Kamala Harris VP pick Governor Tim Walz is being accused of anti-Semitism because his master's thesis on the Holocaust said it was not unique and should be taught as one of
I feel like I’m treading into a minefield here but anyway…
It wasn’t unique in its goal but it was unique in its method. It was much more organized and industrialized than other genocides. Most were about bringing a group under control too whereas the Holocaust was about eliminating a group.
At the very least, the Porajmos (aka gypsy holocaust) should be considered and taught alongside the holocaust. No one talks about it, and it was the exact same people with the exact same methods doing it, and the average person of that group is having more troubles than average jews in europe now.
But i disagree, having more industry and organisation is just a matter of a particular technological and economic stage, and someone can nitpick the degrees of ‘‘technology’’ or ‘‘organisation’’ being considered relevant to qualify.
I feel like I’m treading into a minefield here but anyway…
It wasn’t unique in its goal but it was unique in its method. It was much more organized and industrialized than other genocides. Most were about bringing a group under control too whereas the Holocaust was about eliminating a group.
At the very least, the Porajmos (aka gypsy holocaust) should be considered and taught alongside the holocaust. No one talks about it, and it was the exact same people with the exact same methods doing it, and the average person of that group is having more troubles than average jews in europe now.
But i disagree, having more industry and organisation is just a matter of a particular technological and economic stage, and someone can nitpick the degrees of ‘‘technology’’ or ‘‘organisation’’ being considered relevant to qualify.