Instead of dropping gas on people with airplanes, Spicer said, Hitler brought people into “Holocaust centers,” by which he presumably meant concentration camps. A more seasoned spokesperson or a Chuck Klosterman fan would have known to avoid talking about Hitler altogether. So Spicer, should not have been surprised when his bumbling remarks about an extremely sensitive subject led to justifiable outrage. Spicer’s comments about the Holocaust were admittedly worse than Cowherd’s about baseball players or HBO’s casting of Girls, but that is beside the point. Trump voters who may have genuine concerns about transgender individuals or innocently held opinions about the Black Lives Matter movement will be reluctant to voice them if they are afraid of being villainized for doing so.

Source: Huffington Post April 12, 2017 00:45 UTC