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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Marv, I think you are missing the point made by the teacher, me, snowy's grandfather, and others... The point that we are not saying Bush=Hitler. We are saying that some of the PR tactics and some of the arguments Bush uses are reminescent of the tactics used by Hitler in the 30s on his rise to power.
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That may be true, but there are many other people Bush could be compared to, but by choosing Hitler it contains a deeper comparison than "They just talk the same." It's hard to easily write off Bush≈Hitler as just a slight comparison. While you can say
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some of the PR tactics and some of the arguments Bush uses are reminescent of the tactics used by Hitler in the 30s on his rise to power
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it doesn't come off as Bush is like Hitler, but implies Bush is a fascist Nazi.
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