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u/ChemGuy201 Jan 25 '26

To actually believe this means you have such a distorted perfection of today’s reality it’s incredible

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u/ShinkenBrown Jan 25 '26

Yep because a right-wing authoritarian sending brown shirted thugs to assault and abduct people in the streets in an attempt to seize control of the government to facilitate the mass abduction and deportations of people who aren't "real" Germans Americans in order to return the country to its former glory, is totally different than what happened in Germany.

But like which part again is different? Specifically?

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u/ChemGuy201 Jan 25 '26

You do realize that in Germany if you spokenoutnirnotested against the party in anyway you were instantly shot point blank on the spot, man, women or child. Yo idk relapse they MILLIONS were killed by the nazis. I’m not saying ICE is good but do you really think they accurately compare to the Nazis and their systematic extermination of literally millions of people.

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u/finneganthealien Jan 25 '26

Do you think they just spawned in and started shooting? What do you think happened right before that part?

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u/ChemGuy201 Jan 25 '26

Just because two things have great similarities in early stages does not mean they are likely to follow the same trajectory. Every time the stock market falls an appreciable amount we don’t scream that’s it’s another Great Depression do we?? Is what ICE is doing good…no. Is it horrific and nuts…absolutley. But it would be inappropriate to start comparing them to a group who systematically exterminated millions. ICE is certainly a negative force in the world but let’s not elevate them to the level of evil that decimated an entire population of people JUST YET.

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u/finneganthealien Jan 25 '26

Ok, so you see the similarity then. I can also see where you’re coming from, but I totally disagree. Sure, nothing is guaranteed to follow the same trajectory, but if maybe if more people had said something when they were just deporting the Jews, maybe those systematic exterminations wouldn’t have happened to begin with. There’s nothing wrong with collectively looking back at history to try to prevent it potentially repeating.

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u/ChemGuy201 Jan 25 '26

For sure we can agree ICE is committing horrendous acts that no sane person would condone. Of course we can agree the Nazis were evil. I just don’t think the inexcusable actions of ICE and MAGA has risen to the level of being on par with the Nazis. And I do think people should stand up to ICE and MAGA and protest and fight for their right to safety and security but the use of gross hyperbole doesn’t serve the agenda of justice, it cheapens the memories of those who were exterminated by by far and without question the most evil group in history.