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AltaGuy · 07-30-2014, 05:44 PM

I find it offensive when Nazism and the Holocaust are brought up in the Palestinian/Israeli conflict no matter the source or intentions.

When used by Palestinian supporters, it is a cheap, tacky, and hurtful reminder to those of Jewish ancestry of a spectacularly vile series of acts perpetrated on their kin. Attempting to limit the scope of the comparison to this or that facet of Nazism is simply dissembling.

Likewise, I find it offensive when pro-Israelis assign broad-brush comparisons between Muslims or Arabs and Nazis. Heinous acts and viewpoints in the Muslim and Arab world (of which unfortunately there are many) should be called out for what they are without diminishing the actual horrors of Nazism and the Holocaust.

The Holocaust was the single most horrific moment in the history of mankind. Not because of the number of people who died, and not because it was a genocide (there have obviously been other genocides and other mass murders in history); no, the Holocaust is uniquely horrific because a modern Western state used its state apparatus to enumerate, dehumanize, and exterminate great swaths of regular people.

I reject any argument or comparison in the rhetoric of either side to Nazism or the Holocaust.

07-30-2014, 05:44 PM	#1318
AltaGuy AltaGuy has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him. He has an unparalleled ability to communicate with people, whether he is speaking to a room of three or an arena of 30,000. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: At le pub... Exp:	I find it offensive when Nazism and the Holocaust are brought up in the Palestinian/Israeli conflict no matter the source or intentions. When used by Palestinian supporters, it is a cheap, tacky, and hurtful reminder to those of Jewish ancestry of a spectacularly vile series of acts perpetrated on their kin. Attempting to limit the scope of the comparison to this or that facet of Nazism is simply dissembling. Likewise, I find it offensive when pro-Israelis assign broad-brush comparisons between Muslims or Arabs and Nazis. Heinous acts and viewpoints in the Muslim and Arab world (of which unfortunately there are many) should be called out for what they are without diminishing the actual horrors of Nazism and the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the single most horrific moment in the history of mankind. Not because of the number of people who died, and not because it was a genocide (there have obviously been other genocides and other mass murders in history); no, the Holocaust is uniquely horrific because a modern Western state used its state apparatus to enumerate, dehumanize, and exterminate great swaths of regular people. I reject any argument or comparison in the rhetoric of either side to Nazism or the Holocaust.