Last week I reread Shirer's 'Rise and Fall of the Third Reich'. Comparing Trump [View all]

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to Hitler is not hyperbole. Early Hitler and current Trump share a lot in common regarding personality traits. I'm not suggesting that Trump could achieve the murderous depths of Hitler and his gang of morally bankrupt goons, but that is not the point.

I think everyone here would agree that Trump not only poses a danger but has already done significant damage. Our political system was ripe for him to exploit. He is exploiting it.

I understand and share the reluctance to overuse comparisons to Hitler and the Nazis, to Mussolini and fascists, etc. But sometimes, rarely, it is necessary to drag those comparisons out of the dark past.

I don't know that it can or can't happen here. I do know that Trump's rhetoric, temperament and ability to brew hate and bigotry are happening now.