• naught101@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Why pick two of his better quotes to make your point? It just make your argument look weak.

    What about the constant resist dog whistling? The “eating the dogs” stuff? The wearing proud boys colours?

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      1 month ago

      ? The whole point was to show that in some very important areas, Trump is the polar opposite of Hitler.

      Admittedly, I haven’t read everything on Hitler, but I am not sure he weighed in on the ‘eating the dogs’ stuff, nor the Proud Boys. Please re-read my comment and let me know if I am understanding you properly.

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        1 month ago

        Sorry, but cherry-picking some good quotes from trump doesn’t prove anything. I’m sure if you searched hard enough you could find equally “good” quotes from Hitler. You are using the same flawed logic (extrapolating from small amounts of data) that you’re accusing everyone else of.

        Optimism does not seem like a good defence against creeping fascism. What if you’re wrong?

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          Trump has his own unique flavor of terribleness, but I want to smash the illusion that his goals and aims are exactly the same as Hitler. If you really despise his vision so much, wouldn’t you want to understand it and critique it as effectively as possible? I’m sick of seeing TRUMP IS HITLER because no matter how many times people say it, it’s not an accurate claim. Call my quotes ‘cherry picked’ but they are REAL.