I think part of it is: I'm not sure that showing antisemites graphic images of Nazis torturing Jews to death is going to make them *less* antisemitic.
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I don't know how to put it into words, but I think that there are ways that antisemites exploit Holocaust museums to make their hatefulness look deniable. And I'm wondering if anyone has written about this.
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Especially when the museums don't show them much about Jews in the present tense.
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I've seen Holocaust museums make a big difference in how *some* people think about things, in a way that's good and important. And I also think there's a big problem involving exploitation of Holocaust museums.
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And... Comey required FBI agents to visit the Holocaust museum. In part, in order to teach them about the importance of upholding the rule of law. And...https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-scariest-lesson-of-the-holocaust/2015/04/16/ffa8e23c-e468-11e4-905f-cc896d379a32_story.html …
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Comey failed in the moment when he most needed to stand up to authoritarianism. What does that say about these types of "go to the Holocaust museum to learn about man's inhumanity to man and the importance of rule of law" activities?
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I also increasingly think that there's something obscene about how some people like to treat the Holocaust as the most fascinating and meaningful allegory of all time. Why are Nazis so fascinating to so many people?
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I'm sure none of this is original, and I'd love to see links to things exploring these questions.
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This is a bit off-topic, but - When I visited the World War 2 museum in Natick, Mass., on a group tour, the staff explicitly asked us not to post any Nazi propaganda or Nazi artifacts on social media to keep hateful people from stealing our photos and using them for recruitment.
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Seems like it’s potentially related to minimization in abuse dynamics. “We should be concerned about the *real* abusers.”
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Accomplishes both "Hey, look over there at those guys (instead of me)!" and "It's not like I was committing *genocide* or anything."https://psychology.wikia.org/wiki/Minimisation_(psychology) …
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