The Fable of the Ducks and Hens

Formerly published by the Heretical Press in Two Forbidden Voices and now out of print
The Fable of the Ducks and the Hens

Lincoln Rockwell

Some of you may have heard of this poem, which was recently narrated online by Attorney Edgar J. Steele. It is now made into an online video cartoon for your viewing enjoyment. The links to this truly captivating online video cartoon are within this article.

The poem “The Ducks and the Hens” was originally written by the king of political incorrectness, George Lincoln Rockwell, a commander and fighter-pilot in WWII who was also a master propagandist, in that his message was well-received (even if most disliked his message due to its association with Germany’s WWII-era party). He was assassinated in 1967. His exploits made him the scourge of Jews in the U.S.

Rockwell was certainly a controversial figure during his time. After being affiliated with various mainstream political groups, he grew weary of pointing out many of the fundamental problems afflicting the U.S. and many of those involved with them; he noticed that every time he mentioned that Jews were often the leaders of both foreign organizations (such as those that promote America’s Israel-first policy, which is undoubtedly a much greater problem today) and domestic organizations (which often promoted America’s anti-nationalist policies, similar to NAFTA, CAFTA, etc. today), even though such statements were invariably true, Jews often labeled him and others “Nazis” for pointing this out. He noticed that such terms, used within the context of a polite society, often had the effect of stifling the debate on many topics, thereby letting the subversive plutocrats, promoting their anti-American ideology, to continue running the show.

In an effort to generate media attention to himself to promote his ideas – or, to ride the backs of the media, as he might have said at the time – he decided to accept the title of “Nazi” and go with it. Shortly thereafter, he was on the cover of magazines, newspapers, and was often shown on the news. While his ideas were often given wide play, and some of his ideas were indeed correct, his methodology of generating massive media play also seemed counter-productive, too, in that Nazism was a form of Socialism (National Socialism), was a defunct form of government, and had never existed in the U.S. (nor will it).

This poem of Rockwell’s, which has generated much controversy due to its portrayal of animals in a human-like setting and which has produced feelings in some that it is analogy of society itself (whether right or wrong), is interesting, to say the least. It is interesting, in that it conveys much thought on the ideas that it tackles, by illustrating their absurdity in the setting of the animal world. Similar to the book and video (1954) “Animal Farm,” Rockwell’s poem also takes a harsh look at the world and how, as the adage goes, “history repeats itself – because we don’t learn from it the first time.”

In today’s politically correct world, where Ernst Zundel is torn away from his wife in the hills of Tennessee and deported to Canada and then Germany for violating their politically correct laws; where Canadian preachers are sent to jail for criticizing homosexuality and where David Duke’s book “Jewish Supremacism” is burnt when discovered in the mail, with the intended recipient given the bill; where Australians such as Dr. Toben are sent to jail for a year, for daring to examine the issue of the Holocaust; where the German and Canadian news must accept an Israel-first policy or essentially be banned; where people in America, as in the rest of the world, now feel that they must watch every word, lest they violate the taboo of being politically incorrect—in all these places, Rockwell’s poem should be well-received and its meaning, if any other than what is stated, should be contemplated.