On Sat, 18 Nov 2017 21:24:18 +0100 Rhialto <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree that bad history should be remembered in context and not > forgotten. However, that is not what these quotes do. They give no > context, and they make A.H. seem like a relatively normal person.
These "normalizing" quotes are actually a critical part of a much bigger external context since Hitler is such a well known/reviled figure in history. Since we know that we all have the potential for violence and dehumanization of an out-group, e.g. as exhibited in the "Stanford Prison Experiment", if anything, these quotes make him more terrifying, not less. Harry Waddell
