Temat: Why does one become prone to extremist views?
Hitler believed in Eugenics and the arian race. One of the goals of the war was to "relieve" europe of jews (hence them being moved to where Palestine used to be and starting a 35 year old occupation, but that's another discussion).
The "Holocaust" question to Bernd and him being German is a coincidence. I am not one for being politically correct and "careful not to...". If a person is black, I call them black - not because I'm racist, but because they have a black skin color and it's quick to describe. So with that logic in mind, I asked Bernd, like I did everyone else in this thread, "does anyone feel holocausty". What I meant by that is, does such propaganda incite feelings that lead a person to extremism.
If you're asking whether I'm an extremist - no, I'm not.
I'm a center-left secular atheist, who was lucky enough to be born in a liberal faith that doesn't kill a person for converting or not practising the religion which I was indoctrinated into from young age.
I am not affraid that "Muslims living nearby will butcher" me, but I am reluctant to allow a coup and sharia into a western country. That can be easily achieved once enough muslims enter the government and take advantage of our democratic governing process and finally doing what was done in Iran in 1979.
Ask the women of Tehran if they are happy to wear burkhas after living without them before the revolution. See what's being going on on the streets of Iran for the past few months.
That's what I don't want to happen and that's why I will defend the country I live in from ever happening.
Why there was widespread consent in Europe for moving/killing jews?
Jealousy. Some Jews were successful and held "visible" positions in Austria and Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. In the Great Depression. Germany was hit the hardest by the worldwide economic depression, and successful Jews were envied.
Some Germans believed that "Jewish bankers" were responsible for the Treaty of Versailles.
Jews became a scapegoat for Germany's economic problems.
The Nazis had a vision of an Aryan German race that did not include Jews and many other groups of people.
Some say Hitler and the Nazis were opportunistic demagogues. Inciting hatred of the Jews was the means to an end. The Nazis used hatred of the Jews to unify the German people and create a new German empire. Nothing unites a people more than when they believe they are constantly under attack and fighting a common enemy. The Jews were convenient enemies. After propagating this idea of Jews being the scum of the earth so passionately, Hitler and the Nazis may have deluded themselves into believing it. (this tactic is currently being used against islamic people to portray all of them as terrorists).
In the 1930s there was a lot of anti-Jewish feeling and resentment in the Western world. Many Jews who tried to escape the persecution in Germany were refused entry into the US and other European countries and also many countries further afield.
Antisemitism has been rife throughout European history, largely because the Jews were a distinct, identifiable group, who did not integrate.
Hitler blamed Germany's defeat in WWI on the Jews, and he hated them. When he took power he started rounding them up. He did the same when he started taking over other countries. He used the Jews, Poles, gays, gypsies, Russians and mentally challenged people as slave labor and then started to annihilate them in gas chambers. His reason - hatred. He classed the above mentioned people as sub human and basically in his Nazi world there was no place for the "sub human", only the Aryan (blonde hair blue eyed Germans)
To understand the Holocaust you have to understand the Darwinian biology of the time. There was a growing sense, particularly since Ernst Haeckel, that there were those in society who were 'biologically' inferior and that for a 'fit' world to survive and thrive, those who were 'unfit' should be done away with. Instead of letting nature take its course, there was a unspoken sense that humans could take matters into their own hands. I am obviously not supporting this twisted logic, but that is a key to understanding how a number of things converged to create the nightmare of the century.
This should be enough for the muslim community to review their holy book (like the christians did with the new testament), stop the honor killings, the jihadist movement, remove extremist material from mosques and stomp out any desert dogma out of the religion (I have the same view on all other religions so don't feel pointed out).
Michał K. edytował(a) ten post dnia 05.10.09 o godzinie 13:03
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