• JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Are you claiming Hitler never said anything sensible? It would be impressive for someone to do such a thing. Sure, he said a lot of bad stuff, but you sure nothing he said was correct?

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      3 months ago

      Anything Hitler said that wasn’t horrible was also said by multiple other people. The only reason to defend Hitler with the phrasing the horse does is to try to make Hitler look like he might be reasonable as a way to suggest maybe his horrible stuff was also reasonable.

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        3 months ago

        It’s also worth doing to see HOW he got to power. He successfully convinced a large number of sensible people to support him. He also successfully rebooted Germany back to a superpower.

        As the phrase goes, those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. Understanding how Hitler managed to look reasonable to do many is critical to stopping future Hitlers.

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      3 months ago

      The man suffered from chronic flatulence. Yes, he had uncontrollable farts. I’m not making this up. You really think someone who shit themselves that often had anything valuable to say?

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        3 months ago

        Hey now, I’ve got chronic diarrhea due to autoimmune bullshit and I’ve shat myself a couple of times in the past few months, and I occasionally have something valuable to say. Granted it’s not very often, but still

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          3 months ago

          Well I’m sorry for sounding ignorant, but have you murdered millions?

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      3 months ago

      Richard Nixon advocated for UBI but that doesn’t negate every horrible thing he did. What’s the point of saying Hitler said reasonable things other than thinly veiled fascist apologia?

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        3 months ago

        If you ignore the good, you ignore how fascism gains power. Hitler made Germany better for a majority the citizens than any other European country. The difference was also far greater than just stealing wealth from jews. Failing to confront and acknowledge this allows fascists to succeed. You don’t fight fascism by punching them, you fight them by making a country pleasant enough to live in that the masses don’t listen in the first place.

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          3 months ago

          You don’t fight fascism by punching them, you fight them by making a country pleasant enough to live in that the masses don’t listen in the first place.

          Why not both?

          Punching Nazis is also pretty effective. The OG Nazis were beaten through superior force, not rhetoric.