Sundray@lemmus.org to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 3 days agoWe Are Not Fascists, and If You Call Us Fascists, We Will Arrest Youwww.mcsweeneys.netexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1770
arrow-up1770external-linkWe Are Not Fascists, and If You Call Us Fascists, We Will Arrest Youwww.mcsweeneys.netSundray@lemmus.org to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareCanaconda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·edit-23 days agoIn 1931, an exceptionally talented young Berlin attorney named Hans Litten summoned Adolf Hitler to testify in a criminal case. In his three-hour cross-examination of the head of the Nazi party, Litten managed what precious few dared to attempt. Hitler had expected the young lawyer to be intimidated; instead, Litten aggressively and skillfully dissected him under oath, reducing the supposedly gifted orator to a stammering rage. In trapping Hitler in contradictions and exposing him as an inveterate liar, Litten also made clear the Nazis’ goal of destroying the Weimar Republic. Hitler left the witness stand rattled and humiliated, henceforth forbidding Litten’s name to be uttered in his presence.
minus-squareprimrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoGlad that young attorney got that asshole out of politics.
In 1931, an exceptionally talented young Berlin attorney named Hans Litten summoned Adolf Hitler to testify in a criminal case. In his three-hour cross-examination of the head of the Nazi party, Litten managed what precious few dared to attempt. Hitler had expected the young lawyer to be intimidated; instead, Litten aggressively and skillfully dissected him under oath, reducing the supposedly gifted orator to a stammering rage. In trapping Hitler in contradictions and exposing him as an inveterate liar, Litten also made clear the Nazis’ goal of destroying the Weimar Republic. Hitler left the witness stand rattled and humiliated, henceforth forbidding Litten’s name to be uttered in his presence.
Glad that young attorney got that asshole out of politics.