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I think it is not appropriate to compare the Holocaust with slavery and disenfranchisement of blacks in the US. The Holocaust was a event spanning under a decad
by fnord123 6y ago
I think it is not appropriate to compare the Holocaust with slavery and disenfranchisement of blacks in the US. The Holocaust was a event spanning under a decade that must not be forgotten. Slavery was reduced in the US but not banned so it is a problem that has been spanning 400 years - and still happening. They are both wicked and evil issues but entirely different in scope and effect.
I'm not sure if it would be offensive to make a comparison, but equating bad thing with bad thing without nuance doesn't make you look clever.
- holistio 6y agoI was not equating the two things. I was illustrating how people come up with slogans that sound good for things that destroy lives.
- chrisseaton 6y ago> people come up with slogans that sound good for things that destroy lives Did you consider writing just this instead? Why use sarcasm for something that can be said plainly and straightforwardly instead?
- holistio 6y agoNo, I did not, at the moment. I trusted that my friends who know my track record regarding social issues will know that I'm not for either of the two things referenced via these slogans, quite the contrary. Contrast can be a tool, and I could have written a long and boring essay on how sad and disgusting these phenomena are or just put them up against one another. Do you think something like this would have worked better? I'm quite the RATM fan. Some of those who said Arbeit macht frei Are the same who say All lives matter This is is what I meant.