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King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss is shot dead in Texas during an argument
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and yet I have people telling me I'm overreacting when I say we're sleepwalking into the next holocaust in this country, only instead of Jews it will be hispanics, trans people, gay people, and autistic people made out to be subhumans to be purged.
The Nazis didn't start with gas chambers, first they had to rile the population up to hate Jews all on their own -- or to regard the disabled as "parasites". Meanwhile in the present, we have politicians calling gay and trans people "groomers" and brainworms jackass calling autistic people, essentially, hopeless.
get ready, this sort of thing is only going to get more common. And if it doesn't happen quickly enough, it's entirely likely the ~~brownshirts~~ MAGAts will "help it along".
Pretty sure it started with trans and gay folks last time too.
eh, sorta. the books the Nazis burned in that famous photograph were the library of Magnus Hirschfeld, a Jewish sexologist who studied and supported trans people, and who even hired some as his assistants. did the Nazis burn his books because he supported trans people, or because he was a Jew? both, I think. the Nazis practiced intersectional hatred. they accused Hirschfeld of promoting degeneracy to undermine Aryan society, an anti-Semitic trope that continues today.
gay and trans people were sent to concentration camps, but not usually to the death camps.
likewise, the predecessor to the NSDAP specifically singled out Jews in its founding document, but (afaik) not homosexuals.
this is my recollection anyway, as a trans woman who's a potential convert.
There's also Ernst Rohm and (full disclosure I can't remember names or where I read this but I'm positive I did) several other members of the Nazi party having "proclivities" that were turned a blind eye as long as they continued to be good little Nazis (and, eventually, Rohm wasn't useful any longer -- but his murder had little to do with him being gay). Indeed, much like Hitler and Rohm, I'm sure Trump himself doesnt hold much ill will towards gay people overall on account of Roy Cohn (granted he holds ill will towards everyone poor but that's a different conversation). It's all the other people in his orbit that scare the fuck out of me as a gay guy.
Trump certainly has no problem with people who cross-dress. If you haven't already, search teh intarwebs for "Trump Giuliani drag". It's a real thing.
Nazis suck.
There is a powerful key difference nowadays, two if you broke it down into its component parts:
Information is much, MUCH easier to come by and because of that while hate and intolerance continues to be widespread you also see a larger number of at least partially informed people on average.
Hitler got most of Germany to at least openly state they were on his side in some form. The U.S. is a rather large country and hugely diverse and growing more sharply outspoken by people who were once quiet, on both sides.
I also know that Trump doesn't have the charisma of Hitler and we are not a Nation still reeling from the economic effects of a World War.
However, that is not to say this won't get worse. It just won't be a blanket with pockets of resistance. More likely entire States will stand, as many already are. I just hope we the people decide to unite and do what we must before it gets worse.
For your first point, I'd say while there is more information there's also much more disinformation. I'm not sure which is winning, but I think it might not be the one we want.
We're reeling a little from the effects of the tariffs. I suspect they are doing it on purpose. Make everyone desperate so they can't afford to take of each other, hoping they'll split
You need to learn to learn to utilize and love your 2nd amendment rights if you are a potential target.
Especially in a place where there are stand your ground laws or castle doctrines
There's plenty of MAGA that would love the chance to murder people.
This is horrific but now extraordinary. People, not just in Texas live in a constant state of anger and fear and snap at the slightest excuse.
Normal people killed by these assholes are not going to survive and take back their rights by being the bigger person, or having a discourse, or the truth. We are pass that. Get guns. Lots of them and learn to use them.
If this hating neighbor knew the couple had a Mosberg Shockwave behind the door he would have acted right. These fucking bullies are beyond reasoning. Stand up to them.
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