It Can Happen Here: A Lesson from Charlottesville, Virginia

A book I haven’t read but definitely intend on doing so. With the rampant destruction of our history going on and the desire to destroy all of what made us the nation that we are, I think we are headed to a state found in the book: Brave New World.

charles french words reading and writing

ItCantHappenHere

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This will not be a post about my normal subjects.

In 1935 Sinclair Lewis’ book It Can’t Happen Here spoke to the issue that many Americans held that fascism could not occur in the United States of America. His book is satirical, frightening, and, unfortunately, still applicable.

Erik Larson’s nonfiction history book In The Garden of Beasts, 2011, detailed the experience of Ambassador Dodd in Berlin in the 1930s, during the rise and solidification of Hitler’s power, and it is a terrifying read.

We must always remember that it can happen here, that bigotry and hatred can lead to terrible results. That white nationalists and neo-nazis brought their horror and bigotry to Charlottesville, VA yesterday, resulting in violence and death should make all Americans, regardless of political party, Democrat, Republican, or Independent, aware of what can happen.

We should all be frightened of the possibilities of such hatred…

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One response to “It Can Happen Here: A Lesson from Charlottesville, Virginia”

  1. Thank you for the reblogging!

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