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In reply to the discussion: I want to leave Florida. It ain't that easy [View all]Cyrano
(15,035 posts)In Germany of the 1930's, gays, Communists, Gypsies, the disabled, Jews, and so, so many others didn't believe it either. After all, Germany in that era was an advanced country that believed in science, the arts, and might well have become a cultural world leader. That's what most knowledgeable, aware Germans believed back then.
Instead, a psychopathic madman came along and a large minority listened to him, believed him, and fell into line behind him. We know what came next.
Do you really believe It can't happen here?
C'mon. It can happen anywhere. We don't have any "magic" immunity to fascism.
And, as you know, most gays, Communists, Gypsies, the disabled, the Jews, and many millions of others died. Most of them in death camps. Do you really believe that "death camps" can't happen here? Do you really believe today's right-wing crazies wouldn't go that far? Really?