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In reply to the discussion: Before you throw out the next Nazi, Hitler, Goebbels slur... [View all]Aristus
(66,446 posts)14. Nope. We have to call these people what they are before they have the opportunity
to commit their atrocities again.
The "He just tried to make Germany great again" types do not deserve patience and understanding in light of what Hitler said he was going to do from the outset.
When Trump said "Drain the swamp", he signaled his intentions to eliminate from the US government every protection for the poor and marginalized in our country from the economic, social, and racist predators out there.
He nearly succeeded. It was only by calling these monsters what they are that we were able to mobilize progressive decent voters to throw him out of office before the country collapsed.
Calling a Nazi a Nazi is the best way to ensure that they don't get a jackboot in the door again...
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Welcome to DU! As far as your post, nah. Comparisons can and should be made. (Nt)
FreepFryer
Feb 2021
#1
Thanks so much for joining so you could let us know the error of our ways. Without you we would
Squinch
Feb 2021
#7
the similarities are the rhetoric and violent behavior and attempt to take over the government
msongs
Feb 2021
#9
Repubs have set up concentration camps, and thrown thousands of children in them.
lagomorph777
Feb 2021
#20
Republicans are fascist. They have no regard for human life and only seek to enrich themselves.
onecaliberal
Feb 2021
#12
Nope. We have to call these people what they are before they have the opportunity
Aristus
Feb 2021
#14
And ignore that odd mole on your back that keeps growing. Don't compare it to cancer.
Midnight Writer
Feb 2021
#15
"Nazis" are a very fringe element in America, but regarding the threat of fascism...
AntiFascist
Feb 2021
#16
Sort of, but its hard to think of the Weimar Republic as a "functioning democracy"
Klaralven
Feb 2021
#22
the largest minority party nazis staged political disobedience to keep govt from functioning so
msongs
Feb 2021
#23
j'ever notice how people post and then a ton of folks comment/rebut and not one peep from OP
CurtEastPoint
Feb 2021
#31
They clearly and repeatedly signal their intentions, so I say: believe them
struggle4progress
Feb 2021
#32
I tend to roll with the other replies who think it's fine, as many of the trumpian hordes are actual
Celerity
Feb 2021
#47
Actually I would say Sean Hannity was more the Goebbles of the Trump administration.
Initech
Feb 2021
#41
Sometimes a metaphor is a metaphor. Also, if a current wingnut's orientation is extended to its
UTUSN
Feb 2021
#48
Hitler and Goebbels and Himmler, etc. didn't start out as the Hitler, Goebbels and Himmler we know
StarfishSaver
Feb 2021
#65
No one is comparing Trump to early Hitler simply because he promised to shake things up
StarfishSaver
Feb 2021
#77
this is a political message board with obvious bias and we are not here to be lectured and talked
demtenjeep
Feb 2021
#72
I'm skeptical of how she folds the objection to "Nazis" into the objection to "The Holocaust"
fishwax
Feb 2021
#74
I'm watching a program by Malcolm Nance produced in 2020 called "Unfit" on a channel called...
Hekate
Feb 2021
#83
See, here's a thing about DU members you may not know: many of us have family connections to...
Hekate
Feb 2021
#86
Saying two things are comparable is not saying they are exactly the same.
Captain Stern
Feb 2021
#97
Before you further accuse us of misusing history, perhaps you should see this propaganda film...
Hekate
Feb 2021
#117
You really want to play devil's advocate, don't you? I'm not that interested, as we just had a devil
Hekate
Feb 2021
#126
Thanks. I'm saving the article & its reference to the book this time around. nt
Hekate
Feb 2021
#122