Asked to Resign for Comparing Obama to Hitler?

       So, last week a woman is elected for a second term as the Board of Education President. Woman has a FB page, and reposts a photo which has the following comment on it: 

"Never forget what this tyrant said: ‘To conquer a nation, first disarm its citizens.’ -- Adolf Hitler.”

Woman knows that the photo's original poster was a group that often puts up anti-Obama and pro-gun posts, yet she does not add any comments of her own, or post any explanation as to why she felt the need to repost it. This even though being an adult American citizen she has got to know what the climate in this country is between those for and against gun control. 

     She's now being asked to step down from her post. Are these people serious? She voiced her opinion, and now she's asked to give up her job??What's next???

Dede Terhar, Ohio Board Of Education President, Criticized For Obama-Hitler Comparison

Ohio Democrats are calling on the president of the state Board of Education to resign after she compared President Barack Obama with Adolf Hitler on her Facebook page.

State Board of Education President Dede Terhar (R-Green Township) denied she was comparing Obama to the Nazi dictator and removed her Facebook page after she shared a Hitler reference posted by another group over the weekend. Groups opposed to Obama's gun control proposals have been comparing the president with Hitler.

The Columbus Dispatch reports:

Terhar, a Cincinnati Republican elected last week by the 19-member school board to a second term as its president, recently posted the picture with this commentary: “Never forget what this tyrant said: ‘To conquer a nation, first disarm its citizens.’ -- Adolf Hitler.”

The photograph apparently originated with the Facebook page of Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children, which features a variety of anti-Obama, pro-gun posts and photos, such as scantily clad women hoisting large guns, a polar bear with the words “Holy f*** I’m glad I’m white,” and another saying “Where’s Lee Harvey Oswalt when you need him?”

Terhar told the Dispatch that she was not suggesting that Obama was Hitler. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Terhar sought to clarify the statement. Terhar removed her Facebook page following the explanation, according to Cincinnati.com. Ohio Democrats have distributed a screen shot of the explanation.

In her explanation, Terhar said that she was reposting someone else's comment and did not share her own thoughts. She said that she would stop sharing thoughts on the social media site.

"I received a photo that had a quote attributed to a tyrant," Terhar wrote. "The quote referred to gun control. I did not research to check that the quote was accurate. Not sure everyone does. I also made no comment on the repost."

Terhar, a former Montessori teacher, was elected to a four-year term in 2010 representing a Cincinnati area district. She was elected earlier this month to a one-year term as board president. Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern has called on her to step down from the post.

“While there is always room for respectful differences in opinions, State School Board President Terhar’s Facebook posting crossed a clear line by connecting the President’s national discussion on guns to Adolf Hitler,” Redfern said in a statement. “President Terhar’s invocation of Hitler is dangerous and should not be tolerated by Governor Kasich and the rest of the State School Board.

     While imo she should have known better than to repost something like that with the position she's in, I cannot agree with all the hoopla that's being made about it. What happened to people being able to voice their opinions about the government in public  without fear of reprisal? It's like we're going backwards, back to a time (and to a land) where you have to watch what you say at all times, because if the wrong person sees or hears it you can  lose your job, your home, all your friends, perhaps even go to jail! It's just getting ridiculous; every time you turn on the news or open the newspaper there's someone being brought down by a word (Quentin Tarantino by the n-word; what a stupid way to phrase that; if you think it's such a terrible word that no one should use it, delete it completely, don't just find another way to say it!) by a political belief, (Dr Angela McCaskill, who works at Galludet University, and was recently suspended for signing a petition  to have gay marriage put on the ballot so that people could decide what they wanted.) or, as in this case, a photo that you could possibly have only posted because the photo was funny! (That's not why, but there is always that possibility.)

     It just amazes me sometimes how far down this country is sinking... even more, it's amazing that more people don't realize what is happening and  try to do something about it.