(July 27, 2015 at 7:39 am)Rahul Wrote:(July 27, 2015 at 4:26 am)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Um Hitler got his ideas for eugenics from us. Castration of LGBT people, purposefully giving Syphilis and other STDs to PoC, sterilizing poor and disabled people? And there are still states where the disabled can be forcibly sterilized if the parents/guardians or even the state think it's best. And the U.S. concentration camps were basically the same just without gas chambers, not that it makes up for the lives that were ruined.
I knew about the eugenics fad in the US. But that was more widespread than just the US. I also know that General Sherman was the first to use the term "Final Solution" when talking about committing genocide against a people. Sherman spoke of it toward the Plains Indians. But I don't think we can compare that to the horrible efficiency that Hitler committed with the Holocaust. He took it to a whole new level.
All I'm saying is that the U.S. can't throw stones, and to say that torturing and traumatizing millions isn't as bad a killing them is a bit disingenuous. It's not as bad because we let millions live after fucking up their lives? How kind! A total humanitarian effort right there.
