Rep. Frank Hornstein Archives - News and Media /news/tag/rep-frank-hornstein/ Augsburg University Mon, 11 Jan 2016 15:37:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 Star Tribune features Frank Hornstein in commentary onpolitical rhetoric /news/2016/01/11/6518/ Mon, 11 Jan 2016 15:37:25 +0000 http://www.augsburg.edu/news/?p=6518 The Star Tribune recently published an editorial column that featured an interview with Minneapolis DFL Rep. Frank Hornstein, a senior fellow in Augsburg College’s Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship. The column discusses the widespread use of Hitler and Nazi references in U.S. political rhetoric. The topic has both personal and professional significance for Hornstein; his ...

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]]> Minneapolis Star Tribune - logoThe Star Tribune recently published an editorial column that featured an interview with Minneapolis DFL Rep. Frank Hornstein, a senior fellow in Augsburg College’s Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship. The column discusses the widespread use of Hitler and Nazi references in U.S. political rhetoric. The topic has both personal and professional significance for Hornstein; his grandparents were killed by the Nazis and he intends to author a book about the Holocaust’s impact on modern political discourse.

In regard to frequent comparisons between political opponents and Hitler, the article quotes Hornstein as saying, ““If everyone is Hitler, who is Hitler really? When you go right to a Hitler analogy, you’ve already lost the argument. You’ve cheapened the debate.”

Read: on the Star Tribune site.

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