re: #239 Liberal Classic

You know, I don’t support the Arizona law. I think that law is the wrong answer to a real problem. I also think some of the provisions of the law will lead to racial profiling and harassment of legal residents and citizens. And I do think there are some racists cheering it on.

That having been said, can we please have some sense of perspective? We’re a long way from the Nuremberg Laws. Good grief.

Really? I’m going to quote in full a translation of the second of the laws, — the Reich Citizenship law. Source linked after the quote. I ask you to read it, and then consider how close some of the laws such as the Arizona come in intent if not specificity.

The Reich Citizenship Law
(September 15, 1935)

Article I

1. A subject of the State is a person who belongs to the protective union of the German Reich, and who therefore has particular obligations towards the Reich.

2. The status of subject is acquired in accordance with the provisions of the Reich and State Law of Citizenship.

Article 2

1. A citizen of the Reich is that subject only who is of German or kindred blood and who, through his conduct, shows that he is both desirous and fit to serve the German people and Reich faithfully.

2. The right to citizenship is acquired by the granting of Reich citizenship papers.

3. Only the citizen of the Reich enjoys full political rights in accordance with the provision of the laws.

Article 3

The Reich Minister of the Interior in conjunction with the Deputy of the Fuhrer will issue the necessary legal and administrative decrees for carrying out and supplementing this law.

Translation source: Jewish Virtual Library