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NEW YORK (AP) — Radio talk show host Glenn Beck said on his show
that the camp in Norway where a gunman opened fire on young people
sounds “like Hitler Youth.”
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On his radio show Monday, the former Fox News Channel host was
discussing last week’s attacks where at least 76 people were
killed. In an aside, he talked about the Utoya Island camp run by
the ruling Labor Party for youngsters interested in
politics.
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The camp “sounds a little like the Hitler Youth or whatever,” Beck
said. “Who does a camp for kids that’s all about politics?
Disturbing.”
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The camp was targeted by the gunman, who claimed he was trying to
save Europe from what he says is Muslim colonization. The Labor
Party has advanced a policy of ethnic tolerance.
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Torbjorn Eriksen, a former press secretary to Norway prime minister
Jens Stoltenberg, told The Daily Telegraph in England that the
comments were a “new low” for Beck.
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“Young political activists have gathered at Utoya for over 60 years
to learn about and be part of democracy, the very opposite of what
the Hitler Youth was about,” Eriksen said. “Glenn Beck’s comments
are ignorant, incorrect and extremely hurtful.”
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Beck made his comments during a discussion about problems that he
predicted Europe would face because of an increased Muslim
population. He denounced the gunman, who he said “is just as bad as
Osama bin Laden.”
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The Hitler Youth aimed to instill the Nazis’ racist and xenophobic
ideals into young Germans, through a mix of indoctrination, outdoor
activities and military-style training.
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