There’s always been in the West a fascination as to how in the world could Germans have gone along with Hitler’s program of mass murder. How could it happen in such a modern state? We can see hints of that in what’s going on right now. We see one party supported by the vast majority of the media, and when the regime does something bad or against the law, the media either does not report it, or if it is reported by the few independent outlets, they circle the wagon and act as the propaganda arm of the regime. In parallel, there is this effort to dehumanize their opponents, and to say that their opponents’ ideas are not even legitimate enough to discuss. The next step down that slippery slope is what’s discussed in this article, when opponents of the regime are dehumanized enough that supporters can feel morally ok with telling opponents to kill themselves. The next step after that is threats to kill the opponents. The question is, are there enough liberals of decent character left to stand up to this demonization and make them feel any shame?
You are right. We wonder how Hitler took over. But we could be seeing a replay right before our eyes. The signs are there.
With many/most leftists, that's at least one supposition too far.
There are many differences between the right and the left and one very important difference is in the maniacal emotional stance taken by some liberals. Isn’t it strange, the right is portrayed as the party of hate and all the while where does the hatred really reside? If these suicidal references aren’t enough to identify the party of hatred there is no hope. Where is the MSM in pointing out these hateful signs, actually the MSM is responsible for them, their silence is consent.