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related https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_Hitlerum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_Hitlerum

• supercanuck 7y ago
  >An invocation of Hitler or Nazism is not a reductio ad Hitlerum when it illuminates the argument instead of causing distraction from it
• DSingularity 7y ago
  Not really. Take the current position of Facebook. Assume Facebook was around in 1930. Now answer, would Facebook block nazi propaganda?
  • dominotw 7y ago
    its discussed in limits on that wiki page
  • zacharytelschow 7y ago
    Propoganda? No. Outright ads on the final solution? Probably yes, but also bear in mind the Nazis weren't exactly broadcasting their plans to the outside world. (At least I don't think they were - am I wrong on this point?)
    • supercanuck 7y ago
      >Probably yes, real vote of confidence there.
    • leitasat 7y ago
      you are right, it was a secret.
    • sjg007 7y ago
      I encourage everyone to visit the Holocaust Museum. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/deceiving-the-public https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/deceiving-...
  • lalos 7y ago
    Judging from another American tech company that faced the same challenge, one could argue they would not block. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_during_World_War_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_during_World_War_II and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust
• jefurii 7y ago
  The fact that this is coming from a man whose people were actually in history targeted by Hitler himself gives weight to what he is saying.