Aborting Baby Hitler...

[Yonadav]

Not another topic about Hitler! There have been many genocides but I guess Hitler's is the most popularized.

I mean take 19th century where some 10 to 20 million innocent people were killed by Christian overlords in Congo Free State. British consul Roger Casement was sent to Africa to investigate its progress in 1904. and discovered enslavement of natives, cold-blooded killings, mutilations, hangings, and atrocious collateral death by poor conditions and lack of health care, leading to the arrest of European officials who had perpetrated the despicable acts.

The atrocities were rationalized by “Manifest Destiny“ dogmas and politics —Divine Providence which justifies annexation of lands held by "inferior" races or "heathens," and the Christian Bible approval of slavery.

Or the Armenian genocide. Hitler was partly inspired by the Armenian genocide, saying that 'no one remembers the Armenian genocide".  Memory is short and people tend to forget about genocides soon after they happen.

Regardless, this is a discussion about Hitler. It is not a discussion about genocide specifically, and it is not a discussion about the Armenian genocide, and it is not a discussion about the British genocide in the Congo. It is a discussion about Hitler, and you don't have to participate in it.

I'm certain that no one will object to you starting a thread about other genocides.

Hitler probably stands out for several reasons. His campaign of genocide was far more methodical, thought out, and organized than most genocides which tend to be the product of escalation, emotion, and poor oversight. His nearly successful genocide unquestionably made the allies the good guys in the deadliest war the world has ever known. And it made us take a hard look at ourselves, since Hitler's genocide took place in a civilized western nation, and was based in ideologies that were popular with us-- such as manifest destiny. Hell, we would probably still think that manifest destiny is a good thing if it hadn't been for Hitler. And we probably wouldn't have such a negative reaction to white supremacy if it hadn't been for Hitler. White supremacists would probably just be a political bloc in our culture, rather than being derided as a bunch of fucking Nazis. Hitler reminds us of where that white nationalism shit leads to.