A twitter trend you perhaps don't want to share

The Conservatives strange fascination with the Second World War and the state of mind of the forebears of the current NDP,  has made for an interesting twitter trend, one that perhaps the Prime Minister may want to give some thought to.

The Prime Minister introduced the theme of Adolph Hitler, the Second World War and the CCF, though conveniently we imagine, forgetting to mention those letters, rather associating the conscientious objection status of the Woodsworth era with today's official opposition.

It made for some rather bizarre theatre in the House of Commons, a place that at times appears to make for a suitable stand in for the worst of community theatre.

The Conservatives it seems have been spending a little too much time viewing the stylings of Republican attack ads from the southern reaches and following up on some themes that even the GOP probably wouldn't dare touch.

At any rate, while we're not sure exactly what the objective of the Conservatives may have been, but by frequently mentioning the name of the Germany's Second World War fascist leader, the Prime Minister now finds himself as  a trending topic on the social media site twitter.

Where in the early going the PM was finding more than a few mentions among the tweets of #hitler and then as the satirists took charge he found fame at #HarperHistory all of which offered up more than a few mentions of the PM and one of the most evil figures of history.

Victoria Times Colonist-- Harper's NDP-Hitler gaffe prompts flood of Twitter wit
CTV News-- Harper's Hitler remark parodied on Twitter
Toronto Star-- History according to Stephen Harper
National Post-- Harper's NDP didn't support war against Hitler' prompts Twitter history lesson
Hamilton Spectator-- Twitter satirists seize on Harper's ham-handed Hitler reference
Globe and Mail-- Why is Harper's team invoking Hitler to debate New Democrats?
Ottawa Citizen-- Prime Minister Harper plays the "Hitler Card"...
Macleans-- Mr. Harper is not pleased
Canada.com -- PM Harper plays Hitler card against NDP, Twitterverse takes aim with #HarperHistory
Canada.com-- Harper Godwinned himself

Now, in the world of political drama, raising the spectre of Hitler probably is not a helpful thing image wise, reinforcing stereotypes that occasionally dog the Conservatives when it comes to democracy and common decency and all of that.

It was a Basil Fawlty moment, that leaves one wondering if perhaps Mr, Harper had not banged his head on the way into the Commons.

So with that possibility as our theme, a word of advice for the Tories and their baiting of the NDP with second world war remembrances, best to take the advice of Basil and just don't mention the war, or the Germans for that matter...