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Gandhi's Letter to Hitler (1940)

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tempodox ◴[17 Nov 24 06:25 UTC] No.42162365[source]▶
The most astonishing thing about the worst Nazis is that they were incapable of perceiving their actions as monstrous atrocities and crimes. Given that context, this letter was hopeless from the start.
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mmooss ◴[17 Nov 24 07:10 UTC] No.42162490[source]▶
Most people deny, to some degree, that their own behavior as wrong. They deny it to themselves and to others. People can deny incredible things if those things are against their interests.

People who don't deny such things would not be Nazis for long.

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ImHereToVote ◴[17 Nov 24 07:14 UTC] No.42162506[source]▶
Makes me wonder what most people would do if a genocide was perpetrated right now. I have a feeling they would call the protestors of that genocide woke.
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1. mulmen ◴[17 Nov 24 08:05 UTC] No.42162725[source]▶
> Makes me wonder what most people would do if a genocide was perpetrated right now.

You don’t have to look very hard to find active genocide specifically or human rights atrocities in general.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genocides

> I have a feeling they would call the protestors of that genocide woke.

Woke means “aware”. By definition any protester is “woke”.

Some people use it as a slur but I’m not sure why it would be insulting.