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“Hitler was a good scapegoat, but I want to open people’s minds about him.”

The far right talk show hosts are at it again, this time spreading smears and hate against German leader Adolf Hitler.

No, seriously, that’s what Oliver Stoned would have been saying in 1944.

The man who immortalized Che Guevara is off to set the record straight and correct the right-wing’s misinformation campaign about Hitler.

In a new documentary series titled “Secret History of America,” Stoned says, “I’ve been able to walk in Stalin’s shoes and Hitler’s shoes to understand their point of view. We’re going to educate our minds and liberalize them and broaden them.”

Naturally, his goal is to prove that America is responsible for the mass murder of 12 million during the Holocaust and millions more in Stalin’s Russia.

“Go into the funding of the Nazi party. How many American corporations were involved, from GM through IBM.”

Right, it was America’s fault that some of her companies were doing business in Germany, not the Nazi’s fault for… …killing 12 million people.

Naturally, Stoned is the best source for information about US history. With regards to John F. Kennedy’s assassination, he thinks that the CIA, FBI, Secret Service, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Marilyn Manson’s music killed Kennedy. (Though recent email leaks suggest global warming was the real culprit.)

However there is a bigger issue than just one fanatic having stuff come out of his mouth. The larger issue is about the progressive elite’s absolute lack of moral values.

Indeed, even if the United States had caused the Holocaust, Stoned wouldn’t be blaming her for doing any wrong.

“We can’t judge people as only ‘bad’ or ‘good,’” Stoned said.

Right, so even as the Left accuses George W. Bush of killing one million Iraqis in his illegal war for oil, Bush has done nothing wrong. It’s all… America’s?… fault.

To Stoned, Hitler isn’t bad. Stalin isn’t bad. Che isn’t bad. Chavez certainly isn’t bad.

In his 2009 documentary “South of the Border,” Stoned sought to redress the unfair treatment Chavez has been receiving in America. According to Stoned, Chavez stealing property and throwing dissidents in prison constitutes a “Renaissance.”

These are the same views held by some members of Obama’s administration.

FCC Diversity Czar Mark Lloyd said that Chavez’s murderous government takeover was “an incredible revolution–a democratic revolution.”

Then there was 9/11 Truth Czar Van Jones who produced a rap album with convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu Jamal titled, “Wartimes: Reports From the Opposition.” The album cover shows a group of terrorists lined up to oppose the American military, but one of the songs reminds us that, “The true terrorists are made in the US.”

And don’t forget Anita Dunn’s favorite philosopher. Mao is also featured in Stoned’s blame-America documentary.

Yet, when he’s claiming that Che and Chavez are outstanding human beings who are bringing Renaissance to their countries, he should be applauding America for her actions in somehow supporting Mao and Stalin.

Also, Stoned throws Joe McCarthy right in there with Stalin, Hitler and Mao as people who have unfairly been vilified by history. As far as I know, McCarthy never killed anyone, but that’s what you get when you descend to Stoned’s level or moral equivalence.

Unable to define whether murder and subjugation are “bad,” the celebrity Left is dumbfounded on any issue regarding ethics. Thus, you have Joy Behar saying that Tiger’s cheating isn’t a problem, because he’s not a Republican who believes in marriage, and Whoopi Goldberg saying that Roman Polanski’s rape of a 13-year-old girl wasn’t “rape-rape.”

Barack Obama still can’t figure out if it is right to pass a healthcare bill by making $300 million bribes in backroom deals, after promising to broadcast negotiations on C-SPAN.

For all the fiscal problems the US is facing because of Congressional action, the real problem underlying Congress’s actions–and the reason American people across the spectrum are disenchanted with both parties–is not their policies per se but the way they conduct themselves.

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Sources:

• Stone’s Documentary Will Put Hitler in Context
• Stone’s Chavez Movie Debuts, With Chavez
• Stone say US Unfairly Demonizes Chavez
• FCC Czar Praises Chavez for his Media Practices
• Van Jones’ Rap Album With Mumia Abu Jamal