Normally I would agree, because that's true in most cases.
But we're past that here. The Germans went with it, and I'm sure some thought at the start that going along would let them do some good. Look how that turned out.
No, it's not okay to just do business as usual here and try to nudge things a bit with policy suggestions. It's time for much more active responses.
Ah, Godwin's Law. I hope when you reflect back on these times in a year or so you realize how childish it was to compare stopping some Muslims from some unstable countries (not even the big Muslim countries) with literally exterminating Jewish people and blaming them for all of the country's problems.
If you did pay attention at school then you'd know that extermination was final step of pretty long process of de-humanizing Jewish people.
Its not like they put them into prison camps overnight. First they couldn't attend university, then they couldn't own a shop later they couldn't get a passport. Propaganda people had much work to do to allow it happen.
We do not know if it is first step of many but direction is clear.
But who is 'they' in this analogy? The immigrants on hold aren't even from the biggest Muslim countries.
Temporary immigration restrictions on 6 countries is hardly the same thing as du-humanizing Muslims.
>We do not know if it is first step of many but direction is clear.
No it's not. Many other countries have very strict immigration controls dependent on the migrant's origin country and they aren't exactly stuffing people into ovens.
A very big stretch. Restricting immigration from a narrowly defined list of unstable countries (a list that was created by Obama with regards to the visa-waiver program) is very different than imposing restrictions on Muslims. Muslims from every other country aren't affected and Muslim citizens in the US are also not affected.
This isn't a Muslim ban. This is a 90 day ban on people from specific countries with the goal of improving the vetting process. It's neither permanent or specific to Muslims. Obama did a 180 day ban on Iraqis for the exact same reasons.
The effectiveness of this policy can be debated, but comparing this to Hitler -- that's just nonsense.
First, let me get this Donald Trump issue out of the way: If you’re thoughtful about it and show some real awareness of history, go ahead and refer to Hitler or Nazis when you talk about Trump. Or any other politician.
The Holocaust wasn't a sudden event. It was preceded by a steady breakdown of protections and social norms -- see Night and Fog laws, Kristallnacht, etc. There's a lot of history before it came down to concentration camps, and it started with things like attacking the press and clamping down on visas.
But we're past that here. The Germans went with it, and I'm sure some thought at the start that going along would let them do some good. Look how that turned out.
No, it's not okay to just do business as usual here and try to nudge things a bit with policy suggestions. It's time for much more active responses.