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To: IrishBrigade; fishtank
so Darwin made him do it, eh...? Ha ha ha...so everything betweeen Adoplh and the Jews would have been milk and honey, if only Darwin hadn’t published a book back in 1859...

...because relations between Jews and Christians/Gentiles were all perfect up until 1859.

The "Charles Darwin inspired Hitler meme" is mostly the brainchild of crackpot and intellectual fraud Ben Stein, and it has taken on a life of its own here and elsewhere. I've read Mein Kampf, and not once is Charles Darwin mentioned there. Nor is Germany's most famous 19th century advocate of Darwin's ideas, Ernst Haeckel (in fact, Haeckel's "Monist League" was banned in Nazi Germany). Nor are Darwin's ideas or evolution ever mentioned, even in bowdlerized form.

I guess Ben Stein and his fans aren't big on consulting primary sources before making big claims.

16 posted on 01/09/2019 8:53:23 AM PST by ek_hornbeck
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To: ek_hornbeck

“I’ve read Mein Kampf, and not once is Charles Darwin mentioned there.”

No, but Henry Ford theories, eugenics and race hygiene is. And of course, both were direct descendants of Darwin.
Amazing how any thread about German mass murder of Jews causes dozens to stop polishing their maltese falcons and rush into apologetics, explaining that Jews weren’t special, that others were even worse, etc.


23 posted on 01/09/2019 9:19:25 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: ek_hornbeck
The "Charles Darwin inspired Hitler meme" is mostly the brainchild of crackpot and intellectual fraud Ben Stein

No, Stein did not originate this. The connection between Darwinism and Nazi ideology was already being widely discussed even while Hitler was still in power, and continues to be discussed and debated among professional historians today--for example, The Role of Darwinism in Nazi Racist Thought.

41 posted on 01/09/2019 1:50:48 PM PST by Fedora
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