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27. You just wanted to talk about Hitler and Nazis n/t

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Fri Feb 5, 2021, 04:59 PM

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Before you throw out the next Nazi, Hitler, Goebbels slur... [View all] WarGamer Feb 2021 OP

Welcome to DU! As far as your post, nah. Comparisons can and should be made. (Nt) FreepFryer Feb 2021 #1

Mike Godwin said it's fine. Alacritous Crier Feb 2021 #2

Welcome to DU. Thanks for your concern. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2021 #3

ditto. CurtEastPoint Feb 2021 #6

Double ditto denbot Feb 2021 #30

That piece was written in 2018, Ms. Toad Feb 2021 #4

Excellent point. cwydro Feb 2021 #35

@1:51 meadowlander Feb 2021 #5

Nice :) (Nt) FreepFryer Feb 2021 #28

Thanks so much for joining so you could let us know the error of our ways. Without you we would Squinch Feb 2021 #7

Nazis didn't begin their evil with the Holocaust. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2021 #8

That's what I was thinking, too Leith Feb 2021 #19

Most at DU may know of the book "They Thought They Were Free" PufPuf23 Feb 2021 #49

Ex-actly. PCIntern Feb 2021 #34

Thank you, Hermit! Cha Feb 2021 #75

We had survivors warning us about the threat of trumpism. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2021 #85

Oh Yes We Did! & Yes it Does! Mahalo for the Cha Feb 2021 #87

Celerity just posted one you might enjoy ... Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2021 #90

I hadn't.. TY! It looks Cha Feb 2021 #92

+1, the right thing to do is to call out parallels uponit7771 Feb 2021 #89

Exactly PatSeg Feb 2021 #100

the similarities are the rhetoric and violent behavior and attempt to take over the government msongs Feb 2021 #9

Repubs have set up concentration camps, and thrown thousands of children in them. lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #20

We're not there yet. Turin_C3PO Feb 2021 #10

Yes, this doesn't feel like a stretch: meadowlander Feb 2021 #17

I get, I think, what she's saying, Butterflylady Feb 2021 #11

Republicans are fascist. They have no regard for human life and only seek to enrich themselves. onecaliberal Feb 2021 #12

Welcome to DU. ZZenith Feb 2021 #13

Nope. We have to call these people what they are before they have the opportunity Aristus Feb 2021 #14

I commend your response to the OP rusty fender Feb 2021 #112

And ignore that odd mole on your back that keeps growing. Don't compare it to cancer. Midnight Writer Feb 2021 #15

"Nazis" are a very fringe element in America, but regarding the threat of fascism... AntiFascist Feb 2021 #16

This isn't worth a long response: Mike 03 Feb 2021 #18

Sort of, but its hard to think of the Weimar Republic as a "functioning democracy" Klaralven Feb 2021 #22

the largest minority party nazis staged political disobedience to keep govt from functioning so msongs Feb 2021 #23

Starting in 1930. Klaralven Feb 2021 #24

I think we're justified in saying thucythucy Feb 2021 #21

Also, throwing children into concentration camps. lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #25

PreHolocaust Germany is what Trumpism gets compared to blm Feb 2021 #26

You just wanted to talk about Hitler and Nazis n/t leftstreet Feb 2021 #27

Good point GusBob Feb 2021 #98

Or could be because DU users mention Nazis and Hitler 300 times a day? WarGamer Feb 2021 #105

300 times a day! Holy shit! Wow! GusBob Feb 2021 #118

Thanks TheFarseer Feb 2021 #29

j'ever notice how people post and then a ton of folks comment/rebut and not one peep from OP CurtEastPoint Feb 2021 #31

Well, I Sure Did! ProfessorGAC Feb 2021 #33

He's a new guy, give him a chance FakeNoose Feb 2021 #39

thanks... WarGamer Feb 2021 #46

I'm here... was gone most of the day. WarGamer Feb 2021 #42

They clearly and repeatedly signal their intentions, so I say: believe them struggle4progress Feb 2021 #32

This. Buckeye_Democrat Feb 2021 #63

Godwin: "By all means, compare these shitheads to the Nazis. dalton99a Feb 2021 #36

Mike Godwin is literally a human meme. WarGamer Feb 2021 #43

And don't think for one minute that Mr.Bill Feb 2021 #37

If I were your History Professor WarGamer Feb 2021 #44

I would probably ask you if you got your history degree Mr.Bill Feb 2021 #50

I don't care if you have no respect for me, that's cool. You don't know me. WarGamer Feb 2021 #55

I know nothing about her and I didn't come here Mr.Bill Feb 2021 #58

You are just full of 'appeals to authority' logical fallacies aren't you. Celerity Feb 2021 #67

yawn obamanut2012 Feb 2021 #38

you will not like this Celerity Feb 2021 #40

It's not about like/dislike WarGamer Feb 2021 #45

I tend to roll with the other replies who think it's fine, as many of the trumpian hordes are actual Celerity Feb 2021 #47

yeah... WarGamer Feb 2021 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Feb 2021 #59

I know ALL ABOUT that. WarGamer Feb 2021 #61

you are arguing semantics, and we use the term NEO nazis for a reason Celerity Feb 2021 #64

correct... it's about semantics. That's the purpose of the article. WarGamer Feb 2021 #66

I disagree with your premiss and your conclusions. nt Celerity Feb 2021 #68

thanks for the discussion, I truly appreciate it. nt WarGamer Feb 2021 #70

You should make this an OP Celerity PufPuf23 Feb 2021 #76

And again - Nope. GoneOffShore Feb 2021 #95

Nobody's insulting them any more than you are insulting the families Mr.Bill Feb 2021 #52

I didn't even comment about COVID-19 WarGamer Feb 2021 #54

And before they did those things, Mr.Bill Feb 2021 #56

Actually I would say Sean Hannity was more the Goebbles of the Trump administration. Initech Feb 2021 #41

Sometimes a metaphor is a metaphor. Also, if a current wingnut's orientation is extended to its UTUSN Feb 2021 #48

I sit now about 12ft from the armbands of 12 Nazis killed by my father. Maru Kitteh Feb 2021 #51

You're 100% correct. WarGamer Feb 2021 #57

Yup, that's exactly what I think Victor_c3 Feb 2021 #60

This is the first post in this thread agreeing with Dr. Frieberg. WarGamer Feb 2021 #62

Hitler and Goebbels and Himmler, etc. didn't start out as the Hitler, Goebbels and Himmler we know StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #65

Devil's Advocate here... WarGamer Feb 2021 #69

No one is comparing Trump to early Hitler simply because he promised to shake things up StarfishSaver Feb 2021 #77

Well said. n/t Mr.Bill Feb 2021 #71

this is a political message board with obvious bias and we are not here to be lectured and talked demtenjeep Feb 2021 #72

People die. Their ideas don't. Solly Mack Feb 2021 #73

I'm skeptical of how she folds the objection to "Nazis" into the objection to "The Holocaust" fishwax Feb 2021 #74

Your post presents an interesting dilemma. canetoad Feb 2021 #78

"was the worst concerted, act of genocide during the 20th century" EX500rider Feb 2021 #79

I didn't realise it was so many canetoad Feb 2021 #80

That was not, by definition, genocide Spider Jerusalem Feb 2021 #82

Ivanka is Leni Riefenstahl? Silent3 Feb 2021 #81

I'm watching a program by Malcolm Nance produced in 2020 called "Unfit" on a channel called... Hekate Feb 2021 #83

"first they came" Demonaut Feb 2021 #84

See, here's a thing about DU members you may not know: many of us have family connections to... Hekate Feb 2021 #86

Exactly. tavernier Feb 2021 #99

I agree, 100% WarGamer Feb 2021 #104

Who thinks Ivanka is Leni Riefenstahl? Ivanka has no talent at all. Crunchy Frog Feb 2021 #88

But that was a throwaway line canetoad Feb 2021 #91

Your first post, and you want to control content and terminology here. VOX Feb 2021 #93

I certainly expected a different reception. WarGamer Feb 2021 #103

I'll bet you did. Here's the thing: MineralMan Feb 2021 #106

So are you saying that Dr. Frieberg is wrong? WarGamer Feb 2021 #107

From that writer's perspective, no doubt. MineralMan Feb 2021 #108

thanks for the discussion, I truly appreciate it. nt WarGamer Feb 2021 #109

Nope - but thanks for your concern. GoneOffShore Feb 2021 #94

Nope. If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, Roisin Ni Fiachra Feb 2021 #96

Wow!! So different people have different opinions!! I'm shocked. WarGamer Feb 2021 #102

Saying two things are comparable is not saying they are exactly the same. Captain Stern Feb 2021 #97

Welcome to DU! PatSeg Feb 2021 #101

Slur? Comparison maybe. jalan48 Feb 2021 #110

I agree with Dr. Friedberg nt. Mosby Feb 2021 #111

I suggest you watch "Rise of the Nazis" rusty fender Feb 2021 #113

lol... WarGamer Feb 2021 #114

Exactly! rusty fender Feb 2021 #115

the "lol" WarGamer Feb 2021 #116

Before you further accuse us of misusing history, perhaps you should see this propaganda film... Hekate Feb 2021 #117

Much as I repudiate Trump he cannot be accused of mass murder. NT anamnua Feb 2021 #119

Half a million COVID victims might beg to differ... Hekate Feb 2021 #121

This is a serious stain on his record. anamnua Feb 2021 #123

We feel the republic is in extremis Hekate Feb 2021 #124

Who bears responsibility for the 740k+ deaths in Europe? WarGamer Feb 2021 #125

You really want to play devil's advocate, don't you? I'm not that interested, as we just had a devil Hekate Feb 2021 #126

I'm certainly not going to defend Trump. His response was putrid. WarGamer Feb 2021 #127

You pride yourself on historical accuracy... AntiFascist Feb 2021 #120

Thanks. I'm saving the article & its reference to the book this time around. nt Hekate Feb 2021 #122

Good points Dem2 Feb 2021 #128