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It’s offensive because it compares the idiotic and fascist behavior of the current US administration with the behavior of the European Nazis, who murdered milli
by linotype 1y ago
It’s offensive because it compares the idiotic and fascist behavior of the current US administration with the behavior of the European Nazis, who murdered millions during the Holocaust, downplaying the massive suffering caused by the Germans.
- saubeidl 1y agoIn German we have a saying: "Wehret den Anfängen." It literally translates to "Beware the Beginnings". As somebody who's history education was mostly centered around said beginnings, let me tell you, things sound real familiar right now, and not in a good way. If you're interested, read this excerpt of a book based on post-war interviews with Germans about the rise of Nazism and see if any of it sounds familiar: https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/511928.htm https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/511928.htm
- sofixa 1y agoIt doesn't downplay anything. The Nazis didn't start by slaughtering millions, they did a bunch of other things before that to establish their rule, and importantly, to clarify who the outgroup is, deny them rights, and paint them as the bad subhumans in front of everyone. While planning deportations (e.g. the Madagascar plan) and rounding up some of them, as well as detractors in camps. That's roughly at the stages where the idiotic and fascist US administration currently is at. Ignoring the parallels serves no purpose. That's not to say they will move on the next stage (industrial extermination) like the Nazis did.