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To think about that a bit: Actually, there have been several pretty brutal genocidal events in history that have points of comparison to the Holocaust. In no p
by pnathan 13y ago
To think about that a bit:
Actually, there have been several pretty brutal genocidal events in history that have points of comparison to the Holocaust. In no particular order, it is instructive to look at the Holodomr of Ukraine, Pol Pot, Stalin's purges, the Hutu-Tutsi conflict.
There's no sense in calling forum moderators nazis in general, which is why Godwin came about. But when considering large-scale genocide and surveillance societies, comparisons to Nazi Germany do become relevant.
- jlgreco 13y agoThere have absolutely been genocides that can be compared to the Holocaust. I probably mis-emphasized my above post. What I mean is that statements comparing incidents to the Holocaust lack utility if the situation has escalated to the level of brutal genocide. Any sort of statement delivered with words is useless at that point, that isn't the sort of situation that you can talk yourself or somebody else out of. If you want words to have an effect, you need to use them before the situation ever escalates that far. A house-fire can be prevented with a stern lesson about deep-frying turkeys indoors, but once that actually starts happening, your lecture is of no use. At that point, you need to call in the fire fighters. Talking about genocides can conceivably prevent a genocide, but talk about genocides can never stop a genocide.