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Surya Gayatri

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4. I am usually loathe to draw comparisons to anything Nazi, but the

Reply to earthside (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 4, 2016, 11:09 AM

Mar 2016

parallels are uncanny. Have you seen the New York Times profile of Hitler from the 1930s?
Extremely disturbing.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027656556

http://www.vox.com/2015/2/11/8016017/ny-times-hitler

"But several reliable, well-informed sources confirmed the idea that Hitler's anti-Semitism was not so genuine or violent as it sounded, and that he was merely using anti-Semitic propaganda as a bait to catch masses of followers and keep them aroused, enthusiastic, and in line for the time when his organization is perfected and sufficiently powerful to be employed effectively for political purposes."

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