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trotsky

(49,533 posts)

3. Are some Nazis wonderful people?

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Fri Sep 15, 2017, 11:21 AM

Sep 2017

Personally, I don't think it's so simple that certain people would have always been "bad" no matter what they were taught.

Abusers were generally brought up in abusive households, for instance.

There are bad ideas and bad examples, and when those are taught to children, they definitely help shape the adult that child becomes.

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Some Religionists are Wonderful People. Others Are Not. [View all] MineralMan Sep 2017 OP

Religion doesn't make good people good The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #1

Exactly. MineralMan Sep 2017 #2

Are some Nazis wonderful people? trotsky Sep 2017 #3

That's not a religion. MineralMan Sep 2017 #4

"Wonderful people did not become Nazis, I'd say." trotsky Sep 2017 #5

No, he was not. MineralMan Sep 2017 #6

I'm just trying to follow your reasoning. trotsky Sep 2017 #7

One interesting thing about people is that they can change MineralMan Sep 2017 #8

"Choosing to join the Klan is a choice. Generally, people who do that are already racists." trotsky Sep 2017 #9

Nope. He became one. And later, apparently, he stopped MineralMan Sep 2017 #10

Why did he become a racist? trotsky Sep 2017 #11

No doubt. But I do not know him, nor do I know MineralMan Sep 2017 #12

So we don't know what kind of person he would have been, if he hadn't been taught to be a racist. trotsky Sep 2017 #13

We can only know a person by observing that person's behavior MineralMan Sep 2017 #14

The point is, your OP said: trotsky Sep 2017 #15

Last post. MineralMan Sep 2017 #16

I completely disagree. trotsky Sep 2017 #17

Martin Heidigger Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #19

Recommended, and agreed. eom guillaumeb Sep 2017 #18