Thoughts on Nazi comparisons
I'm hoping to start an open dialogue about the rising use of the word Nazi and comparisons of so many things to the Holocaust these days. I see so many posts daily comparing people to Hitler, or calling such and such person "a literal Nazi" and I'm finding that many of these posts and comments are made by non-Jews. I could be wrong about this, but thats why I wanted to pose the question here to gather thoughts about it.
On the one hand, I understand and of course it's important to remember and honor our history stop these things in their tracks before they escalate. And also, sometimes I feel these comments are harmful in that they ironically minimize our history and trivialize the horrors that actually happened in the holocaust. The comparisons almost cheapen what actually occurred and can give laymen or naive younger generations the wrong idea about what a "literally Nazi" actually was.
Thoughts?
I'm hoping to start an open dialogue about the rising use of the word Nazi and comparisons of so many things to the Holocaust these days. I see so many posts daily comparing people to Hitler, or calling such and such person "a literal Nazi" and I'm finding that many of these posts and comments are made by non-Jews. I could be wrong about this, but thats why I wanted to pose the question here to gather thoughts about it.
On the one hand, I understand and of course it's important to remember and honor our history stop these things in their tracks before they escalate. And also, sometimes I feel these comments are harmful in that they ironically minimize our history and trivialize the horrors that actually happened in the holocaust. The comparisons almost cheapen what actually occurred and can give laymen or naive younger generations the wrong idea about what a "literally Nazi" actually was.
Thoughts?