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In reply to the discussion: Gaza. I agree it is a massacre and should stop immediately. [View all]Uncle Joe
(65,426 posts)at this point they are committing mass murder and they have ghettoized the Palestinians in Gaza.
I also don't believe Israel represents all Jews but their actions can stoke or incite anti-semitism because they are the only Jewish Nation and too many ignorant people categorize that as being the same.
As for comparing Netanyahu's current polices to Nazis before they committed the Holocaust, on that, I believe it's perfectly acceptable.
The Nazis didn't commit the Holocaust until they did, their blind hatred drove them to it, and in this, any nation or peoples can fall prey to that same human condition.
The Nazis; evil as they were are a yardstick measuring the most extreme elements of evil, they were black no pun intended on 50 shades of gray or perhaps 5000 shades.
All nations and their policies are some shade of gray, light or dark.
It seems to me that eliminating the use of a surefire measure of ultimate evil and what it's capable of doing, goes against the Holocaust Survivors' and victims' message of "never forget."
It's not that Germans or Nazis have a monopoly on evil but that all humanity can fall into the trap of haters; be they individuals or governments being literally consumed by their own hatred.
Peace to you, Bonobo.