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Originally Posted by William A. Baurle
Back to Hitler. Bear in mind, Mein Kampf was published in 1925, long before his rise to power. In that book - which I haven't read because I refuse to read it - Hitler wrote, according to historian Ian Kershaw:
When I say "premature", I mean just that. I don't mean, "incorrect", or anything else. Note the word, "exterminated". Trump has not used this kind of language.
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Bill,
I'm using your post as a jumping off point. I'm not reading every word in this thread. Therefore...
Of course, we are reading Mein Kampf in the English translation. I would be curious to see if the word "exterminated" is not ex post facto the Holocaust. I think Trump's language about torture is exactly the kind of language used by Hitler because it resonates with an entire nation to brutalize "the other" for the sake of national security. Whipping up a populace to accept such brutality is the process toward "extermination." The most horrifying thing about torture is that somewhere in America your neighbor is going to work ripping the eyes out of another human being. The banality of evil is the most dangerous. Donald Trump couldn't be more banal. Read
this article from last August.
Greg
Just adding in to say that I was looking for a credible source that reported on Trump at some point in the campaign talking about bombing some country into oblivion. Am I wrong about that?