The Danger of Hitler Comparisons

Depths of Pentecost ^ | August 4, 2018 | Philip Cottraux

[pcottraux]

Because Hitler was a man nobody would be comparing Hillary to Hitler if she’d won. Hitler comparisons are sexist.

Only on FR do I see the nickname "Hitlery" used with any frequency.

[pcottraux]

Our side has compared the Democrats to Hitler too, myself included. It’s just as stupid coming from either side.

I'm guilty of it myself, at least for the few months leading up to the 2008 election. We didn't know anything about Obama and what his plans for America were, on top of how thoroughly brainwashed the majority of the country seemed by "Hope" and "Change" had me scared to death.

What set me off were the creepy ads with choirs of children singing praises to Obama as if he were some kind of Messianic figure. Also the militia of black kids doing marches and shouting slogans about him. It reminded me of Hitler youth propaganda movies or videos of North Korean children singing for Dear Leader.

Ten years later, I like to think I'm a little wiser, as we all do. I thought America was doomed when it elected Obama (twice), but now I see that we really dodged a bullet.

[CottonBall]

“You can talk to me directly. :)”

oh sorry i didn’t realize you were the author.

ok i get your point!

i’ve just always been annoyed that liberals/socialists don’t get that Nazism IS socialism. The irony is baffling (actually not, given the dumbing down in our schools)

but ok, i get your point!

[Kickass Conservative]

>>>Facing possible defeat from Republican challenger Thomas Dewey, Harry Truman said in a campaign speech in Chicago: “A Republican victory on election day will bring a Fascistic threat to American freedom that is even more dangerous than the perils from communism and extreme right crackpots<<<

I have always had Respect for President Truman, until I read this. Too bad I was under the wrong impression about him all these years. Even at Age 65, I learn something new every day.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Well written.

[Right Wing Assault]

He does say it in Part 2, which wasn’t written yet on the day of your comment.

http://www.depthsofpentecost.com/index.html/

I think this link will soon change, since it is currently the index page of the author’s blog.

[CottonBall]

thank you!

i particularly liked these paragraphs:

“It’s often been said, and I think is most likely, that leftists who compare conservatives to Nazis have too much in common ideologically with Communist dictators to consider them villains in the first place. Perhaps even more disturbing is to hear Democrats praise Castro or Mao Tse Tung as “great leaders.”

However, I think there’s more to it than that. The Soviet Union, while not necessarily our friends, was at least on our side against Hitler. Not being part of the Axis powers, Russia and China technically gets a pass for all the evil the committed in the twentieth century in our collective memories. At least in a dumbed down version of history.”

i hadn’t thought of the latter. I did think that Nazism - national socialism - was close to liberals’ ideology so I figured they didn’t even know what Nazism is. But if they need to pick a recent villain, it makes sense that they don’t even see Stalin or Mao as villains, but heroes.

That’s even more scary!