# Republicans are basically Nazis, exhibit 14H **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 22, 2019, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-are-basically-nazis-exhibit-14h/834341 "2019-05-22T08:09:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-are-basically-nazis-exhibit-14h/834341/61 "2019-05-25T21:45:54Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > Wouldn’t it make more sense, if you had the power to actually send people to the sun, to send the ones causing people to flee their homes and forcing them travel 1000’s of miles over dangerous country (full of people who probably should be on the sun ship as well)? **Or is it only your fellow countrymen you hate, specifically white people?** Nah. Only the ones who voted for Lid’l’ Donny for Prez and who still think he’s doing a GREAT job. I honestly don’t see what good there is in having them stick around. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-are-basically-nazis-exhibit-14h/834341/62 "2019-05-26T03:29:29Z")
> [@racepug](#): > > Nah. Only the ones who voted for Lid’l’ Donny for Prez and who still think he’s doing a GREAT job. I honestly don’t see what good there is in having them stick around. Kind of like Jews , huh? Sent from my SM-N910U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-are-basically-nazis-exhibit-14h/834341/63 "2019-05-26T17:09:04Z")
Speaking of Jews, and Nazi Germany… “A German government official has advised Jewish people to avoid wearing yarmulkes in parts of the country amid rising incidents of anti-Semitism.” > **[German official warns Jews against wearing yarmulkes amid rising anti-Semitism](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/german-official-advises-jews-avoid-wearing-traditional-yarmulkes-amid-rising-n1010381)** > > The number of anti-Semitic and anti-foreigner incidents rose in Germany last year, according to recent statistics. An idea like the above must certainly be accompanied by Mr. Louis Armstrong: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWzrABouyeE) ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-are-basically-nazis-exhibit-14h/834341/64 "2019-05-26T17:42:40Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > Kind of like Jews , huh? > > Sent from my SM-N910U using Tapatalk Not the same thing at all. Jews were persecuted, why? I’d rid this country of the vermin who are MAGA hat-wearers and Trump {jock} supporters precisely because they’re making things worse for all of us (even if they don’t understand that in the least). That’s a concrete “thing” that I could go after them for. What “concrete” thing were Jews persecuted for? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-are-basically-nazis-exhibit-14h/834341/65 "2019-05-26T18:37:46Z")
> [@racepug](#): > > Nah. Only the ones who voted for Lid’l’ Donny for Prez and who still think he’s doing a GREAT job. I honestly don’t see what good there is in having them stick around. Because if we got rid of them, then we’d all have to find someone else to hate. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-are-basically-nazis-exhibit-14h/834341/66 "2019-05-27T01:26:27Z")
> [@racepug](#): > > Not the same thing at all. Jews were persecuted, why? I’d rid this country of the vermin who are MAGA hat-wearers and Trump {jock} supporters precisely because they’re making things worse for all of us (even if they don’t understand that in the least). That’s a concrete “thing” that I could go after them for. What “concrete” thing were Jews persecuted for? Jews were considered vermin by people who thought they made things worse for everyone. You’re opinion is the same argument MAGA types make. The country would be better off without certain types of people. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-are-basically-nazis-exhibit-14h/834341/67 "2019-05-29T13:37:22Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > Jews were considered vermin by people who thought they made things worse for everyone. > You’re opinion is the same argument MAGA types make. The country would be better off without certain types of people. It’s a tiny bit different. The MAGAs need only change their behaviour by becoming slightly more empathetic and knowledgeable, while the Nazi view was that Jews were irredeemable. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-are-basically-nazis-exhibit-14h/834341/68 "2019-05-29T13:53:06Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > It’s a tiny bit different. The MAGAs need only change their behaviour by becoming slightly more empathetic and knowledgeable, while the Nazi view was that Jews were irredeemable. There is a non-insignificant number of MAGAs who think Jews and immigrants are irredeemable. Many more are knowingly complicit. Including some elected GOP officials. Do you think it is due to a lack of knowledge? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-are-basically-nazis-exhibit-14h/834341/69 "2019-05-29T14:03:39Z")
Well, I was talking about how sane people should treat MAGAs i.e. not the same way Nazis treated Jews. If there are MAGAs who are actually indistinguishable from Nazis, then giving them the ol’ sunny-side-up treatment is tempting, I admit, but only for the few real hardcore types. The majority are just jerks. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-are-basically-nazis-exhibit-14h/834341/70 "2019-05-29T14:50:34Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Well, I was talking about how sane people should treat MAGAs i.e. not the same way Nazis treated Jews. If there are MAGAs who are actually indistinguishable from Nazis, then giving them the ol’ sunny-side-up treatment is tempting, I admit, but only for the few real hardcore types. The majority are just jerks. I do not advocate for violent treatment of MAGAs. But I also don’t advocate for treating them with kid gloves for fear of offending their delicate sensibilities. It’s often argued that calling them “stupid” only serves to cement their positions. That may be true for some MAGAs, maybe even the majority of them. But I don’t believe for a second that they came by their convictions by some unfortunate accident. They have choices. Opportunities to make better decisions about right and wrong. Decisions that involve not being hateful bigots or actively & tacitly aligning themselves with those who advocate for bigotry, racism and ignorance. Every single day offers them an opportunity to speak out against that kind of thing. But do they? In light of all the hate, bigotry, lies and ignorance that emanates from this administration and the GOP, are the numbers of MAGAs declining in any meaningful sense? No. They are not. So what compelling reason is there to treat them as anything but stupid, if not outright evil? Some would say that casting them in that light serves to dehumanize them, which makes progressives no better than Nazis. Does it though? Does criticizing and insulting those who advocate and vote for hateful policies make one a Nazi? MAGA apologists would like you to think so. Don’t let them get away with it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-are-basically-nazis-exhibit-14h/834341/71 "2019-05-29T15:21:02Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > It’s a tiny bit different. The MAGAs need only change their behaviour by becoming slightly more empathetic and knowledgeable, while the Nazi view was that Jews were irredeemable. Isn’t the famous quote about the Deplorables that “they are irredeemable”? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-are-basically-nazis-exhibit-14h/834341/72 "2019-05-29T16:32:27Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > Jews were considered vermin by people who thought they made things worse for everyone. > You’re opinion is the same argument MAGA types make. The country would be better off without certain types of people. You just put a coat of lipstick on the “IF YOU DON’T TOLERATE MY INTOLERANCE THEN YOU’RE THE ONE WHO’S INTOLERANT, LOLOLOL” canard. Let people do their own thing, as long as it’s not hurting anyone. If it looks like someone’s hurting others, investigate. If they actually factually are, then they suck and should be stopped. If they actually factually are not, then the person who claimed they are sucks. And if you can’t see the actual factual difference between Jews living in Berlin in 1939, and Republicans voting to end abortions and supporting keeping immigrant children in desert camps in 2019, then you’re pretty ridiculous. It’s not enough to say, “YEAH BUT THEY THINK YOU’RE BAD TOO!” Look at the fucking facts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-are-basically-nazis-exhibit-14h/834341.md?page=3)