Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

I just watched a powerful movie about Sophie Scholl named Sophie Scholl: The Final Days. Sophie Scholl was a member of the White Rose non-violent resistance movement in Nazi Germany. She is indeed a hero who gave her life for the cause of freedom, peace, justice, and humanity.

As I watched the movie, the charges ("treason", "demoralizing the troops", and "aiding the enemy"), against her reminded me of the same rhetoric that the Bush administration and Iraq war hawks used against people who did not support the war.

It is disturbing that the same rhetoric that the Nazis used to persecute the White Rose movement is being used today in America.

It is not accurate to say that America == Nazi Germany. However, it is sad and shameful to see our decision makers acting like Nazis.