunately for you, not too many people I know read your little TIME magazine, or whatever it's called.”

 

But just about everyone in our society is exposed to news outlets and our educational system, which have all signed onto this narrative. Rather than seeing the world through the lens of what is right and wrong. The left, which run the media and our educational system, fan the flame of hatred because they see the world through the lens of race and victimization.

 

Ben Shapiro of truth revolt best explains the current mindset of those who support the Ferguson protester. Although Shapiro does not mention Kritzinger, it’s pretty clear that the patterns of behavior exemplified by the rioters, and the so-called civil rights activist are alive and well.  

 

“Because facts do not matter to those attempting to rectify what they perceive as an unjust universe…individuals do not exist. Individuals are merely stand-ins for groups. Wilson was a white cop; therefore, he was the Racist White Establishment. Brown was a black teenager; therefore, he was the Innocent Black Victim. The parts have already been written; Wilson was merely unlucky enough to land the starring role.

 

Days of Rage provide the outlet for delusional anger. Radical Muslims need an external enemy to justify their own brutality; protesters in Ferguson need an external enemy to justify their own failure to make good in the freest country in the history of humanity.

 

In light of the Riots in Ferguson Mo and the growing presence of terror organizations in the world, the warning given by Kritzinger ought to open all of our eyes to see the writing on the wall. If things don’t change, I am afraid we are heading down a very dangerous road. 

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I think it would be of value if you elaborated on that idea. 

 

I grew up in the Marcos era.  Marcos fanned the flames of Muslim rebellion in the south and contrived to have the group bomb a Congressional meeting so he can declare Martial Law towards the end of his 2nd term in office. 

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I'd just like to point out that WW2 was not all about Jews.  The NAZIs persecuted many types of people.  Although people commonly talk as though it's Jewish intellectual property and nobody is allowed to say any different, the reality is they were just one of many groups who were persecuted or otherwise lost greatly during that conflict.

 

WW2 deaths

  • Soviet Union: more than 20 million.
  • China: 10 to 20 million.
  • Germany: 8 million.
  • Poland: 6 million.
  • Japan: 3 million.
  • Etc...

 

As for Ferguson, again people are ignoring reality in order to push their agenda.  The story people are pushing is that the cops are all racist and oppressing the people, and it's all about American black people being persecuted.  The reality is a guy attacked a cop, and the cop protected himself.  The protestors are simply using it to be vandals and thieves.

 

More facts:

  • Cops in the USA shoot and kill an average of 400 people per year.
  • Regular citizens in the USA shoot and kill (deliberately) 11,000 people per year.

 

Why don't these people have riots, destroying the businesses of their own neighbours, when those 11,000 people are shot and killed?  Why does it only matter when the cops do it?

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I'd just like to point out that WW2 was not all about Jews.  The NAZIs persecuted many types of people.  Although people commonly talk as though it's Jewish intellectual property and nobody is allowed to say any different, the reality is they were just one of many groups who were persecuted or otherwise lost greatly during that conflict.

 

WW2 deaths

  • Soviet Union: more than 20 million.
  • China: 10 to 20 million.
  • Germany: 8 million.
  • Poland: 6 million.
  • Japan: 3 million.
  • Etc...

 

As for Ferguson, again people are ignoring reality in order to push their agenda.  The story people are pushing is that the cops are all racist and oppressing the people, and it's all about American black people being persecuted.  The reality is a guy attacked a cop, and the cop protected himself.  The protestors are simply using it to be vandals and thieves.

 

More facts:

  • Cops in the USA shoot and kill an average of 400 people per year.
  • Regular citizens in the USA shoot and kill (deliberately) 11,000 people per year.

 

Why don't these people have riots, destroying the businesses of their own neighbours, when those 11,000 people are shot and killed?  Why does it only matter when the cops do it?

 

I agree with your point that the Nazis targeting people other than the jews> I actually removed that point from the post because I try to keep them within a certain word count. As a general rule, It usually starts with the Jews than the scope of victims grows. Anyway, your point is well taken and I am glad you brought it up. 

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I enjoyed srmaher's original post quite a bit.  Twelve years ago I was in a hotel in Bakersfield, California and was flipping through the television channels.  I flipped to one movie that was showing something riveting.  I watched about ten minutes in fascination before I was interrupted by a phone call, and when I finished my call the movie was over. 

 

The next day I moved heaven and earth (using Google) to find that movie, and I eventually discovered that it was Conspiracy, the movie mentioned in the original post.  It wasn't available anywhere at that time and I had to contact HBO for special instructions on how to purchase it.  There is no violence in this movie, it's all talk... and I force myself to watch it every year to remind me of how evil can appear and then multiply across the face of the earth by stupid men who think they are acting sensibly.

 

On my next trip to Berlin I made a special trip out to Wannsee to the see the house of the Wannsee Conference, which this movie depicts.  (The exterior of the house was used in the movie, but the interior was not.)  It was a pain to get to and required a lot of walking because I missed a bus.  To stand in the room where the Nazis argued about the best way to kill people was highly disturbing.  On the way back to the train station a young German family stopped me and asked me the way to some beach on the lake.  I told them I didn't know and that I was only familiar with the route to the Wannsee Conference house, which I had just visited.  They hung their heads in total shame.  Hans Frank was right: "A thousand years will pass and the guilt of Germany will not be erased."

 

I quite agree that hatred can be a great force to energize and animate people.  If you don't believe me, just go to the Daily Kos web site and read the comments about Republicans.  (I'm sure the mirror image of this foolishness can be found on some conservative sites as well, of course.)  Great post, srmaher.  Two marks.

 

(Edit: I should add, of course, that the German people recovered from the war and worked hard to tear Nazism out by its roots.  Today Germany tops the list of most-admired nations, and very deservedly so.)

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I think the OP is quoting the wrong movie. Consider The Princess Bride for a pithier quote:

"I have been in the revenge business so long, now that it's over, I do not know what to do with the rest of my life."

 

"Socrates, Moron." Has to be one of the best lines in the movie. 

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I would admire Germany a great deal more if they didn't throw parents in jail who homeschool their kids and refuse to send them to the cesspool that is their public school.

 

Or fine business owners who keep their shop doors open past 5:00pm because is "unfair" to their competition. Seriously, so absurd.  

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