throwaway749381

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   by throwaway749381 3y ago

   Thank you for clarifying. I'm interested in your argument, but confess I don't understand it. Killing an enemy combatant in war is justified--after all, he or she is coming to kill you. That isn't a flimsy excuse at all. And
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   by throwaway749381 3y ago

   I admit I used the word "citizenship" in an inaccurate manner. Please allow me to clarify and correct myself. In terms of technical, legal citizenship, that (presumably) became available to Jews in Germany upon their emancipation
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   by throwaway749381 3y ago

   This comment presumes a modern understanding of citizenship. Jews living in Germany were seen as Jews, not Germans (just as Jews in Russia were not seen as Russians). This humorous quote by Einstein is based on this notion: https:/&#x
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   by throwaway749381 3y ago

   Longtime lurker here. I am taken aback by the suggestion that Jews have never been rounded up purely for being Jewish. I find this notion historically unfounded and antisemitic. Your comment broadly argues that killing of one group by anoth