"Where one burns books, one will soon burn people." - Heinrich Heine

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/missouri-republican-candidate-torches-lgbtq-inclusive-books-viral-vide-rcna137715

PS: if you're still wondering "how did Nazi Germany even happen" let me assure you, it went a lot like this.

#Fascism #USPolitics #Homophobia #BookBurnings #GOP

Missouri Republican candidate torches LGBTQ-inclusive books in viral video

Valentina Gomez, a Republican candidate for Missouri secretary of state, used a flamethrower to burn two LGBTQ-inclusive library books in a viral video.

NBC News
@AnarchoNinaAnalyzes Jeez, I can't believe these unhinged people are allowed to become politicians!

@LT14GJC It doesn't take unhinged people; it just takes an authority figure telling them that fascism and eliminationism is not only okay, but a virtue. And then they'll march folks right into the ovens while laughing about it.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/elderly-nazis-laugh-as-they-recall-massacring-jews

Elderly Nazis Laugh as They Recall Massacring Jews

In “Final Account,” late filmmaker Luke Holland confronts the last living generation of Germans in Hitler’s Third Reich. What he discovers is both shocking and terrifying.

The Daily Beast
@AnarchoNinaAnalyzes I can't understand how people can be so hateful. Seems like, as a world, we're going backwards!
@LT14GJC social progress is not, and never was, a given.
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they had a sort of sacrificial hero complex, which enabled the most monstrous deeds

not everyone had it in them to murder defenseless people - it was a mark of honor, a proof of belonging to the in-group to become a monster

"There were enough willing perpetrators so that coercive force could be reserved for those deemed enemies." -Dr. Doris Bergen

@AnarchoNinaAnalyzes @LT14GJC Oh my god that is terrifying. I was well aware that they justified their actions at the time but it’s sickening they still feel that way deep down.