What is Nazism and What is a Holocaust?
The left has started using Nazi as a term for everyone they disagree with. This is becoming a real issue; as this continues it will become harder to tell between actual nazis such as David Duke and Jewish conservative Ben Shapiro. The term holocaust is also widely misused, the child internment camps in Texas have been labeled a “second holocaust” even though they do not fit the definition of the term. It has become increasingly harder to recognize tragedies of because they are not deemed “as bad” as the Holocaust or because people simply do not understand what it was. It’s important to learn about what these words mean especially since they come with so much historical connotation
What is eugenics?
“Eugenics is a set of beliefs and practices that aims at improving the genetic quality of a human population. The exact definition of eugenics has been a matter of debate since the term was coined by Francis Galton in 1883.” “eugenics were mostly known under the synonymous term ‘racial hygiene’ ”
Eugenics can be used as a type of ethnic cleansing.
What is Nazism?
● In short, Nazism is the belief in an Aryan race. Nazi used tactics such as forced sterilization and involuntary euthanasia to prevent non-Aryan people from procreating this includes people who were, mentally ill, Deaf, physically disabled, homosexual, etc.
● “the Jews, whom the Nazis identified as a dangerous enemy of the Aryans. It also viewed a number of other peoples as dangerous to the well-being of the Aryan race. In order to preserve the perceived racial purity of the Aryan race, a set of race laws was introduced in 1935 which came to be known as the Nuremberg Laws. At first, these laws only prevented sexual relations and marriages between Germans and Jews, but they were later extended to the ‘Gypsies, Negroes, and their bastard offspring’“
● Gay German men who were considered part of the Aryan race were sometimes attemptedly forced by the Nazi regime into sexual and social conformity.
What is a holocaust?
● A holocaust is a type of mass genocide caused by fire or nuclear warfare. There are very few things in history that could be considered a holocaust besides the Holocaust
● The Holocaust was the mass genocide of Jewish people and other “non-aryans” serving the purpose of ethnic cleansing. The people were gassed and their bodies were burned, making it a holocaust.
There were approximately 17 million Holocaust victims overall, including 6 million Jews.
● It can not be a holocaust without fire or nuclear warfare.
● Myanmar’s ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims could be considered a holocaust since villages are often burned
Are alt-righters nazis?
● No that’s a very common misconception, While I do not personally support the alt-right I know that most alt-righters do not believe in the concept of an ● Aryan race. The concept of an Aryan race is synonymous with Nazism and/or white supremacy such as the KKK.
● That being said, all nazis/white supremacists are alt-right.
Sources
“Eugenics.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 5 July 2018,
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics.
“Nuremberg Laws.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 8 July 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Laws.
“The Holocaust.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 8 July 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust.