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California, USA, has had a bigger sympathy towards Nazism, and even some direct influence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics_in_the_United_States#Influence
by kkoncevicius 6y ago
California, USA, has had a bigger sympathy towards Nazism, and even some direct influence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics_in_the_United_States#Influence_on_Nazi_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics_in_the_United_States#...
- yakubin 6y agoI find such whataboutism reprehensible. It's common in my home country, where a lot of people in response to pointing out our history of repressions against Jews start pointing fingers at other countries with a vague "they were worse", or worse "we were provoked"; instead of admitting to the past and learning something from it. Pointing out someone's shortcomings shouldn't trigger a review of the shortcomings of others.
- kkoncevicius 6y agoWell, I find such selective highlighting reprehensible. If we seriously care about Nazi sympathies we can make a list and go from the top and get some perspective for tackling this issue. But to bring it up after a person dies is, at minimum, in poor taste.
- yakubin 6y ago"Selective highlighting"? "Making a list and going from the top"? Looks like my comment went completely over somebody's head. If you read the complete thread, you'll see that it's not random. And I disagree that bringing up something negative after someone dies is bad taste. Yeah, I don't think we'd get along.