Germans not amused by 'ignorant' name-dropping
(NEWSER) - The Tea Party and its supporters should keep their hands off German history, argues Charles Hawley for Der Spiegel . It seems many of them can't stop themselves from comparing Barack Obama to Hitler , or talking about death panels , or, in one case, dressing up like a Nazi , he writes. And now, Joe Miller is calling for a Berlin Wall-style border fence. This may pack rhetorical punch, but "flippant" references to German history are both ignorant and offensive. More»