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MrPurple

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18. Of course this is phrased as a bad analogy, but

Reply to jmg257 (Reply #16)

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 11:37 PM

Feb 2017

Trump actually said during the campaign that he was in favor of what FDR did with the Japanese & internment camps. I don't think he could get away with doing that (presumably for Moslems or Mexicans) without enacting a police state that takes down media and the courts.

I assumed (& still think) that some of his worst rhetoric was just to appeal to the lowest element of his voters. But, as much as I hate him, he's been way crazier and more erratic during the first 30 days than even I expected.

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Just curious: if you voted for an evil policy, do you deserve the outcome even if it means execution [View all] Tiggeroshii Feb 2017 OP

Did "many Jews" vote for Hitler? MrPurple Feb 2017 #1

Yes. There was a well funded organzation for the sole purpose of getting Jewish support Tiggeroshii Feb 2017 #2

I'd still be curious what percentage of German Jews actually voted for Hitler MrPurple Feb 2017 #10

The Final Solution didn't begin until 1941. Charles Bukowski Feb 2017 #3

Actually it was within a few months that preparations Tiggeroshii Feb 2017 #4

Trump was pretty explicit Charles Bukowski Feb 2017 #8

It wasn't hard to read in between the lines, obviously Tiggeroshii Feb 2017 #9

Kristallnacht was 1938 and it had been ramping up before then MrPurple Feb 2017 #6

Straw-man argument... regnaD kciN Feb 2017 #5

Yeah, the jumping right to execution made me uncomfortable. butdiduvote Feb 2017 #7

I apologize for the flawed logic. But your take on it was exactly what I was looking for. Tiggeroshii Feb 2017 #21

In my opinion, yes. butdiduvote Feb 2017 #23

Thank you for pointing this out Takket Feb 2017 #11

Slippery slope really, but I'll take it. (jumping to conclusions) Tiggeroshii Feb 2017 #22

wtf are toy talKing about ? people are objecting to seeing them as victims. nobody said to enact bad JI7 Feb 2017 #12

Exactly Bettie Feb 2017 #15

victimization of trump supporters. now they are comparable to jews under nazi germany JI7 Feb 2017 #13

What the fuck. ismnotwasm Feb 2017 #14

Now we are equating what happenned to Jews under Hitler to what might happen jmg257 Feb 2017 #16

Of course this is phrased as a bad analogy, but MrPurple Feb 2017 #18

That I get...they are planning to build more detention centers for border control. jmg257 Feb 2017 #20

Wow! hrmjustin Feb 2017 #17

I voted "absolutely not." BigDemVoter Feb 2017 #19