I loved this post -- one of my favorite to date. I really appreciate the way you point out how all sides in the current conflict (not to mention many other players) seem to mis/use Nazi analogies for their own benefit...and at some point, words like "Nazi" or "Hitler" stop making any really sense. And that this is happening at the very same time that many young people don't seem to have any real sense of what actually happened under Nazis! The question I'm grappling with is...what's the solution?
I loved this post -- one of my favorite to date. I really appreciate the way you point out how all sides in the current conflict (not to mention many other players) seem to mis/use Nazi analogies for their own benefit...and at some point, words like "Nazi" or "Hitler" stop making any really sense. And that this is happening at the very same time that many young people don't seem to have any real sense of what actually happened under Nazis! The question I'm grappling with is...what's the solution?
A much-needed, careful, even-handed analysis. Thank you, Leah.