PHILADELPHIA ā Last week, a local Indiana chapter of Moms for Liberty attracted attention for quoting Adolf Hitler in its newsletter. After the local paper reported the story, the group added additional ācontextā but kept the quote. Eventually, after it faced even more scrutiny, the organization removed the quote and apologized in a statement posted to its Facebook group.
That, however, was a big mistake, according to advice at the Moms for Liberty national conferenceās media training session Friday.
āNever apologize. Ever,ā said Christian Ziegler, the chairman of the Florida Republican Party. āThis is my view. Other people have different views on this. I think apologizing makes you weak.ā
He advised the attendees to instead make it clear that the Hitler comment was āvileā but to immediately pivot to make the point that Hitler indoctrinated children in schools and that thatās what Moms for Liberty was fighting against. Ziegler warned that any apology would become the headline, so that should be avoided.
You read that right. He said to not apologize for quoting Hitler. Thatās what weāre dealing with now.
At the very least downvote it. Thereās now EIGHTEEN upvotes, 2 boosts, and Iām still the only downvote on that comment. And I know people can find the downvote button because I can see how many downvotes Iām getting.
Moderators here donāt have a rule against calls for violence. I already reported it, but technically itās not against the rules. Which I can understand in a politics magazine where war can be a topic of discussion, you donāt want to be banning people when for example the government is actively engaging in mass murder (e.g. like the Rwanda genocide) and a commenter is saying that the people should defend themselves with lethal force if necessary.
As the sidebar says:
The quality of my comments have been so abysmal I see. And jokingly calling for genocide is one of the best quality comments on this thread.