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Will the trend of pundits comparing their opponents to Nazis ever end? It was aggravating enough when Bush was compared to Hitler (even I woudn't stoop to such idiocy) but its gotten to the point where every gamer's favorite lunatic Jack Thompson compared ESA president Doug Lowenstein to the leader of the third reich. The reason I take such offense from these comparisons is that since it is thrown about so easily, the actual crimes the Nazis commited are being trivialized.
i agree, but your ten years too late.
i do it alot. i also use christain language and quotes when i'm not a believer.
there is a reason why it is used. it provokes strong emotions.
Amen brotha :D
Sorry couldn't resist. I do agree with cloud here. I think constantly hearing that the nazi leaders were evil is greater than hearing about them in serious discussion only.
Its like cursing... it can be overused, but its somtimes better than trying really hard not to use it... right?
Bipper
It's like several curse words I could name. It's overused so much that it lost all punch.
There are some things that can validly be compared to Nazi atrocities, but it is an over-and-missused comparison. As much as I dislike Bush, he is no Hitler.
there are recent events that can be judged similar to nazi german hisotry. 9-11/recichstag fire and the subsequent acts for example. the alienation of a race. the failure of the international committee to stop it. etc.
It's fun, and complaints like this are the peak of the pleasure in doing it. :D
The only reason it can be aggravating for me is that possibly none of the people whom make such comparisons even know a whole lot about Nazi Germany....
as opposed to what Senator Dick Durbin said, which was exactly correct.
well i did up to advanced higher studying the rise of nazism and nazi germany so i know a bit.
neo-nazis aren't even good nazis... any other comparisons are way over-blown.
What's a good Nazi?Quote:
neo-nazis aren't even good nazis...
I'm okay with these comparisons when they actually have some sort of validity to them. Comparing Bush to Hitler because 'he so evil' is lame. Comparing post 9/11 America to the early stages of Nazi Germany is a somewhat accurate comparison because there are actually similarities between the two.
Come to think of it, in all my years of internet discussion, I haven't been compared to a Nazi yet! It's almost tragic, cause it's the classic thing you have to be called once in your life, or else, you die with some kind of emptiness in your heart.
Well, when I use it--even when I'm serious--I am just making an extreme point to get what I'm saying across.
Ya want to know what really started the Nazi fad? Its definately the Blues Brothers.
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Originally Posted by kawakami Gensai
I hate Illinois Nazis.Quote:
Originally Posted by kawakami Gensai
That movie's greatness is 1,000 times better if you live in Illinois, like I do. 10,000 times if you live in the Chicagoland area, like I do!Quote:
Originally Posted by DocFrance
A nazi that does something other than shaveing there head and drinking? Someone that gets the job done.Quote:
Originally Posted by nik0tine
Just what the smurf are you suggesting?Quote:
Originally Posted by Carnage
That skin heads ar'nt even nazi's there just really angry lazy poor white trailor trash. If i we're hitler, or any nazi, i would be insulted by them calling themselve's nazi's. The point of nazism is to exterminate non germans. And skin heads(neo nazi's) are the most unproductive gang/political group iv yet to witness. If the point of nazism is to comite genocide, and there not even close, dosent that make them bad nazi's?Quote:
Originally Posted by nik0tine
Do you know that you shame 12 million dead souls by saying that?Quote:
Originally Posted by DMKA
Thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by nik0tine
This is disgusting. I'm sorry, but you're very misinformed. Would you like them to be productive? I don't think so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Carnage
Nazism doesn't necessarily require genocide and/or the extermination of other races. It requires that racial groups live together and do not mix. Genocide is just a way of ensuring that it works out, as discusting as that may be.
Indeed, most modern people who ascribe to Nazi thinking are of the opinion that races should be segregated more than exterminated. Or at least when they make proclamations that's what they claim.Quote:
Originally Posted by nik0tine
Although nazism is closely related to fascism and does preach violence.