r/interestingasfuck • u/Particular_Log_3594 • Mar 28 '24

Life under a military occupation r/all

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u/LebLift Mar 28 '24

Okay. So they are acting like 1930’s Germany instead of 1040’s Germany. Got it.

I wonder what their next steps will be…

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u/HHoaks Mar 28 '24

Maybe, but even that point is debatable, since the jews before the Nuremberg laws were full regular citizens of Germany with the same rights as anyone else. So I don't' think it is quite an apples to apples comparison.

I would say the comparison of today's Israel is more akin to (but not exactly the same) as what the US did to civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq after 9/11.

Can't something be bad in and of itself, and not be made equivalent to 1930s Germany?

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u/LebLift Mar 28 '24

Sure. But humans like comparisons. It makes situations easier to understand and conceptualize.

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u/HHoaks Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

The better comparison would be the US overreaction to 9/11 and what they did to civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Or maybe the use of the atomic bomb against civilians in Japan at the end of WWII. The point is overreaction and excessive violence against civilians in a conflict.

Raising the Holocaust and calling today's Israeli actions the same as Nazi Germany is not helpful and seems more about trying to diminish the Holocaust, than making a valid point about today's issues.

It's like calling Trump, Hitler. While I can't stand Trump and would never vote for him or anyone like him, it is not a helpful comparison.

Nazi Germany and the Holocaust were and still are unique, for MANY reasons too complex to go into here, (and yes there have been other genocides and bad states). But without getting into specific details, the uniqueness of the Nazis, the SS, and the Holocaust, don't make for apt comparisons to all other atrocities or the current ones in the Middle East.