> What you are writing here is a dangerous thing because it relativizes the holocaust. i'm honestly not even sure what this means. could you rephrase? > Mili

> What you are writing here is a dangerous thing because it relativizes the holocaust. i'm honestly not even sure what this means. could you rephrase? > Military Dictatorships don't suddenly appear out of nothing. sure. they usually seize power, though not always. and they tend to follow some kind of instability. after ww1 germany was in terrible shape. blockades during the war contributed to hunderds of thousands of people starving to death. the economy was in the gutter, inflation was out of control - before they got it under control 1 us dollar was equal to 4 trillion german marks. there was violence in the streets between political parties. the reichstag fire. concentration camps started with political opponents. the night of long knives was all about murdering political opponents and even allies who were deemed too influential and thus a risk. being so absurdly reductive to just say 'hate speech' is primarily or even secondarily responsible for the formation of military dictatorships seems almost insulting. it's theater, an appeasement of sensibilities that leaves people more vulnerable to repeating the past than rational assessment of history.