We're already past the beginning of the Nazi/Holocaust, we're already several stages in.

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79. This is not the holocaust nor is the the beginning of the holocaust.

These comparisons to Auschwitz and the holocaust are absurd and offensive. There are many ways to point out that the Trump administration and their policies are evil without making ridiculous and false analogies. Part of "recognizing current evil" is by using effective and TRUTHFUL communication that doesn't fall into the trap of easily disproved hyperbole and ridiculous exaggerations.

>> And that not all concentration camps had killing chambers, right?
I never said otherwise, did I? The efforts to lecture me, or try to "correct me" or refute things I have never said shows that these arguments are coming from a place of weakness. Easier, I suppose, to knock down the things I didn't say than the things that I did say.

The "concencentration camp" and "holocaust" language and comparisons are clearly intended to make a direct comparison to the millions and millions murdered by the Nazis. But this comparison is not accurate. It's not correct. It's demonstrably false.

>> You are aware that Auschwitz was primarily a concentration camp, and a labor camp, right?
And you are aware that it was a multi-location complex with various purposes... all collectively referred to as "Auschwitz." We all know what everyone is talking about when that name is uttered. The name evokes the horrors of the killing chambers and the mass graves... exactly as those making the (false) comparisons want to do.

And then there are others who defend these ridiculous comparisons by pointing out that Auschwitz was more "nuanced" in its approach and what the Nazis actually did there. --- I'm sure that the 1.1 million souls who were murdered there will appreciate the hair-splitting distinction being made between the various functions at the multiple camps in the overall complex. Their souls will rest easier knowing that they were murdered at an an industrial human disposal factory that also included a "labor camp". --- This is so disrespectful to their memories and their experience and the ACTUAL horrors that they lived (and died) through... all to make a political point, that's not even accurate? Why?

Ms. Toad, although in the past you and I have had some decent conversations, that's clearly not the case this time. I can't continue with you any longer. What a disappointment this conversation has been. We have truly reached an impasse. Good bye.