It does not matter what the question, some moron will have an answer about hitler...something like - oh yeah, well hitler hated cats and the color blue also - you must be a nazi.
So, I propose a ban!
All in favor? All opposed?
2007-03-07 13:14:09 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
AHHH - you are all hitlerites
I did not really mean yahoo ban it, I was looking for more of a self-policing type thing.
Hitlerites.
2007-03-07 13:20:55 · update #1
Hitler proposed bans, too, you NAZI!
Sarcasm. I agree 100%.
♥ Clare.
2007-03-07 13:17:59 · answer #1 · answered by Couture Clare 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Technically you CAN'T propose such a ban because then you'd be getting entangled into a sticky First Amendment deal you just don't want to be a part of. :S
People just need to be smart about who they're comparing to Hitler and why. You can't call Bush a new Hitler (which seems to be the popular comparison of the day) because he's not slaughtering millions of innocents on no other grounds than not being his own kind, and he doesn't have the entire American public eating out of his hand.
You should only compare somone to Hitler if he is pure evil, but so unbelievably charismatic that no one ever contemplates any notion of him being evil.
2007-03-07 13:19:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know, we have a little amendment in our Constitution that says that I can say anything about anyone, my right as a citizen. The rationality is not important in this situation, because my opinion is just that... mine. If someone compares say President Bush to Hitler, that doesn't necessarily mean they are proclaiming him a Nazi. It DOES mean they are choosing to select what parts of the comparison they want to use and what not to use, but most don't make the distinction. This allows other people to construe that the other person thinks a certain thing.
Personally, I've always thought that comparing one person to another, for good or for bad, does an injustice for both. Why not directly comment on what you find so despicable or commendable about a person, rather than drop a name to evince a sensation? I don't care if the modern fight for democracy even has TWO similarities to the American Revolution. What's right about it? What's wrong? I KNOW what people dislike about Adolf Hitler, but what do you DISLIKE about the person you are comparing him to that makes you want to consider that person a bigot, anti-semite, and bad painter? You have to take the whole comparison for it to be a valid one, and most don't. Is it illegal? No, just uneducated and ignorant.
I agree that people comparing people to Hitler is just plain idiotic, unless used in a situation where the allusion is valid. But to prevent the uneducated from expressing their opinion is, well, just plain fascist (Heh... hypocracy).
2007-03-07 13:27:13 · answer #3 · answered by Peter N 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I agree! There is no place in the world that such a being should exist, however he was true evil and if you look at some of the answers given here right now, we know that this type of evil still exists today. Yes, we should ban any Nazis in the world but they will eventually meet their maker and live in hell with good old Hitler!
2007-03-07 13:25:59 · answer #4 · answered by Tracy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
See hilter as a bad business man and through human expolitation and corruption of power was able to convince the german people that hilters germany was the right germany but this was a individual thought about how a nation should think ,act ,speak and conduct itself and in the end destroyed the worlds work through art,buildings,human thought and the unborn leader of humanity and science.A false thought is easly implanted into the human brain through TV radio and word of mouth and the private sector as well needs to be muzzled to protect the people as children , men and women are expolited for money now through the internet as well and filters stoping this will stop the exploitation of people and sexual depravity destroyed.The right people in government dont care for corrupt money .?
2007-03-07 13:43:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What, the question or the comparison? Some people can be reasonably compared to Hitler, or his mentality. But you are right about one thing, though that comparison is used way too much. It seems that many people use that comparison to distract others from the fact that their argument have no merit. It's over-used, but not always un-true.
2007-03-07 13:57:21 · answer #6 · answered by Rick R 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I assume this is a reaction by you to the furor over Mann Coulter's calling John Edwards a "f*ggot". The difference is that when folks refer to some pols as "Hitler" it is a reaction to their reactionary ideology. Calling someone the "F" word is not a reaction to their ideology, but a reference to their sexuality.
2007-03-07 13:19:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not only irrational, it's evil. A ban would be great, unfortunately, the only people who will agree to it are those would never do it in the 1st place.
2007-03-07 16:17:58 · answer #8 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it could be a much better world without mentioning Hitler. But you know how some people are.
2007-03-07 13:20:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not a good idea.
Americans say they have freedom of speech so that is their right. The fascist government is becoming more draconian with every hour so let them keep that one at least!
Thing is, you live in what is rapidly becoming the fourth Reich so the comparison is apt when applied to your President.
2007-03-07 13:21:21 · answer #10 · answered by Noor al Haqiqa 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋