Subject: Re: Unique Challenges in a Gun-Crazed America
bighairymike: Now with that out of the way, does your side bear any responsibility for month after month calling him "Hitler"...

Interestingly, Mike Godwin, the man who became an authority on Adolf Hitler comparisons and whose name is attached to “Godwin’s Law” says "nope," and writes: "Those of us who hope to preserve our democratic institutions need to underscore the resemblance before we enter the twilight of American democracy."

And that’s why Godwin’s Law isn’t violated — or confirmed — by the Biden reelection campaign’s criticism of Trump’s increasingly unsubtle messaging. We had the luxury of deriving humor from Hitler and Nazi comparisons when doing so was almost always hyperbole. It’s not a luxury we can afford anymore.

Trump has the backing of political actors who are laboring to give the would-be 47th president the kind of command-and-control government he wants. Their proposals for maximizing and consolidating the powers of the federal government under a single individual at the top — provided that the individual is appropriately “conservative” — don’t sound like an American democracy. Sorry, sticklers, they don’t even sound like an American republic, either. What they sound and look like is a framework to enable fascism. And we have to thank Trump for being admirably forthcoming that he plans to be a dictator...

And good grief, Trump has spend everyday since the debate ginning up fear and hatred in Springfield specifically and across America generally with his lies about "illegal" migrants [they're here legally]: "They're eating the dogs! They're eating the cats! They're eating, they're eating the pets!!" And that Haitians "destroyed" the place.

And that's after calling us, his political opponents, vermin.

You know, like Hitler.

If you don't want people comparing Trump to Hitler, then get him to stop quoting and sounding like Hitler.

But thanks for asking.

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