The potential Nazi in all of us

If I'd grown up in a different time under different circumstances, I could have fought for Hitler. And you could have, too.

When every year is Year Zero, you can’t be expected to pay much attention to little details like “stuff that happened in the past” unless it can somehow be used to your political advantage.

So it doesn’t surprise me in the slightest that Justin Trudeau made it to his twenties without knowing that blackface might be considered kind of offensive.

Nor do I find it shocking that the Speaker of the House, a Liberal MP, invited an actual Waffen-SS veteran to the House of Commons in a show of support for the embattled President of Ukraine:

Those Who Forget The Past

From The Globe and Mail:

When Mr. Zelensky finished his speech last Friday, [Member of Parliament and Speaker of the House of Commons] Anthony Rota drew attention to a 98-year-old man from North Bay, Ont., named Yaroslav Hunka, who was seated in the chamber as an invited guest, and lauded him for “fighting for Ukraine independence against the Russians” during the Second World War.

“He is a Ukrainian hero and a Canadian hero, and we thank him for all his ser…