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Originally Posted by willravel
Before we get too high on our soapboxes, let's break this down.
Hitler, after and during his gain for power, consolidated his power by appointing Nazi officials and maintaining legality throughout the process of seizure of control. Bush has both houses of Congress, the majority of the Supreme Court, and many friends spread out all over the ranks of the government.
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But Congress was elected by the people and most of the Supreme Court was apponted before his time. And those "many friends" are put there by whomever is president.
Congratulations, you just compared every US president to Adolph Hitler
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Hitler transformed Gernmany into a police state legally over a few years. Bush has personally pushed for the Patriot acts.
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That's a BIG leap right there. The Patriot Act, despite what a few want to believe, is still extremely limited.
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Hitler, despite being a miliatry leader, publicly expressed his strong want for peace. Bush, despite the 2 wars under his administration in which we were the aggressors, preaces peace.
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Hitler wasn't a military leader at all. And I must have missed the second war where we were the agressor.
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Hitler arranged for the Reichstag to burn to the ground, blaming Communists. Bush arranged for (or allowed) the Twin Towers to be destroyed by planes, blaming terrorists.
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After Hitler took power, a concentration camp (at Daschau, I think) was formed to house arrested communists, socialists, and labor leaders. He passed the Enabling Act allowing him to set laws bypassing their parlament, the whole time saying it was for the protection of the german people. The Republicans have full control of the government, and the Patriot Acts passsed allowing the president to take the rights away from any citizen without, bypassing our legal system. Bases all over the world are opened for insurgents in which torture is routine.
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You MIGHT have a comparison with concentration camps and whatever comes out about what the CIA has done. Comparing the Patriot Act and the Enabling Act is simply lying, and destroys your argument.
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Hitler supported anti-semitic propoganda. Bush supports racial profiling against Arabs.
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Must have missed all the Arabs we're killing.
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Theere are similarities between what happened in Germany after WW1, and those who deny this are living in a seperate reality.
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I would like to hear these "similarities" if you can come back from your reality to share them.