People focus on Hitler and Nazi leaders and the atrocious lethal lies they told to justify the mass murder of Jews.
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William Lindsey :toad:wrote last edited by [email protected]
People focus on Hitler and Nazi leaders and the atrocious lethal lies they told to justify the mass murder of Jews.
But they should focus also on the willingness of very many people to believe those lies, to cheer and assist as their Jewish neighbors were rounded up and sent to their deaths.
The problem is never just the Hitlers, the Nazis. The problem is us, many of us β our propensity to stigmatize and hate.
#Trump #Republicans #Hitler #Nazis #immigrants #BloodLibel #PoliticsofHate
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ManyRoads β πΊπ¦replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy As long as humans suffer psychological insecurities, this will remain true.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to ManyRoads β πΊπ¦ last edited by
@ManyRoads Yes. And I suspect some of will always revel in hate for the sheer joy of doing so, regardless of our circumstances and insecurities.
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Leftist Lawyerreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy This goes along way toward explaining said propensity to stigmatize and hate:
https://kolektiva.social/@LeftistLawyer/113215963061638574 -
Ulrich_the_Elder, π¨π¦,πΊπ¦replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy You might want to include the hashtags #Israel #Palestine
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Ulrich_the_Elder last edited by
@Ulrich_the_elder Yes, I could well have done so. My remarks were focused primarily on what Republicans are doing now in the US to drump anti-immigrant hate β and I also found the character limit didn't let me add some of the hashtags I had wanted to add. That often happens.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Leftist Lawyer last edited by
@LeftistLawyer Thank you β yes, faluable commentary.
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Nicole Parsonsreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
The Nazis had plenty of collaborators who converted to the cause of hate & xenophobia.
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/collaborationFrance's collaborators:
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20220826-vichy-s-biggest-stain-the-august-1942-roundup-80-years-on
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_ticket_roundup
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vel%27_d%27Hiv_RoundupDutch collaborators:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/dutch-archives-on-accused-nazi-collaborators-to-open-to-the-public-in-2025/Hungary:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_Cross_PartyAre these traitors to democracy any different than the Texas vigilantes reporting women for having a suspected abortion?
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/insidious-draconian-cruel-new-texas-abortion-law-empowers-vigilantism-experts-n1274642https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/03/texas-lawsuit-suing-friends-explained.html
https://otherwords.org/abortion-ban-extremists-are-using-a-slave-law-to-repress-women/
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Nicole Parsons last edited by
@Npars01 Yes, thank you for that good reminder and the valuable links. They certainly did have widespread collaboration in Austria, France, the Low Countries, Eastern Europe.
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Asbestosreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@courtcan
Ask yourself this. Were Germans then fundamentally different people? Were they very unlike us? This after all was not that long ago, not that far away. Could it be that we're basically the same people, and therefore capable of basically the same thing?
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Lyricismistreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy A political lie, any political lie puts in place the narrative that any lie is politically acceptable
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Rico Torreanoreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy People find it easier to believe the Holocaust to be a political crime of the Nazis, instead of facing the reality that it was a crime of Christians, all over Europe, against a rival religion.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Rico Torreano last edited by
@ricot Antisemitism is definitely rooted in Christian belief systems. And something else is rooted there, too, we see in the courageous Christians in Nazi-occupied countries and Germany itself who risked their lives to save Jews during the Nazi period.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Lyricismist last edited by
@lyricismist Very well-stated. I agree.
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Darwin Woodkareplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
And the rest of the problem is the unwilling of other people to call out their friends, neighbors and family for that hate.
I don't talk to them when they spew that hate. You shouldn't either. Call them out, tell them to knock it off, tell them it is WRONG. Tell them it's not "politics", it's their HATE that's the problem.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Darwin Woodka last edited by
@darwinwoodka Absolutely. This is one of the key lessons we should have learned from the Nazi period.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Asbestos last edited by
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@wdlindsy Well said, and spot on.
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Escarpmentreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy I try to often point out as well: the stigmatization will *seem* justified. For example, today, the stigmatization of Jewish people for Israel's actions in Gaza seems like a righteous stand to take. Every generation has their fabricated reason why antisemitism is righteous and justified.
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Andrewreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy they tapped into a seam of distrust and fear and spun it up into hate. Curiously they didnβt initially follow through, the Nuremberg Laws were not passed until 1935. People started writing in asking when they were going to do something about the Jews as they said. The rest is history.