• NomadiChris (edited 7 years ago)
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    You're making the same false equivalent. Hitler wasn't just "speaking", he was also murdering his political opposition.

    Get your facts straight, Hitler did not murder anyone until he had enough power to do so, in fact he had 2 full years of active public speaking, between his early beer hall speeches in 1921, up to when he - indirectly, via the SA - had 4 police officers killed during a failed coup attempt, in 1923. What you are probably hinting at is the 'Night of the Long Knives' from 1934: that makes it 13 years of propaganda, most of it based on public speeches until he got to the murdering his political opposition part.

    Here's an excerpt from his early speeches, back when there were only words:

    "No salvation is possible until the bearer of disunion, the Jew, has been rendered powerless to harm." (September 18 1922)

    So yes, Hitler was only speaking for quite some time, without murdering anyone. His public speeches along with his famous fucking book he wrote while in Landsberg prison were major factors in his rise to power.

    Non-violence as a counter and absolute freedom of (hate) speech are not the answer in any possible circumstance. Intention is what truly matters: the intent behind your words.