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Conservative Party in schism after ‘Hitler’ tirade made by Stephen T. Ding.
The leader of the Conservative party Stephen T. Ding is facing serious criticism from senior Tory members after he compared Prime Minister Kenny Cuthbert to Adolf Hitler and the Nahrin National Assembly as the Third Reich.
Shortly after his release from hospital in Choi, Mr Ding was invited by NDNR host Eddie Lo’hk Danson for a radio interview to debate about the on going watch controversy between Bai Lung and the Nahrin Union.
Giving a full frontal assault on PM Cuthbert, Mr Ding has repeatedly used the term Hitler and Hitlerite 55 times to describe the Cuthbert Ministry and comparing the Nahrin Union policies to that of Nazi Germany during a heated debate with Nahrin Union backbencher MP Tony Gerri.
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“First of all, that guy and his egotistical cult of Third Reich members isn’t named Kenny Cuthbert, he’s actually called Kenny Hitler because he is an anti-freedom, authoritarian racist who likes to watch the entire populous. President Im should take Hitler’s far-right demand’s of getting that watch, which could make a fine profit, by sticking it up where the sun don’t shine!”
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He has also criticised the country for for it’s various policies such as lack of a free market, the mass surveillance of Nahrinese citizens, mandatory abortions, the secular society, the usage of minders on RTL sanctioned countries, and compulsory rehab classes, likening these classes to the Holocaust.
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“This is a free market, Ed! Who cares what Hitler has to say. Finders keepers! You want that watch back, talk to the guy or gal who just bought it! Hitler is simply dictating with his bloated big government, anti-individualism agenda, deciding what can we do and can’t do! This is 30’s Germany over again with a man named Cuthbert AKA Hitler at the helm!”
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“That depends if your countries [sic] ultra-racist policies of employing a minder does not apply to me!”
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“I don’t some weird guy standing next to me demanding that I should adopt a more secular lifestyle”
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" I strongly feel that your rehab classes are reminiscent of the Holocaust!"
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Mr Gerri, who is a member of the ruling Nahrin Liberal Union has defended Mr Cuthbert’s policies. He stated that his country believes in ‘fairness and equality’ and where ‘no single religion should dominate over the other’.
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“…it is important that no single religion should dominate over the other. We in the Nahrin Union believe in fairness and equality, Mr Ding”
-Tony Gerri, MP
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To add further insult to injury, he compared Mr Gerri to that of Nazi Propagandist Joseph Goebbels, and President Emma Jones as military commander Heinrich Himmler. He immediately hung up in the debate afterwards.
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“So you can tell Hitler Cuthbert, Himmler Jones and you, Goebbels can rot in Nazi hell!”
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Senior Tory MPs and Senators have condemned Mr Ding’s statements as being over the line and against the party line. Depute leader Ban Hee-Guo gave a statement on the on going controversy.
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“While we respect Mr Ding’s entitlement to have an opinion on current affairs, we are also entitled to hold independent views if we feel our leader is out of touch with the common people. This is one of such instances. Yesterday, Mr Ding agreed to make a guest appearance on a Dannistrian based radio show to debate on Bai Lung-Nahrin Union relations with a politician from the Nahrin Union. Mr Ding chose not to use constructive criticism to make a point about [the Nahrin Union] and instead, used ad hominem attacks at Mr Gerri. This is unacceptable behaviour and we at the Conservative party do not consider this to be a good sign of strong leadership. We believe that both sides should be allowed to give their view points in equal times. We are appealing for Mr Ding to repudiate some of his comments especially at a time when Bai Lung-Nahrin Union relations are virtually non-existant.”
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BLCTV News tried to contact the office of Mr Ding but received no reply at the time of this publication.