Stop comparing Trump to Hitler

[hershel_layton]

JWeinCom said:

hershel_layton said:

Well of course. People here think I'm defending trump or something.

I'm not. It's the opposite. All I'm doing is pointing out that he currently is not as horrendous as Hitler. Can he? Quite easily. We've never had a president who was also one of the richest people on Earth. Any businessman would consider presidency as a dream. If Trump reaches it, he probably succeeded in his business quest to become one of the most powerful men to currently exist.

 

I just hope we don't need to see that day though. While he may not be as bad as Hitler, he's still a horrible man himself. Never said I support banning Muslims or Mexicans. All I said was that banning them would not be as terrible as killing millions of civilians and invading countries.

The thing is though, a lot of his policies are in line with some of the things Hitler had done.

Often people compare others to Hitler as a sort of generic insult... but that's not the case here.  Scapegoating a certain groups, extreme xenophobia, labelling people by religion... those are things Hitler did.  

So, why shouldn't we compare?  

Can't argue against the beginning. However, I'll repeat myself like a broken record- his current actions aren't as bad as Hitler's. Yes, he can easily take the crown for "douche to start a World War". I'm not arguing against that. A businessman as president is unpredictable- hopefully we won't see that day come