I'm honestly beginning to think I'm hitting a mental block in some people here.
A professor at a university in America, and Britain for that matter, can profess himself to be a communist and few people take notice. In some circles, he is actyally admired for it.
A professor announcing himself to be a Nazi would be tarred, feathered, and run out of town on a rail. At the very least, he would be fired with no further ado.
This is not an apology for Nazism, as you seem to insist on interpreting it by reversing my arguments. I am not arguing that we should tolerate Nazism. I am arguing that we should be less tolerant of the other side of the same coin. I am pointing out a massive discrepancy in the judgment of our culture toward two equally foul philosophies of running a nation, not demanding sympathy for those wearing swastikas.
The difficulty of making this point shows the problem.
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- Prince Harry cartoon
- I hear they're building new statues of Stalin in Russia. Where's the outrage? (n/t)
- yes, how dare others get outraged at public displays of Hitlerism - "the Stalinists are getting away with it, why can't we" - life's just not fair is it .. (n/t)
- Not really the point Lee was making.
- On the contrary: you are making exactly the same point as him - minus the Nazi sympathies, of course
- No, I'm saying that you're bitching up the wrong tree.
- SO, THE NAZI APOLOGIST LEE SAYS THAT "STALIN WAS FAR WORSE THAN HITLER"
- Are you not aware of my hatred for Stalin, which I have often mentioned here?
- I side with you (and the US Bill of Rights) on most of this
- I think the point I'm trying to make...
- Yes, you do try to make that point (n/t)
- And besides
- AND THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE (WHICH YOU IGNORE)
- I think the point in Britain is that neither Lenin nor Stalin bombed London.
- I think the point I'm trying to make...
- No, I'm saying that you're bitching up the wrong tree.
- On the contrary: you are making exactly the same point as him - minus the Nazi sympathies, of course
- Not really the point Lee was making.
- yes, how dare others get outraged at public displays of Hitlerism - "the Stalinists are getting away with it, why can't we" - life's just not fair is it .. (n/t)
- I hear they're building new statues of Stalin in Russia. Where's the outrage? (n/t)