The Armenian genocide launched by the so-called “Young Turks” in the last stages of the Ottoman Empire comes to mind as I watch the soft, seductive, silky smooth, and venomously evil AI political ad posted by a Republican congressional candidate in Florida.
As happened in Germany in the 1930s and Rwanda in the 1990s, the ruling ethnic group set the stage for murder by publicly demeaning the targeted minority. A century ago, Ottoman leaders referred to Christian Armenians as Gavur (Infidel) and Rayah (cattle). The Young Turks went further, declaring “Turkey for the Turks” and describing… Read More in Real Clear Politics