# The Daily Show on comparing people to Hitler **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 19, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-on-comparing-people-to-hitler/308867 "2005-06-19T02:11:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-on-comparing-people-to-hitler/308867/21 "2005-06-20T19:42:21Z")
Republicans have compared Saddam to Hitler. Possibly also Kim Jong Il and various African dictators. Is that what you had in mind? Any cites on the recent gratuitous use of the “Communist” label by Republicans? ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-on-comparing-people-to-hitler/308867/22 "2005-06-20T21:50:04Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > I heard one of the stupidest Hitler comparisons ever when I worked at McDonald’s. We were selling some Happy Meal toy that was in high demand, so we set a limit on how many a customer could buy. Once during this period an old lady came in wanting to buy a bunch of the toys, but when I told her about the limit she said, “You’re rationing them? That’s Hitler stuff!” I could only stare dumbfounded at her for a few seconds, wondering if she was quite old enough to remember the Holocaust when it first became known, and if so whether she would still utter such a ridiculous statement. The U.S., which was one of the allies, which was the side fighting against Hitler, did ration some materials during WWII, right? Just checking. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-on-comparing-people-to-hitler/308867/23 "2005-06-21T14:12:36Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > I assume he meant that TDS only asked for a moratorium from both sides when Republicans started using the Hitler comparison Obviously, since the most recent notable example was by that right-wing Republican, Dick Durban. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-on-comparing-people-to-hitler/308867/24 "2005-06-21T15:46:31Z")
> [@TJdude825](#): > > The U.S., which was one of the allies, which was the side fighting against Hitler, did ration some materials during WWII, right? Just checking. Dude, its’ a toy at McDonald’s, not the fate of the free world. What episode was this? I must have missed it. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-on-comparing-people-to-hitler/308867/25 "2005-06-21T16:30:18Z")
Episode? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-on-comparing-people-to-hitler/308867/26 "2005-06-21T16:34:19Z")
BTW, did you guys know there is a 3-disc DVD called _The Daily Show - Indecision 2004_ coming out next week? ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-on-comparing-people-to-hitler/308867/27 "2005-06-21T16:40:48Z")
Duh, I forgot this thread was mostly about The Daily Show. The McDonald’s incident wasn’t on the show, it happened to me personally. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-on-comparing-people-to-hitler/308867/28 "2005-06-21T16:50:59Z")
> [@Steve MB](#): > > Obviously, since the most recent notable example was by that right-wing Republican, Dick Durban. :rolleyes: Brilliant. I’m amazed no one noted that earlier. Oh yeah, they did. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-on-comparing-people-to-hitler/308867.md?page=1)