Before Hitler, Who Was the Stand-In for Pure Evil? http://www.slate.com/articles/briefing/explainer.teaser.all.10.rss ESPN dropped singer Hank Williams Jr. from its Monday Night Football telecast after he publicly compared President Obama to Adolf Hitler on Monday. Today, the Führer is universally recognized as the embodiment of evil and the most convenient example of a truly terrible human being. Before World War II, who... Before Hitler, Who Was the Stand-In for Pure Evil? http://feeds.slate.com/click.phdo?i=849b412ebccf7d889d1d3dfdaa2c322a http://www.slate.com/articles/briefing/explainer/2011/10/hank_williams_jr_firing_who_was_the_rhetorical_worst_person_in_h.html <p>ESPN dropped singer Hank Williams Jr. from its <em>Monday Night Football</em> telecast after he publicly <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2011/10/ready-for-some-controversy-hank-williams-compares-golf-with-obama-to-hitler/1">compared President Obama to Adolf Hitler</a> on Monday. Today, the F&uuml;hrer is universally recognized as the embodiment of evil and the most convenient example of a truly terrible human being. Before World War II, who was the rhetorical worst person in history?</p><br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:d0b628111f0daa827e7004c1568c110b:SaPsC3dMW5vyvh6hQqRR5kyVrcxFx65pjYos6tR6O4R5vOOfZSpYFwewA4SE0XF%2BfieaNj4kr6OQf34%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Facebook' alt='Add to Facebook' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/facebook.gif'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:50bbe671f60ddc1211d4bb95ca13a02f:Z1OqUYdsmWig5WkT37uAsRNxGMbV6FlNxHmrHG%2Fywne9BD4lCm0OOPsRc%2FWBWDVgqUxtf2mjje47Rx0%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Twitter' alt='Add to Twitter' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/twitter.png'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:dc07e9745be788b1bf642e6c0d0c2a75:GGGKeCgbLn4XUlsw8BRKxi2t%2BuEIu6EuErhQYZXXFDbq70OTEAeeD8gpHHWaER3H6%2BVPc1oBS0dcDw%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to digg' alt='Add to digg' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/digg.gif'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:eea658b218b57e67be72625819392ec0:Y7w8f31kVx2UYbHgBfcmbUwwtA7%2FF8z9231Kt7V7muFWxOnAMEDkcyGtmjD9Zg%2BaOOMbyxARqHXsxA%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Reddit' alt='Add to Reddit' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/reddit.png'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:9aebf0cc7a479418df17d03a13c4cb2f:wNO4cDWOst1sqe9ZpVIfwsNztv0Pva0QLAhJ%2F2qH5SXdlfsjz04GI3Uy1qv4eU2pms%2BjdsfHLubcaCE%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to StumbleUpon' alt='Add to StumbleUpon' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/stumbleit.gif'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:e8f906390b7b50a7e57825727f4a574f:OMl21%2B3A9FxGoWHdPybna7sN19YUOHC5hZsaWjlbhalLOkmaV1%2BwKoRT3glUNWYAkKeYSXJA9RcE9os%3D'><img border='0' title='Email this Article' alt='Email this Article' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/emailthisHF.gif'/></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=849b412ebccf7d889d1d3dfdaa2c322a&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=849b412ebccf7d889d1d3dfdaa2c322a&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=Business&partnerID=167&key=segment"/><img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://insight.adsrvr.org/track/evnt/?ct=0:ef7jeah&adv=wouzn4v&fmt=3"/> Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:51:46 GMT http://www.slate.com/articles/briefing/explainer/2011/10/hank_williams_jr_firing_who_was_the_rhetorical_worst_person_in_h.html Brian Palmer 2011-10-04T21:51:46Z The Egyptian Pharaoh, of course. Explainer News and Politics Before Hitler, Who Was the Worst Person in History? 100111004011 Photograph by AFP/Getty Images.   Adolf Hitler &nbsp;