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TheProle

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11. I agree that the OP is hyperbolic from where we sit now

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 05:50 PM

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but the "Never Again" bullshit never was...

Bangladesh Genocide up to 3 million
Cambodian Genocide up to 3 million
Blockade of Biafra 1million +

Stat tallying up those from African Civil Wars, and you easily get into the millions there as well.

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Many people assume the holocaust could never happen again. How do we know it hasn't started already? [View all] Doodley Yesterday OP

Doodley, I'm glad I'm not the only one wondering this. Scrivener7 Yesterday #1

Been posting this here for a while Johnny2X2X Yesterday #2

And some people think we can't compare to 1930s Germany. The hate among the far right is a tinderbox ready to ignite. Doodley 23 hrs ago #19

Thought the same! In Nazi Germany citizens thought Jews were just being deported. kerry-is-my-prez Yesterday #3

Historians doubt that Germans didn't know EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #13

Nobody in the Trump regime needs to know or care about what happens when, what they see as vermin, is removed. Doodley 23 hrs ago #20

I see a lot of 'vermin' in the White House just now, Jack Valentino 21 hrs ago #25

Some didn't know LostOne4Ever 21 hrs ago #26

By the time that many of them did know, there wasn't much they could do about it. They would have been just shot or raccoon 15 hrs ago #30

so much cheaper to bury them. mopinko Yesterday #4

Cambodia, Rwanda, Sudan, the Kurds, etc., etc Kaleva Yesterday #5

What have they done with the homeless. Blue Full Moon Yesterday #6

'how do we get rid of poor people as a whole'" rampartd 18 hrs ago #28

The Nazi's started with 200 murders in 1934 of political opponents WarGamer Yesterday #7

i think we are in the tens of thousands by including Tetrachloride Yesterday #8

I agree that the OP is hyperbolic from where we sit now TheProle Yesterday #11

You're right, of course... WarGamer Yesterday #12

Why does there have to be a contest? choie 14 hrs ago #31

With all due respect, I'm asking a question. That isn't hyperbole. Doodley 23 hrs ago #16

With all due respect, I'm asking a question. That isn't hyperbole. Doodley 23 hrs ago #17

Who is comparing Trump to the holocaust? I've not seen that. Is he a fascist? Yes. An authoritarian? Yes. Is he Doodley Yesterday #14

As far as the ADL is concerned, everything trivializes the Holocaust. iemanja 23 hrs ago #21

I don't understand how choie 14 hrs ago #32

Yeah you'd think... purr-rat beauty 13 hrs ago #33

Just remember - the Holocaust didn't start with the gas chambers. Initech Yesterday #9

Thank you. Yes, we should not keep saying it will never happen, even as it comes closer and closer to that possibility. Doodley 23 hrs ago #18

Frank Zappa predicted it back in 1966: Initech 22 hrs ago #23

Umm, how could we not know it hasn't started already? ananda Yesterday #10

True we have no idea what they Tree Lady 23 hrs ago #15

I watched a short doc on YouTube over the weekend about Vichy France rounding up Jews for deportation to Germany. Iggo 23 hrs ago #22

I keep saying on Here... Takket 21 hrs ago #24

The fact that the camps need to be liberated is a huge clue as to what's going on. Iggo 5 hrs ago #34

What do you think the empty warehouses are for pnwest 19 hrs ago #27

Warehousing. That's what. Iggo 4 hrs ago #37

Unfortunately, all TOO familiar. pnwest 4 hrs ago #38

It's been happening all over the world ever since the end of WWII Kaleva 18 hrs ago #29

History can repeat itself LetMyPeopleVote 4 hrs ago #35

I'm not sure it ever stopped, seems like it just went on a world tour 0rganism 4 hrs ago #36