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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Well, let's, for a minute. Do you think there's a morally relevant difference between the views actions of someone like Hitler - which were more or less universally thought to be monstrous at the time he executed them - and the views of someone like MacDonald, who was more or less a product of his time? Should history have more sympathy for the latter sort of person (which I guess probably describes most major historical figures)?
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More sympathy than Hitler? Sure. Complete absolution? Probably not.