Tristan SnellNov 12, 2023

“This vermin must be destroyed. The Jews are our sworn enemies, and at the end of this year there will not be a Jew left in Germany.” — Hitler, 1939

“We will root out the Communists, Marxists … and Radical Left Thugs that live like vermin within … our country.” — Trump, today

Show threadFirefighterGeek Nov 12, 2023

@tristansnell Not all fascists have to be compared to Nazis. The Nazis were fascists, for sure -- but fascism is bad enough on its own.

Kids aren't learning just how fucking evil the actual Nazis were. They aren't learning about actual fucking traincar loads of people, with 13 million of them shipped to camps where they were systematically incinerated or shot to fall into mass graves they had dug themselves at gunpoint.

Let's save the Nazi comparisons for actual fucking nazis.

Show threadKeith AmmannNov 13, 2023
@FirefighterGeek @tristansnell You seem to think Nazi comparisons are only appropriate when people are acting like 1944 Nazis. But before there were 1944 Nazis, there were 1933 Nazis. And it's extremely apt to compare our right-wing authoritarians to 1933 Nazis. The parallels are becoming too numerous to count.
Show threadFirefighterGeek 

@KeithAmmann @tristansnell

What I think is that referring to every two bit piece of shit wanna-be fascist dictator to the actual nazis diminishes what the nazis actually were and did in the minds of young people who aren't getting the education about it in schools any more, and don't personally know people with their number tattoos on their forearms.

Nov 13, 2023 at 12:34amWeb
Show threadKeith AmmannNov 13, 2023
@FirefighterGeek @tristansnell And what I think is that my dad was born in Germany in 1940, and I know a Nazi when I see one, and I'm damn well going to point them out before they can do all the damage they're capable of doing.