“We are not living in the 1930s & the Secretary of State & his team are not Nazis”.
Extraordinary @wesstreeting is left to point this out, in support of @sajidjavid, during the Covid debate in the Commons.
He’s right. He deserves our thanks.
But there’s more to it.
A 🧵/1.
Extraordinary @wesstreeting is left to point this out, in support of @sajidjavid, during the Covid debate in the Commons.
He’s right. He deserves our thanks.
But there’s more to it.
A 🧵/1.
To compare genuine public health measures, which of course have to weigh multiple difficult factors, with the brutal victimisation of Jews on the invented pretext that they spread disease, isn’t just wrong.
It’s vile.
And something many would see as Holocaust denial. /2.
It’s vile.
And something many would see as Holocaust denial. /2.
https://twitter.com/andrewprlevi/status/1470568087019741191
But we shouldn’t pretend a clear & concerted assault on human & citizenship rights, protest, the rule of law, judicial independence & more, is “normal” in a decent, liberal democracy.
It’s very far indeed from that. /3.
It’s very far indeed from that. /3.
https://twitter.com/andrewprlevi/status/1470756317832880134
And anyone who understands the way public anxiety & the fragility of Germany’s Weimar constitution was exploited by extremists, ultimately causing a precipitate lurch toward disaster, can see the obvious parallels to current developments in the UK. /4.
Even more so in Poland & Hungary, which the UK Cabinet seems determined to emulate.
Not to mention Trump’s US, where the evidence emerging of an apparent conspiracy, on a grand scale, for violent overthrow of the constitution, is both deeply disturbing & relevant to us all. /5.
Not to mention Trump’s US, where the evidence emerging of an apparent conspiracy, on a grand scale, for violent overthrow of the constitution, is both deeply disturbing & relevant to us all. /5.
Complacency & knee-jerk dismissal of all comparisons with the 1930s & Nazis is no better than the behaviour of the Covid refuseniks who wear yellow stars or shout “Nazi” at any restriction proposed in support of public health. /6.
It used to be that “Godwin’s Law” was fair enough in most western democracies, most of the time.
Comparisons with Nazis were mostly egregious.
That time is long past. /7.
Comparisons with Nazis were mostly egregious.
That time is long past. /7.
There are valid & urgent comparisons to Weimar & the Nazis. To ignore them is irresponsible.
There are idiotic, offensive ones. They are what they are.
If you’re unsure which is which, look carefully at the facts. And ask around, among people who understand the subject. /8. End
There are idiotic, offensive ones. They are what they are.
If you’re unsure which is which, look carefully at the facts. And ask around, among people who understand the subject. /8. End
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