Adolf Hitler once remarked to his inner circle of Nazis, “If you tell a big lie and tell it often enough, people will start to believe it” and so the Jews were the ruination of Europe according to Adolf Hitler and his group of thugs and so they started down the road to the Second World War which cost the lives of over 60 million people.

Hate and propaganda are the hallmarks of despots and they come in all shapes, sizes and colors. From the Russian Gulags to the killing fields of Cambodia to the ethnic killings in Serbia and all in the name of: “They are the ones who caused this mess!”

For hate and propaganda live in the dark shadows of poverty and ignorance and flourish only when a certain segment of society is kept in the dark and allowed to fester in the lies they promote for their own personal agenda and selfish ambitions.

“Hands up, don’t shoot” is a Big Lie and promoted by a liar who was the accomplice of Michael Brown when they both robbed that convenience store in Ferguson, Missouri. Testimony ran from, “Yes! I saw it” to “That’s what I was told” to “No that was not the case” and the forensic evidence clearly showed there was no execution style homicide or police brutality.

But in order for hate to exist, there must be a Big Lie to accompany it, and so in walks an activist attorney general by the name of Eric Holder, accompanied by the messiah of hate and prejudice: The Rev. Al Sharpton.

According to the activist attorney general, this incident is clearly a case of “civil rights violations” and must be investigated. Yet a grand jury was convened and found that absolutely no violations of any kind took place involving the shooting death of Michael Brown. But to the hate-mongers that makes no difference — the lie must be perpetuated, and so comes the sugar coating of this thug and his friend.

A picture of Michael Brown in his cap and gown from graduation, T-shirts with “Don’t Shoot” imprinted on them, but not his rap sheet as a juvenile or as an adult with numerous run-ins with the law, for that would show the Truth and not the Big Lie being promoted. Joseph Goebbels of the Nazi era must be grinning from ear to ear in his grave over the Big Lie that is now being promoted by individuals inside and outside of this government.

Thomas Jefferson once said, “An informed public is a public feared by government,” so you be the judge. —Jim Garvey, Kalispell