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Smith 'Infuriated' by Hitler Quote Analysis

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Posted: 2007-12-25 19:20:28
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(Dec. 25) - Will Smith is angry over celebrity gossip Web site articles that he said misinterpreted a recent remark he made in a Scottish newspaper about Adolf Hitler.

In a story published Saturday in the Daily Record, Smith was quoted saying: "Even Hitler didn't wake up going, 'let me do the most evil thing I can do today.' I think he woke up in the morning and using a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was 'good.'"

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After Will Smith was quoted as saying that Adolf Hitler likely used twisted logic to justify his own actions as "good," many media outlets reported or implied that Smith believes Hitler was good. "Hitler was a vile, heinous vicious killer," Smith said Monday.

The quote was preceded by the writer's observation: "Remarkably, Will believes everyone is basically good."

Over the weekend, dozens of celebrity gossip Web sites posted articles about the comment, many saying that Smith believed that Hitler was a "good" person.

"It is an awful and disgusting lie," Smith said in a statement Monday provided by his publicist. "It speaks to the dangerous power of an ignorant person with a pen. I am incensed and infuriated to have to respond to such ludicrous misinterpretation."

"Adolf Hitler was a vile, heinous vicious killer responsible for one of the greatest acts of evil committed on this planet," read the statement.



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dayna66 08:59:00 AM Dec 30 2007

people are idiots who feel that will smith said this comment in a harmful way, get some brains, he is a class act and once again the media has to misinterpret something someone said.especially someone who seems to be a good guy. (this is also a person who has spoken out about rap lyrics that are harmful to women and the police).

al12302 08:45:00 AM Dec 30 2007

anyone who know will smith knows he wouldn't say any thing like that.expecially against someone so EVIL.

robtice2 10:07:00 PM Dec 29 2007

Will Smith's comment was 100% right. HItler, like most nut cases, thought what he was doing was right. I imaging the murderer Bush also thinks what is happening in Iraq is right. I know that many people who voted Bush into office still think they did something good. Obviously, nuts rationalize bad actions. Smith's comment is accurate.

plexisaldome 09:09:45 PM Dec 29 2007

i think Smith was refering perhaps to how lifes knocks or environmental influences as it were "influence" the forming of a human brain ? its all what you learn in life and who "teaches" it to you ?Hitler for example while serving as a corporal in the german army in ww1 was exposed to and debilitated by mustard gas and was hypnotized by american physicians in an attempt to allieviate the pain ?Now everybody that was exposed to mustard gas didnt turn out like hitler but maybe it was a contributing factor in his personality ?"Environmental" influences are important in the formation of character in people ,thats why things like public education that actually educates people and doesnt function as some kind waste of time akin to babysitting be in place in our society else we are just wasting time and money for nothing ?Hitler was a madman There are plenty of " madmen" in the world today how do we address that ?

scottsdale4957 08:28:24 PM Dec 29 2007

Never trust the media about anything. One is only as good as their word, and their word is no good. Satan's most trusted servant.

scottsdale4957 08:27:16 PM Dec 29 2007

Never trust the media about anything. One is only as good as their word, and their word is no good. Satan's most trusted servant.

scs1216 08:23:42 PM Dec 29 2007

People are such morons. Again, for those not smart enough to get through life without a helmet (Will Smith)- even if you think that the Hitler comment you are about to say in media print sounds harmless, it will ALWAYS be a bad idea to speak it out loud! Now, if one would like to question why the US government did nothing to stop the Holocaust three years prior to learning about the situation then please question that rationale out loud.

tlioces 05:06:04 PM Dec 29 2007

I know who hitler is?? Smith is a little title with a great many names the same!! Well you have the right to say you are a SMITH..

scpjrprius 04:55:44 PM Dec 29 2007

Leave it to the Media to start a scandal.

bbrockp 02:53:53 PM Dec 29 2007

I understand what Mr. Smith meant. Many criminals feel justified in doing evil.

wafflehouseluv 02:52:18 PM Dec 29 2007

I get what he is saying. Hitler was an evil man who did evil evil thing, that he thought was good. He was a twisted man to think that he was doing a world a favor, but I guarentee he didn't look at what he done and say "alright, that was pure evil, I'm a bad ass" no matter how evil his deeds were.

wafflehouseluv 02:52:01 PM Dec 29 2007

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bikom1 02:33:20 PM Dec 29 2007

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inkman46 02:21:00 PM Dec 29 2007

hitler was the time life "MAN OF THE YEAR' in 1939.His desease tainted brain cause him to become a sociopath.But he was not a good man

mamwestx4 01:34:00 PM Dec 29 2007

Adolf Hitler was a homosexual.

He was also a homo male prostitute in Vienna.

In fact, the vast majority of the SS were homosexual although some were bisexual and/or pedophiles too.

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