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Re: Remove fortune quotes attributed to or providing admiration of Adolf Hitler [pr bin/52735]



On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 09:24:18PM +0100, Rhialto wrote:
> I agree that bad history should be remembered in context and not
> forgotten. However, that is not what these quotes do. They give no
> context, and they make A.H. seem like a relatively normal person. Now if
> he was quoted at his worst, it might be obvious what sort of monster he
> was, but that is not the effect of these quotes. His crimes against
> humanity are trivialised by putting things he said next to people like
> Mahatma Gandhi.

I bet there are a lot of ultra-right wing nut cases that are surpremely
offended by a lot of things Mahatma Gandhi said.

Joerg


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