State and local officials across the U.S. have faced resistance to mask requirements from Trump’s supporters. Fritzie Fritzshall, a survivor of the Auschwitz death camp and president of the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie, north of Chicago, said anti-mask protesters have often compared government actions during the pandemic to those of the Nazi regime. She called it “ignorant and offensive.”“In this time of uncertainty and fear, imagery and slogans can be used to unite us in a common desire to return to civil discourse or divide us in ways that give a voice to hate and divisiveness,” she said in a statement. Biff Rubin, a small business owner in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park who is Jewish, said the cartoon was painful for his family and the state's Jewish community. “I hope the voices being heard on this subject provoke empathy and persuade others to keep their heart open to change.”

Source: Daily Sun July 06, 2020 01:52 UTC