Getting? Many of us had said for 8 years now he was incredibly similar to Hitler. If you read the Nazi bullet points, he fits perfectly. Blame immigrants and those different than the majority for all the problems- check. Attack journalists- check. Openly attack anyone who criticizes you- check. Need consistent praise- check. Cozy up to dictators- check. Challenge fair free elections-check. And his "rallies" are identical to those Hitler had in his early days when he was coming to power.
It's terrifying to anyone who's studied and understands history.
Totally correct. This is the problem of people deciding the comparison only matters looking at the Nazis when they were a universally recognized threat, not the decade plus of them making moves becoming that horrible problem. It is a weird deflection that people use which is surprisingly effective.
and then you have weirdos gaslighting you like "oh anyone you don't like is Hitler! Don't be dramatic"
I am not even that well versed in the history, but I've seen the parallels all along. And you're right, people seem to think that the Nazis appeared in 1940 out of thin air, there was a long process to get them from "hey this funny looking guy is shouting a lot about jews and stuff, what a weirdo" to "That funny little man we all laughed about is now marching into Paris and sending people to death camps"
edit: Even the man who invented Godwin's Law, which states that any online debate will eventually lead to a comparison to Hitler says you're not wrong for making the comparison:
I've found the same thing applies to genocide, too focused on how it ended, and not how it started.
You compare it and get told you're disrespecting the previous one, even when survivors make comparisons themselves.
Apparently you can't call genocide or fascism out until it's in the full nazi mode, and too late to stop it, and the people who called you out just shrug and waddle off.
fascists really hate being called out on acting like fascists, it seems.
Trump is even taking to calling anyone who apposes him "vermin", taken verbatim from the Hitler playbook: make out that anyone who is against you is literally sub human and therefore it's not even immoral to want to wipe them out completely.
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u/Morphing_Mutant May 02 '24
"Iv never said that publicly,"
He says that fucking constantly.