A friend of mine drew my attention to this Daily Beast article about an establishment in Tiverton, Rhode Island called the Atlantic Sports Bar and Restaurant which evidently features anti-Semitism on its menu.
Commenting on the recent heat wave in New England, a post on the Atlantic Sports Bar and Restaurant's Facebook page featured a meme with Anne Frank with the caption, “It’s hotter than an oven out there… And I should know!”
Good Lord!!!
The post got the attention of talk radio host named Jessica Machado based out of nearby New Bedford, Massachusetts. When Machado contacted the restaurant's owner (who has not been identified) he defended it as being funny and that he was too busy to talk to her. However, when the meme drew international condemnation, the owner subsequently apologized and acknowledged he knew who Anne Frank was but claimed didn't recognize her picture. This seems utterly implausible, but I suppose it isn't impossible. If that is the case then ignorance is hardly an excuse.
On a side note, my friend had some dealings with this establishment a few years ago and they were less than honest in their practices. He was enjoying their comeuppance.
I take a dimmer view. With every passing year the horrors of the Holocaust fade from public view as those who survive leave this world. How many generations will it take before the Holocaust is treated like a meme by the majority? I have a bad feeling it won't take that many.
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