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[–] RedditDead2005-2015 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
LOL at Salon.com and Comondreams.org - 2 very liberally biased outlets - trying to associate Trump with Nazis. Guilt by association simply because Trump is part German? Because as we know, all Germans are Nazis, right? Just like all Jews are sneaky, conniving thieves who would kill their own mothers for the inheritance. These are the same fuck liberal organizations that will say blacks are just like you and me and ignore all the criminal statistics that say otherwise.
[–] geovoat 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago (edited ago)
Hillary kissed and said the funeral respects for a grand Cyclops of the Klan Robert Byrd who was a member until his forties
The clinton gore campaign button was over a confederate flag.
Hillary called young blacks "superpredators"
Hillary is a huge secret racist.
[–] Foralltoosee 2 points 0 points 2 points (+2|-2) ago (edited ago)
Yep, those things are all pretty much the same.
The people who continue to make the Hitler=bad, Opponent=bad, Opponent=Hitler arguments don't have a fucking clue what they are talking about. Hitler and the Nazi's have been portrayed as such ridiculously evil caricatures that any of the lessons that this period should teach us get completely overshadowed by people who want to make a lazy case for not supporting something they don't like when they really don't understand why they don't like whatever that thing is. You don't like Trump? Fine, no problem at all. Can you explain why? Oh, because some other idiot on your facebook feed said they didn't like Trump, despite the fact that neither of you can articulate why. So you just decide to call him a Nazi and move on thinking you explained something or understand the argument you're making in any way.
There are real, legitimate, powerful lessons that we can learn from the rise of Hitler to power in 1930's Germany. He wasn't a fucking wizard or Genghis Khan; he was appointed. This wasn't just some lone lunatic taking power, he was supported by government decrees, new laws, and legally obtained positions of power decided by public officials time and time again; with popular votes assigning Nazi Party members to a large number of seats in the Reichstag. These were people who were struggling and scared and turned to someone with answers. That relates to Trump the exact same way that it relates to Sanders. There aren't really any parallels between us and 1930's Germany; it's a daft comparison. The only way we kind of relate is that the Weimar Republic was socially progressive state that faced increasing political instability as they spent money until a bubble burst and everyone got fucked over as the way of life they had set up was dependent on money that was no longer there.
The people who continue to use the Nazi's as an easy out for not having to actually explain their positions are idiots. They think you're that much dumber because they assume there's no way you could know enough to call them out and will just accept the comparison whether it makes sense or not. They are just saying 'I don't like it because I was told not to. I really don't get why.' You can all do better than that; regardless of who/what you support, at least be able to identify why you support that person/thing.