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bullshit. you don't bring up the specific example of the gestapo for comparison on how they filed their reports. his intent was to align the current actions of the UK/US intelligence services with the Gestapo, conjuring a very specific image.

which is laughable in the very redditesque way you just brought up.

[jlgreco]

"Bullshit" yourself.

> "sending people to concentration camps/gulags, murdering families."

Those are things you said, not him. You uncharitably read an absurd statement of equivalence where he merely made a comparison.

The refusal to see parallels or accept comparisons to dark periods in recent history unless they are 100% equivalent is a disease that threatens our ability to learn lessons from the past. If we only accept comparisons to the Gestapo when they begin gassing people en-masse, then it is too late.

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so if someone mentions the Gestapo they explicitely do not mean to bring up the overall context of the third reich, gotcha.

i am an austrian of polish decent. for me bringing up the fucking nazis in this context is completely laughable.

the securitate? maybe. the stasi? same. but only internet nerd rage immediately brings up nazis, fascism, etc. the whole discussion here at HN is an exercise in hyperbolic bullshit.