I can think of two men who are responsible for more deaths than Adolf Hitler. Stalin and Mao Zedong. Mao was responsible for the death of 64 million people yet there are people who idolize him. In fact you can buy t-shirts with his bust on them in Hollywood boutiques. There is a resturant on Melrose Ave in Hollywood called Mao's Kitchen it is named after Mao. Why is that acceptable but Hitlers Kitchen is not? My point is that all of these evil men including Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Pol Pot, Che Guevara, and many others should be treated with equal disdain. But they are not. As a jew I have a personal reason for my feelings about Hitler because of what he did to my people. There are Holocaust deniers today such as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who calls for the destruction of Israel who imo perpetuates anti semitism. Though he may not be on a level with Hitler he is a dangerous man.
If I were chinese it would saden me to see American youths wearing Mao t shirts. But Mao and Che get a pass because they are Hollywood chic. Why?
MAO'S KITCHEN MENU
A murderer and his murdering hero
Che Guevara and Mao Zedong