Bob Gale has resigned as chair of the Regional Municipality of Niagara amid calls for an apology from local anti-racism groups that claimed he owned a copy of Adolf Hitler’s book.

“Today, a member of the communist party circulated a dated document that listed my name as the owner of a historical book found in many libraries,” Gale wrote in his letter to Flack.

  • DerisionConsultingEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    Owning Mein kampf isn’t that bad. It’s a book, it can give you a look into the mind of one of the most famously evil who ever lived.

    The book itself isn’t very good. I remember reading it as a teen, and finding it very rambly

    • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.onlineOPEnglish
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      7 hours ago

      Mitigating factors for me:

      • it’s signed by Hitler and he had the signature authenticated
      • he decided to call the person who publicized that he owned this book a communist for some reason? Presumably with negative connotations.

      I don’t know fuck all about this guy, but it’s not a good look.