Thanks for bothering to reflect on this, Sidey. ( And also for making the effort to get past the closure of our discussion to offer the above. Nor sure why that closure happened.) One problem is that online discussion cuts off important aspects of communication eg body language, facial expression, tone etc Also makes for more confusion since immediate clarification isn’t possible before we formulate a response. We sure are on different pages re the laptop … but the truth isn’t going to be evident for either of us some time I think. Maybe we will re visit this in the future?
On the Nazi issue it seems to be ironic really that we have somehow clashed when you are actually, in my view, the most clearsighted on the issue of the Jews and Israel. Ah well.
I suspect it was closed because moderators thought it was getting too heated.
I can agree to disagree, and will change my mind if something more substantial crops up. The current evidence is very little for me, and I think there was a reason even right wing outlets like Fox News wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole. Right now I think of it as Benghazi, pizzagate, Obama the Kenyan and all these other silly things Republicans have got worked up about, but aren’t grounded in much or reality. A lot of it quite worrying for democratic norms. Anyway, there will be a wait and see, but I don’t think there’s any real sign of concern coming.
It was your commitment to the Jews which made me double back when that analogy was made. I don’t think there’s any escape from the analogy and what people think of with that quote. People think of it not so much as hushing a political opponent, but sending whole swathes of society to concentration camps and extermination. I don’t think it is reasonable to compare the Trump case to that at all.
Anyway, I will leave it at that, as I have sent bpg off a bit. :-)
