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No, genocide happened because people believed that another group would do terrible things if given the opportunity. Not freedom, but the belief that others will
by afiori 7y ago
No, genocide happened because people believed that another group would do terrible things if given the opportunity. Not freedom, but the belief that others will misuse their freedom.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 7y agoWho are those hypothetical people that would do those horrible things given the opportunity. I hate hypotheticals.
- afiori 7y agoHitler believed Jews were a cancer[1] to Germany and had to be stopped. [1] AFAIK Hitler had a very living image of Germany as a singular ideological organical being and truly though of those he tried to eliminate as a dangerous infection.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 7y agoAhh, yes. US is the spitting image of a country ravaged by WW1, with its government in shambles and crushing reparations. The similarities just impossible to ignore.
- afiori 7y agoNo, they are not. The reasons behind the horrors of nazi germany where probably unique in many way. but not all genocides need to look the same. It is significantly silly to say it cannot happen just because it cannot happen in the same way. That said I believe a new genocide is impossible in the US in the coming year. This won't stop a violent escalation fo the rhetoric.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 7y agoGreat. We agree. If you believe it is impossible, why do you appear to be arguing for subverting US foundations?
- afiori 7y agoI am not, I am arguing that the rhetoric "if we do not restrain their freedom bad things will happen" is dangerous and with dangerous precedents.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 7y agoI agree. It is dangerous, but I also happen to think that attempting add asterisks to individual freedom runs counter to the spirit of this country. More than that, I believe that few dead bodies matter less than individual freedoms, as sad as those deaths are. We come at this argument from different perspectives.
- tracyshaun 7y ago#godwinslaw
- afiori 7y agoTo be fair the article is about banning a site in part to nazi influences.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 7y agoAgreed.