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If I quote Hitler in a debate about world war 2, am I normalizing the Holocaust?
by alexmat 9y ago
If I quote Hitler in a debate about world war 2, am I normalizing the Holocaust?
- ngoldbaum 9y agoYes
- alexmat 9y agoSo everything is black and white now and we've lost all room for nuance and grey areas? Seems like that kind of environment would stifle the exploration of difficult subject matter.
- TimTheTinker 9y agoBuzzzzzz. Godwin's law.
- alexmat 9y agoI hope you're joking. If not, I am reminded of the scene from Idiocracy and being on the receiving end of: "You talk like a fag and your shits all retarded."
- TimTheTinker 9y agoIntended in fun only. Hope I didn't give offense :-)
- alexmat 9y agoThat was my first assumption, and none taken :)
- etchalon 9y agoIt's a question of how you quote him. If you quote him to argue against him, especially if you do so in a reasonable, thoughtful way, you would be implying the initial statement or argument was reasoned, and thoughtful. "Normalization" is the process by which we treat ludicrous things as not ludicrous, but debatable.
- alexmat 9y agoEverything is debatable. Even this.
- TimTheTinker 9y agoTreating other people's opinions as ludicrous might work as a strategy to an extent, but in the long run that approach will only create further division and ostracism. Tear apart the ideas with friendly, well-reasoned arguments, yes! Ideas are fair game. Fight fire with fire, not gasoline.