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Author Giving the Devil His Due, Host Science Salon Podcast, http://skeptic.com/science-salon/  Publisher Skeptic Magazine, Presidential Fellow Chapman University.

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    Michael Shermer‏Verified account @michaelshermer Apr 10

    Michael Shermer Retweeted Auschwitz Memorial

    I’m afraid I must dissent from the implications of this hypothesis of the cause of the Holocaust. Hateful words are not the problem since they’ve always been around & always will be. It’s actions, especially laws, that lead to genocide. Draw the line at actions/laws not words.https://twitter.com/AuschwitzMuseum/status/1380948667553710081 …

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    Column: 'The Holocaust Began Not With Concentration Camps, But With Hateful Rhetoric. That Part of the Story Cannot Be Forgotten ' https://ti.me/3wFzU9V  @TIME @HolocaustMuseum @ClaimsCon
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      2. ƒ(x)‏ @f__of__x Apr 10
        Replying to @michaelshermer

        This is a bad take. Sure, actions lead to genocide, but words lead to actions. Yes, hateful words have always been around, and always will be, but don't pretend they don't influence actions.

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      3. Matti Sironen‏ @Barael_ Apr 10
        Replying to @f__of__x @michaelshermer

        We all agree that a line has to be drawn somewhere. Drawing it at laws / actions seem much more sensible than utterances.

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      1. Cindy Hauert‏ @HauertCindy Apr 10
        Replying to @michaelshermer

        So you’re claiming that Trump’s rhetoric had no impact or consequences?

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      1. Bartek Czarnecki‏ @I_love_realism Apr 10
        Replying to @michaelshermer

        I fully understand your point but that would require further qualification of "words". Sometimes actions are already too late. This line is closer to propaganda, indoctrination, organised instructive racial differentiation something what is just happening in USA ATM

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      1. Tiago Santos‏ @tribsantos Apr 10
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        But before there were the laws we most recall, there was a bad constitution that led to disfunctional and divisive government.https://whynotparliamentarism.com/f/we-learned-some-wrong-lessons-about-the-rise-of-nazis …

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      1. David R. Ayón‏ @DavidAYON Apr 10
        Replying to @michaelshermer

        So there’s no such thing as incitement? As I recall, you drew a causal connection between the conman’s Jan 6 speech & the lynch-mob attack on the Capitol that followed.

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      1. Shauna Heron‏ @shaunaheron Apr 10
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        but what is the root of law (and action) if not words?

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      2. W‏ @YourBoss01 Apr 10
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        thoughts become words and words become actions..

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      3. Vampyricon‏ @Vampyricon Apr 10
        Replying to @YourBoss01 @michaelshermer

        So let's draw the line at wrongthink.

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      2. (((Mike Rubinstein)))‏ @hyloguy Apr 10
        Replying to @michaelshermer

        Which laws or actions do you regard as the first preventable steps which led to the Holocaust? Hitler couldn't make laws until he was chancellor of Germany, and then it was too late. How did he become chancellor? His Nazi party won elections. How did they win elections? Words.

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