Julius Streicher was the publisher of Der Stürmer, a Nazi newspaper devoted to antisemitic hate. He wasn’t a general or a policymaker — his “crime” was words. At Nuremberg, the Tribunal ruled that his relentless incitement of hatred and extermination was a crime against humanity. He was executed in 1946 solely for propaganda.
That history matters today. Figures like Charlie Kirk and Ben Shapiro dress up their politics as “commentary,” but what they’re really doing is classic fascist propaganda: scapegoating minorities, spreading fear, vilifying women, LGBTQ people, and immigrants. This isn’t harmless opinion — it’s rhetoric designed to dehumanize and radicalize.
If Streicher taught us anything, it’s that propaganda is a weapon. Free societies can’t afford to shrug it off as “just speech.”
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