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[–] the_sovereign ago 

How are they misinterpretations or far fetched assumptions when the author and the primary audience (the Germans) systematically committed genocide? And I literally quoted you a passage saying as much. What's ridiculous is that you're still defending such an antisemitic tome.

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[–] MasivGam3 ago  (edited ago)

when the author and the primary audience (the Germans) systematically committed genocide?

The personality of the author has nothing to do with the presence or absence of a direct cause-and-effect relationship between the book and the genocide. They were part of the same picture, but there is no proof that the book caused the genocide, which was your original claim. You are just talking nonsense at this point already.

And I literally quoted you a passage saying as much.

And I literally quoted to you the German original demonstrating that you rely on mistranslation and a priory assumptions, cherry picking details that suite you well while ignoring other much more likely possibilities.

Just to be clear - there is no proof that existence of "Mein Kampf", a rather ordinary and tame book for that time period, directly led to the genocide of Jews. It might have been a contributing factor, a one detail of the whole picture, but there is no direct cause-and-effect link.

What's ridiculous is that you're still defending such an antisemitic tome.

And here we come to the root of the problem. You think that it is right to talk nonsense as long as the subject is Antisemitic. And none is supposed to intervene, because that would be "morally wrong" and in some countries (Germany) even illegal. But this approach has created a lot of problems in the modern world, where you replace a sensible dialog and scientific analysis with an cult-like ideology with its "right" and "wrong" opinions, taboos and untouchable topics, and anyone pointing out flaws in your reasoning suddenly becomes someone who "defends Antisemitism".

That sick ideological obsession is doing more harm to the modern society than "Mein Kampf" ever did.

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[–] the_sovereign ago 

First of all it's a priori. Second, let me quote you:

"It might have been a contributing factor"

So you are open to the idea that the book inspired genocide. Take into consideration that it was a best selling book selling millions of copies and made Hitler quite rich. Clearly there were some steps between Mein Kampf being published and the Holocaust, but the book clearly influenced millions of Germans. The fact that Hitler rose to power shortly thereafter, and the fact that Jews were literally gassed means your defense is well indefensible.

And here we come to the root of the problem.

Uhh no, but it is concerning that you can't seem to acknowledge this, or why antisemitism is bad just like any other form of racism.