08-27-2021, 03:00 PM
(08-27-2021, 02:52 PM)Dill Wrote: And you still have not addressed my response to the terms of debate you set yourself: If an international community of social scientists and historians thinks the value in researching authoritarian regimes is in application of lessons learned to contemporary democracies, and they don't think comparisons are "always inflammatory" or "tie equated groups," why do YOU think that? Why are YOU right and they are wrong?
You're like arguing with a child. This has been explained to you ad naseum. I don't give two shits if "academics" see a benefit in comparing groups of Americans to Nazis and Taliban. It is an intentionally inflammatory comparison and serves to only further polarize and divide people. News flash, there are an extremely minimal number of Americans for which any kind of legitimate comparison can be made to either Nazi or Taliban beliefs. Hence such comparisons serve no legitimate purpose. I don't care how many of your faux intellectual posts you make, the comparisons are harmful and cause far more harm than any "academic" benefit gained by the comparison.
You think they're ok, you also ignore the excesses of Islam because you wrongly equate valid criticism with hate. In summation:
Dill thinks comparing Americans to Nazis and the Taliban is fine. I think they are needlessly inflammatory. Anything else is just window dressing. It boils down to just that. Pick your sides, kids.