This just tells everyone that you have little to no understanding of the concept of incrementalism. Do you think that when Hitler came to power the Nazis were all like, "OK, Hitler's here! Let's round up all the Jews and kill em!" No, it started much smaller than that. Ostracization, dehumanization, imprisonment, eugenics (and if the story is true, those things are all happening RIGHT NOW). It was YEARS into Nazi rule before Jews were exterminated en masse, because it was a slow build-up. If we are to preclude apt comparisons of the atrocities of today to those of yesteryear, for whatever reason, then we are INHERENTLY leaving the door open - even if just a crack - for such atrocities to happen again. I get it - it can sound alarmist, like crying wolf. But if we are indeed faced with the wolf and do not cry out, then it is on US. I do not yet know if the story is accurate. Like I said, I hope it's not. But if it is, it is our duty as human beings to cry out about it, denounce it, and hold those responsible to account. We need not - nay, cannot - wait until exterminations have commenced. If we cannot agree on that basic tenet, then we truly are lost.
