As a Jew and as a decent human being, I was thoroughly offended by Frank Walch’s letter to the editor Monday that compared certain leaders of the Unite Party to Nazi leaders. Though Walch specified that he did not feel as though a Student Government politician could be described as being as evil as a Nazi figure (thankfully he was willing to grant that at the least), his letter is a blatant character-assassination attempt. Tell me, Mr. Walch, how on Earth one could possibly equate a few thousand dollars spent on alleged perks with a “fascist agenda”? How could you possibly insinuate that the hundreds of volunteers for Unite have been “coerced” into giving their time? How could you ignore the accomplishments made in the past year and instead credit the administration?
It’s time to put the Holocaust behind us. People in SG need to stop throwing the term “Nazi” around as if it’s simply a bad name to call someone. To me, and to everyone who shares my faith, that term represents an organization that killed 6 million of my brethren. I could hate the Unite Party as much as you seem to, Mr. Walch, but I could never compare someone I simply disagree with politically to a mass-murdering, bigoted concept.
You should be ashamed of yourself, and the Alligator should be ashamed for publishing that letter.
