1/I wonder what the function of talk like this is. It is trivial to think of examples of "mass atrocity crimes" that had nothing to do with "poisoned politics of hate and demagoguery;" e.g., Paddock, the Edmond post office shooting; James Holmes, etc. And it's not clear whathttps://twitter.com/astroehlein/status/1056591285740625921 …
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He didn't say no cultural context. And in any case there are plenty of mass killings that have no real cultural context beyond some guy being a psycho. As to derangement building, yeah I think it's absurd to compare America today to e.g. Weimar Germany.
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things progress over time, you know? Germany in 1928 vs. Germany in 1933 vs. Germany in 1939. What year is it in America?
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There is no comparison whatsoever. Seriously.
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