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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
To compare Bush and Hitler would be one thing, but to imply that Bush is like Hitler strikes me as rather ridiculous and a pretty poor standard of teaching. I'd be the last person to support Bush, but to say he has commited crimes with are substantively similar to Hitler is very clearly false and offensive. My complaint would be that a person capable of making such a statement would seem to be unfit to provide a suitable standard of education. It of course show's a lack of understand of who Hitler was, and of what was done.
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If you are comparing Bush to Hilter, and in this case, specifically to Hitler in his rise to power, rather than what came later, it is a valid comparison.
What the teacher was trying to point out, and rightly so, is how Hitler manipulated the public to his way of thinking. Bush, in his speeches touches on many of the same themes (fear of the other, nationalism, etc.).
One need only remember what Goering said at the Nuremberg trials:
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Originally Posted by Goering at the Nuremberg Trials
"Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger."
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It is quite easy to see the parallels between the speeches made by Hitler and those made Bush (or other leaders for that matter).