# Stupid Hitler Idea of the Day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 22, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561 "2013-11-22T20:39:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561/1 "2013-11-22T20:39:50Z")
“The latest expose about then Gujarat’s minister of state for home affairs Amit Shah, engaging not one but three agencies for illegal surveillance of a young woman in August 2009 at the behest of his Saheb has revived memories of what Hitler’s minister propaganda minister Joseph Goebbles did at Jewish concentration camps at the behest of his boss, …” [Yet another politician comparing some rival politician to Hitler.](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/Cong-MP-draws-parallels-between-Modi-Hitler-rule/articleshow/26173175.cms) And for a bit more fun – [Hitler Learns Obamacare Won’t Let Him Keep His Doctor.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgqcra7el14) It is my theory we can find some idiot comparing someone or something to Hitler in a news headline every single day. We shall see. ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561/2 "2013-11-22T20:44:43Z")
I was going to say getting involved in a land war in Asia was a pretty bad idea. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561/3 "2013-11-22T20:55:54Z")
> [@Abe\_Babe](#): > > I was going to say getting involved in a land war in Asia was a pretty bad idea. At least Hitler didn’t do **that.** (There **was** a land war in Asia, Japan v. China and a lot of others, but Hitler was not really, you know, involved.) ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561/4 "2013-11-22T20:59:16Z")
Technically, he compared him to Goebbels, not Hitler. So, he should get some point for originality. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561/5 "2013-11-22T21:02:26Z")
> [@Abe\_Babe](#): > > I was going to say getting involved in a land war in Asia was a pretty bad idea. "Russian front… Not a good idea, Hitler never played Risk when he was a kid… " - Eddie Izard. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kpcxfsjIIbM/hqdefault.jpg "Eddie Izzard - "Hitler never played Risk as a kid"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpcxfsjIIbM) (Not for work language warning) ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561/6 "2013-11-22T21:15:11Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > At least Hitler didn’t do **that.** (There **was** a land war in Asia, Japan v. China and a lot of others, but Hitler was not really, you know, involved.) I seem to recall him invading Russia. I must have misremembered that. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561/7 "2013-11-22T21:22:29Z")
> [@Abe\_Babe](#): > > I seem to recall him invading Russia. I must have misremembered that. He only invaded the European part. He was clever that way. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561/8 "2013-11-22T21:52:53Z")
> [@Abe\_Babe](#): > > I seem to recall him invading Russia. I must have misremembered that. Nah, nobody’s _that_ stupid! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561/9 "2013-11-22T23:00:46Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > He only invaded the European part. He was clever that way. But he didn’t figure on Stalin retreating to the Asian part and building a whole new army there. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561/10 "2013-11-22T23:20:58Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > "Russian front… Not a good idea, Hitler never played Risk when he was a kid… " - Eddie Izard. THAT is funny! Or am I showing my nerdly roots? Taught my father and brother to play one Christmas and they immediately formed an alliance to wipe me out. I love my family. The Japanese never tried invading North America from Kamchatka, either. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561/11 "2013-11-22T23:47:19Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > Technically, he compared him to Goebbels, not Hitler. So, he should get some point for originality. Nah, Helmut Kohl [did it 27 years ago](http://articles.latimes.com/1986-10-25/news/mn-7408_1_public-relations). ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561/12 "2013-11-23T05:30:20Z")
> [@Abe\_Babe](#): > > I was going to say getting involved in a land war in Asia was a pretty bad idea. How do the Chinese manage to get away with it? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561/13 "2013-11-23T06:34:54Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > How do the Chinese manage to get away with it? Practice. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561/14 "2013-11-23T10:51:57Z")
Should we just get a hotlink to Glenn Beck’s daily transcripts going? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561/15 "2013-11-23T11:14:54Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > How do the Chinese manage to get away with it? Ancient Chinese Secret. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561/16 "2013-11-23T13:16:45Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > How do the Chinese manage to get away with it? You misunderstand. In China it’s “never get involved in a land war in Europe or America”. And they have stuck with that since Genghis Kan. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561/17 "2013-11-24T19:47:46Z")
Hitler spent the war farting in a bunker. Churchill spent the war drinking Champagne in a bath. I think that says it all… ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561/18 "2013-11-25T00:55:30Z")
How do we know Churchill wasn’t farting in the champagne bath? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561/19 "2013-11-25T01:05:58Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > How do the Chinese manage to get away with it? They did pretty good until the Mongols showed up. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561/20 "2013-11-25T01:16:33Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > Hitler spent the war farting in a bunker. > Churchill spent the war drinking Champagne in a bath. > > I think that says it all… It says that at least one of them realized there was something of a tiff going on, yes :). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-hitler-idea-of-the-day/674561.md?page=2)