NDP, Bloc call for Speaker's resignation
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OTTAWA – Some opposition leaders are calling on House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota to step down after he invited a man who fought for the Nazis to attend a speech by the Ukrainian president,...
  • OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca
    91·
    1 year ago

    I can’t read the article but it kind of depends on context… If it’s anyone who was apart of tbe Nazi party ya fuck that. Anyone who was apart of the Nazi Party should be buried in history and only brought up to be shit on. If it’s someone like Larry Thorne, who was a Finnish soldier who once Finland fell fled to Germany. Joind the German army to fight Soviet Aggression on his homeland but never was a Nazi. Then he actually fled to the USA and was a war hero in Vietnam saving his fellow soldiers. I think its a tad acceptable, but articles blocked so that may of been a empty history lesson xD…

    Edit: Dudes affiliated with Nazis fuck him

    • PlzGivHugs
      71·
      1 year ago

      He was a volenteer of the Waffen-SS, 1st Galician. That particular division seems to have been unusually civil by Nazi standards, and were limitted to mostly fighting the Soviets. There are some reports of them being involved in the murder of polish civilians, and certainly many individuals in the division committed war crimes, but there doesn’t seem to be significant enough evidence to condem the whole division. The Nuremberg Trials didn’t specificly find the division guilty, and neither did later Canadian investigations.

      I think this falls into a bit of a grey area, since there is the possibly that this individual was someone who specifically wantted to fight the Soviets in the same vein as Larry Thorne. At the same time, volentarily joining the Waffen-SS is inherently a pretty massive red flag. At the very least, not realizing you’re inviting a former Waffen-SS member to speak is an stupid mistake and a PR nightmare.