“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” – Robert J. Hanlon; this aphorism has become known as “Hanlon’s razor”.
This comes to mind à propos of Sean Spicer’s history lesson, when he said, “[Hitler] brought them into the Holocaust center, I understand that.” Best commentary on this I have seen is by Josh Marshall. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/thinking-about-spicer-s-chemical-weapons-gaffe But when he sets forth the various reasons Hitler refrained from using chemical weapons on the battlefields of the Second World War, Marshall leaves out arguably the most important one: Hitler himself had been a victim of their use during the First World War.
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