@peterdaeublerI lived in Germany from 1985 to 1997. Many of my friends grand-/parents were eyewitnesses to the atrocities of WWII and I spoke with everyone who would talk about it with me. I heard something like this from many of them - but they were talking about ignoring the Nazis during the period before Hitler actually came to power. Just like some people on the Left are saying we should just ignore Trump/MAGA now in the hopes that they'll all just "go away."