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Ha! I've heard that.

On a more serious note, after the fall of apartheid in South Africa, a lot of white nationalists hold up Israel as an example of a country run by one ethnic group to the exclusion of another.

True... and they can't even see the Democrats are pushing Communism as "Socialism" and more Government control.

Adolf Hitler literally had Jews sent to camps where they were starved and shot. Their bodies were placed into oversized actual ovens, where the dead bodies would later be used as fuel to burn more bodies. If you think Trump will do that, you're a misguided moron!

And to be fair, Communism is arguably worse than Nazism. Am I justifying Nazism? Hell no! They're both evil far-left movements.

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you know I don't think that...

That's why Godwin's law is a thing. The vast, overwhelming majority of the time when people compare political figures they don't like to Hitler, they have absolutely no idea what they're talking about. They don't like him, so he's Hitler. That's why I don't do it anymore, even when somebody is actually acting like Hitler. It's pointless, and it's not like he was a one of a kind, either.

Nationalism, scapegoating and bigotry are the closest comparisons to Hitler. I don't know anyone that thinks Trump is gonna round up Jews and kill them. However registries were used by Hitler to track Jews much like is being suggested by Trump with Muslims. There are a bunch of similarities. If you don't see them and at least acknowledge them you're lying to yourself.

So do you also compare FDR (rounding up the Japanese Americans in concentration camps) to Hitler?

If I was alive then I am not sure how I would have reacted. again, all out war makes weird things happen...like nationalism.

Do you think that we are at war with radical islamists?

I think it's tough to win a war against something that has no borders. Like the war on drugs.

Not really. Total war (like WW2 for instance) is a totally different type of "war" than those against an enemy that has no borders or government leaders, citizens, industries, etc

A "war" on drugs is such a war. As is a war on ISIS or a "war on terror" in general.

Are we "at war?" in a manner of speaking.....I just don't think such "wars" are easily won...or even fought. So to call them "wars" is disingenuous at least. We are spending A LOT of money to drop A LOT of bombs.

At the end of a war, the fighting sides come together to draft treaties, agreements, recognitions, draw new lines, etc

I don't see that happening with ISIS/radical islamic terrorists.

Nationalism? Seriously? You say that if it's a bad thing. Trump isn't a power grabbing gun grabbing socialist. you don't understand the severity of the Holocaust, as you just compared it to a recanted statement. The similarities end when it comes to policy.

Bybthe way...Nationalism is not patriotism. I'm all for patriotism. Nationalism gets a little sticky though. It's not necessarily great. It can help bind/bond during times of great danger like all out war. But it can push too far and not so great outcomes can happen.

I don't see how not wanting jobs outsourced will push it too far.

Neither of us is up voting each other

I'm not downvoting either. A civil discourse is always appreciated but I tend to only upvote statements I agree with. ;)

Someone is downvoting my comments b/c I have a nice long wait between being able to comment.

I am not downvoting.

I upvoted that. :)

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/expert-on-nazism-explains-the-shocking-similarities-between-trump-and-hitlers-propaganda-tactics/

The author explains how both use similar tactics and emotions. Also that they aren't "the same" as I said. Trump isn't Hitler. But there are similarities.

As I said, they had similar strategies to get elected. That means nothing.

Obviously that's as far as we can go at this point. Moving forward the similarities will be seen (or not.)

No, there are also fiscal policies to compare. Which are very different.

BOOM! Proved you wrong and was funny at the same time :)
Oh wait, I'm not funny :(

I don't understand which side you're on.

I'm a libertarian, which means I'm a political fence-sitter when the Donkey and the Elephant squabble.
However, I agree with the meme; leftists use the False Equivalence logical fallacy (ie, "They're bother Time Magazines person of the year so they must have the same political views) to try and convince gullible liberals that Trump will finish what hitler started.

You'd have to be brainwashed by a cult to believe this ludicrous conspiracy theory.

"If you compare" that means you successfully compared, so you should know what you're talking about, otherwise you wouldn't have "compared", but you would have "tried to compare".

Nitpicking my meme and pointing out errors that are subjective do not further your argument.

I don't know what you mean by nitpicking, this is on like the first or second page right? And, I don't have an argument, only a lesson.

The point is that you cannot successfully compare Trump to Hitler, and if you think you can, you don't know what you're talking about.

Trump stood in front of a podium, so did Hitler.

And that is as far as the argument goes.

I was using "compare" meaning: "be of an equal or similar nature or quality."

I know, I was just messing with you :) sorry.

Ah, okay.

I just have days when I need to mess with people on the internet, or else I will hurt someone's feelings in real life.

Ok.

Also, Bush did 9/11.

Not unlikely.