Actress Whoopi Goldberg has been blasted in the aftermath of her comments about the Holocaust.
Whoopi Goldberg Blasted For Her Comments On The Holocaust
During the course of her hosting duties, as part of ‘The View,’ Whoopi had been discussing the Nazi genocide of the Jewish population. And it all came to a head when the discussion centered around the motivations of Adolf Hitler.
The traditional orthodox view was that Hitler was motivated by his desire to create a supreme race and therefore his attacks against the Jewish population were motivated on a racial basis.
However, Whoopi denied anything of the sort and instead had an alternative explanation for his actions. That is when things started to get out of hand.
In the episode of the show, Whoopi is alleged to have stated the following: “If you’re going to do this, then let’s be truthful about it. Because the Holocaust isn’t about race.
“No, it’s not about race. But it’s not about race. It’s not. It’s about man’s inhumanity to other man.” Those comments did not go down very well for the following reasons.
First of all, a certain subset of people felt that her words were dangerous, given that they could have the potential of downplaying the murder of 6 million people.
Secondly, given that there are still some Holocaust survivors alive to this day, the implication was that her words could have caused huge offence to them. And yet, Whoopi continued to double down on her beliefs.
She added: “You’re missing the point! The minute you turn it into race, it goes down this alley. Let’s talk about it for what it is. It’s how people treat each other. It’s a problem.”
Despite her stance, former presenter of the show Meghan McCain came out to condemn Whoopi. And she showed that there was no such thing as loyalty by not holding back on what she believed to be comments that were out of order.
She responded: “Antisemitism is a cancer and a poison that is increasingly excused in our culture and television – and permeates spaces that should shock us all.”
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