Well, he was speaking about how a Jewish person feels seeing a lot of glass broken by a mob, I won't agrue with that although I personally wouldn't use this comparison.
Is it about BLM protests though? I personally make distinction between people who protest lawfully against police brutality and racism - and I think it is totally warranted and honorable, and people who set things on fire putting lives at risk, who attack police simply for being police, who harass strangers to rise their fist in "solidarity", who put graffiti suggesting killing cops and journalists, who march through resident neighbourhoods in the night shouting and shining flashlights in people windows, etc. For example these people:
For me this interview with a black police officer was quite revealing of the other side to the protest even before the real mayhem starts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha-7SETmJD4
And on Kristallnacht, early in its history NSDAP didn't have their ideology formulated particularly clearly and were attracting all kinds of radicals and revolutionaries, hence "sozialistische" and "arbeiter" in its name.
Lawful protest? When did lawful protests change anything?
MLK or Gandhi? Their protests were not lawful and were also very violent (the violence coming mostly from one side).
There were also riots and pundits on the streets with them ...
Again, with the comparison to the Kristallnacht Eric makes a dangerous comparison as I explained it bellow in the thread already and he should know because he's Jewish.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht
He insinuates (for me at least)
1. BLM (or those riots in case you want to not associate them with BLM ... which I think he does over the title) is just some kind of pretext for totalitarianism
2. authorities are standing back and let them riot.
(because that's what Kristallnacht was... it was organised with the OK from the authorities)
I don't think it's his intention, yet can you see how this is dangerous? He gives militias a reason to go out and "defend" themselves against the authorities who are in on it (like during the Kristallnacht as this was state sanctioned) like the group that wanted to kidnap Gov. Whitmer or the shooter who killed people in Kenosha. Again, I'm not saying that this is his intention or that he thought about it, yet I could see crazy people saying "I heard, the riots are just like Kristallnacht." and using it as a defence for more organised violence.
Yes there are crazy Antifa twitter accounts, so what?
I didn't see them try to kidnap a governor ...
If you tell me, as a German, that Kristallnacht is happening in your country, I would be ready to help you and up for a fight (definitely not non violent!!).
I know Eric is not making that claim, yet I feel for somebody appearing smart and trying to be a public intellectual, it's a dangerous comparison. I can see how it can be misused.
What do you mean with the NSDAP ideology was not formulated particularly clearly? The heads of the movement had a clear vision (I mean one of them wrote a book about it released 10 years before the Kristallnacht ...antisemitism was at the core ... the Kristallnacht was horrifically well organised by the way).
The "sozialistische" and "Arbeiter" had to be there as otherwise it would have been not possible to get a mass movement. Yet, the underlying ideology from the leaders was clear from the beginning (check the bios of the SA and NSDAP leaders you won't find any communists or socialists there).
Is it about BLM protests though? I personally make distinction between people who protest lawfully against police brutality and racism - and I think it is totally warranted and honorable, and people who set things on fire putting lives at risk, who attack police simply for being police, who harass strangers to rise their fist in "solidarity", who put graffiti suggesting killing cops and journalists, who march through resident neighbourhoods in the night shouting and shining flashlights in people windows, etc. For example these people:
https://twitter.com/PghAutonomy/status/1307166700916412419 https://twitter.com/historyoarmani2/status/13245641457532354... https://twitter.com/PNWYLF/status/1323893149081677825
For me this interview with a black police officer was quite revealing of the other side to the protest even before the real mayhem starts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha-7SETmJD4
And on Kristallnacht, early in its history NSDAP didn't have their ideology formulated particularly clearly and were attracting all kinds of radicals and revolutionaries, hence "sozialistische" and "arbeiter" in its name.