• monsterpiece42@reddthat.com
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    That’s not fair phrasing and will lead to high numbers.

    Hitler wasn’t “all” bad technically, he was just so bad that the good shouldn’t matter at all. Pushing forward technology (VW Beetle, Autobahn) should is no way be justified by genocide (obviously).

    A better question would have been something like “do you like Hitler overall?”

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      Yes a question about Hitler being good overall is far better. Attempting to shove him into an all bad category is just dishonest and allows opponents a free win. The good absolutely should matter, because painting people as all one thing isn’t accurate and makes understanding how things happen more difficult.

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    We’ve got to stop talking about “if” and “when.”

    It’s NOW. This is happening. We are watching the rise of the next Hitler, now, live, today. This isn’t hypothetical anymore - yesterday just gave them carte blanche to go full stormtroopers.

    At this point, all of our conversations need to be about how we stay safe in the wake.

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    This is what happens when you start to dismantle the education system. We can thank Reagan and the Bushes for that.

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    I’m completely against his policies and actions for obvious reasons. I hate Nazis.

    Still, I could probably be convinced to say that he wasn’t 100% bad in every possible way.

    Even the most evil people are complex human beings. There may be something good inside them at some point to some person, etc.

    “All” is a very powerful word.

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      While I agree with the sentiment, I don’t think 1 in 5 thought : “well, he’s kind with his dog and an OK painter, I can’t in good faith say he’s completely bad”

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    I sometimes fear that
    people think that fascism arrives in fancy dress
    worn by grotesques and monsters
    as played out in endless re-runs of the Nazis.

    Fascism arrives as your friend.
    It will restore your honour,
    make you feel proud,
    protect your house,
    give you a job,
    clean up the neighbourhood,
    remind you of how great you once were,
    clear out the venal and the corrupt,
    remove anything you feel is unlike you…

    It doesn’t walk in saying,
    “Our programme means militias, mass imprisonments, transportations, war and persecution.”

    –Michael Rosen.

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      It doesn’t walk in saying, “Our programme means militias, mass imprisonments, transportations, war and persecution.”

      Yeah but evidently it does, and people still choose it.

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        21 minutes ago

        American fascism certainly does say those things, but it’s always other peoples’ faces the leopards will be eating.

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    3 hours ago

    It’s like watching a horror movie. You know the killer is in the basement, yet people go and have a look while the audience knows what’s going to happen. A classic fuck around and find out.

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      Well we now know there are truly people stupid enough to do so.

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      3 hours ago

      They see the evil but think it will be to their advantage because they aren’t like “those people.”

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      One in five do not think Hitler was all bad. Two in five think he was better than a lady who laughs sometimes.

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      My thoughts exactly. Wait though, actually that is the fault of Democrats, somehow. I’ll get back to you on how