Trump tells DOJ to prosecute teachers who “unlawfully” support trans or nonbinary students
Trump tells DOJ to prosecute teachers who “unlawfully” support trans or nonbinary students
The latest executive order threatens funding for schools that teach about gender and race.
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This really is reminiscent of early Nazi Germany, with an obsession over trans people (like Jews), and the idea that they're the root of so much evil, and the constant implication that things would be better if they just go away...
The Nazis didn't start by rounding up the Jews, they started with the "sexual deviants". The parallel is a lot closer than you think.
Yes, and while you are absolutely correct, let's also not forget that the early victims consisted not just of sexual deviants, but also of journalists, teachers, scientists, artists, etc. Basically any kind of intellectual, anyone who could threaten the propaganda machine. And political opponents, of course. Oh and books. Don't forget books. And disabled people.
Let's see. Who is Trump attacking? Transgender people? Check. Teachers? Check. Scientists? Check. Political opponents? Check Intellectuals in general? Check. Anti-intellectualism has been going strong for a while now of course. Books (information in general)? Check. Librarians? Check. Disabled people? Not sure about this one.
Trump and his cronies have watched a few WW2 documentaries and thought they were blueprints. His racism/bigotry might have a different prime target, but the whole playbook is a copy.
If an evil asshole were reviewing the history of Germany to try to avoid losing like the Nazis did, they'd see that they lost because the Allies, led by the United States, defeated them with superior military force. But if the Nazis WERE the United States, who would be able to do that?....
The allies weren't led by the United States. The US industrial base was critical and the US military involvement was significant, but we were late to the effort and the Russians did a lot more of the fighting. (With a ton of US equipment for sure.)
Unfortunately, adding Russia to the list of countries who helped defeat the Nazis is just as unhelpful today. Just for fun, let's throw in another country that helped defeat the Nazis: China!
Oof... Thanks. I appreciate the history lesson, as they did not teach that little detail in my schools.
Really it's true but swap out trans for Republicans. (Things would be better without them)
I have fantasized about what the country would be like if we let them have their own land and government. So you'd be left with a "liberal" America and a "conservative" one as two countries. My prediction is the conservative one would be mostly dead of disease within a year or two and the liberal one would actually be able to legislate a bit, making incremental improvements like a functioning country
Depends, who gets the most weapons and troops? The Nazi country would try to conquer the other one at the first opportunity.
Yeah, the thought experiment fails when you look at that "detail" haha
Regressionists will always hold back progress.