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Doodley

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

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 08:47 PM

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following the same playbook as Hitler in the 1930s in using nationalism, scapegoating minorities, the cult of personality, undermining norms and laws, and media, grabbing power, trying to silence critics, using violence against perceived enemies? Yes, and we don't know how far that will go. I married a Jew and honestly, to not recognize the similarities means we have not learned from the past.

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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 Thursday OP

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

Been posting this here for a while Johnny2X2X Thursday #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 Thursday #19

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

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

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

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

Some didn't know LostOne4Ever Thursday #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 Friday #30

so much cheaper to bury them. mopinko Thursday #4

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Why does there have to be a contest? choie Friday #31

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

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

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

As far as the ADL is concerned, everything trivializes the Holocaust. iemanja Thursday #21

I don't understand how choie Friday #32

Yeah you'd think... purr-rat beauty Friday #33

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

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

Frank Zappa predicted it back in 1966: Initech Thursday #23

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

True we have no idea what they Tree Lady Thursday #15

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

I keep saying on Here... Takket Thursday #24

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

What do you think the empty warehouses are for pnwest Friday #27

Warehousing. That's what. Iggo Friday #37

Unfortunately, all TOO familiar. pnwest Friday #38

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

History can repeat itself LetMyPeopleVote Friday #35

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