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http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/man-charged-assault-after-punching-protester-trump-event-n536046>>
>>At least this time someone got arrested for the assault. At another rally in Iowa, he promised to pay the legal fees of supporters who "knock the crap out" of protesters who may appear at the rally! On average it appears that a person is forcibly removed every 4 minutes from these events. I don't recall any political candidate that's had these type of issues at their events (someone please correct me if I'm wrong).
>>I know these Hitler comparisons are often far fetched - but they seem to be less and less far fetched. (quoting evil dictators, ban whole group of people from country based on their religion, assaults at events, now everyone raise their right hand and take a pledge..)
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>- I agree, things at the Trump rallies are getting nasty. I've read different accounts where many are removed from HRC events, but nothing like Trump
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>- Physical aggression is never, never the answer. One time in the 1980's I attended a rally to voice opposition to those who were protesting against nuclear energy. Things were getting very testy, so my friend and I backed off and eventually left when some pushing went on. There's an old expression, "It's OK to use emotion in a debate...never OK to replace a debate with emotion".
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>- The Hitler comparisons trivialize Hitler. Hitler happened in no small way because of the conditions in the Weimar environment in the years preceding the rise of Nazism. While I have many concerns about our climate today, we are nothing like the state of Germany before Hitler rose to power. We are still a (flawed) constitutional republic whereas Germany was a pure mess. I always objected to people comparing Obama to Hitler and I think the comparisons with Trump are just as foolish. There's a subtle but important difference between parallels and comparisons.
Here's one view from the Jewish community on comparing Trump to Hitler:
http://popchassid.com/responsibility-compare-trump-hitler/Tamar
