Phil and Macy

Phil and Macy

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Donald Trump – Hitler? No but…

I keep seeing where Donald Trump is being compared to Hitler. While I am not a fan of Donald Trump and could go on for quite some time about the negatives I see in his campaign, I can not compare him to Hitler. What is comparable to the Hitler era is how some of his supporters are acting.

When Hitler started his politics he used similar rhetoric like “he was going to make Germany great again”. He did do this but at what cost? The thing that seems the most similar to me right now is the similarity I see to Hitler’s “Brown shirts”. This group acted entirely on their own but used Hitler’s rhetoric to physically dominate that society. Hitler was never alone in what he did in Germany. He had support and the Brownshirts used physical domination to help his rise to power. They often used clubs to bash the heads anyone who protested Hitler.
This is what I see as a fearful thing. Not so much Trump but the violence that accompanies him. The media needs to blame Donald Trump for this but there is another group of people that is responsible.

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