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I’m a historian of genocide and mass violence. Let’s be clear. Trump talks like a Nazi, like Rwandan genocidaires, like the Indonesian military folks who killed 500,000 civilians in six months in 1965. This is the pre-language of genocide, the dehumanizing of future victims.
For those of you wondering if this is a one-off thing, here is Trump in April 6 at the annual meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition calling asylum seekers scam artists and invaders:
I'm linking to a few references for those interested in reading more about the link between dehumanization and mass violence:
