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Everything Comparable to the Holocaust According to Medium Writers
Life is bad sometimes. Like really bad. Like really, really bad. It’s so shit in fact, it can often feel like you and your family are being frogmarched off to a concentration camp that leads to an early death gassed in an oven. Life is so horrendous for certain Medium writers that it can feel like all their possessions are taken away from them along with the lives of their families. The trauma of modern living is comparable to being made to wear a yellow star, abused in the street, and robbed of your dignity.
Jews don’t own the word ‘holocaust’. Semantics matter. The writers do not write ‘like a holocaust’ but write ‘the holocaust’ to which there can be no doubt what event they are referring to.
“We know why people resort to this language when passions run high — it is inflammatory and designed to send a very clear message. It is also lazy, ignorant, and hurtful, an effort to score cheap points and cast a complex debate in terms of “good” and “evil.” Shira Goodman, The Inquirer
Fortunately, there are only three recent examples of writers making this comparison, but one happens to be the biggest name on this platform. When you have an audience of hundreds of thousands, you are responsible for your content and its impact.
By making comparisons to an event that led to the genocide of over six million Jews, belittles and trivializes the tragedy. Please engage with your brain before you spout rhetoric for the sole purpose of views.
- Online abuse is like the holocaust “I’ve never seen hate like this, except for the Holocaust,” says Tim Denning. He should know too. As a victim of such torrid abuse online, Tim is forced to wear a glowing digital yellow star that signals to the world his scapegoat status. Poor Tim can’t leave the house without being abused and made to feel unwanted. Life is shit for Tim. He has had to watch as his family is made to board trains and sent to their deaths in concentration camps off the coast of Tasman. Read more here.
- Capitalism is like the Holocaust It’s hard to believe that a system that promotes profit above all else is comparable to the Holocaust but Squeeze the Avocado makes the case. “Capitalism, like the Holocaust, is made of the ideologies of people.” Everything begins as an ideology but few ends in the genocide of people. As far as history is concerned, capitalism isn’t like a holocaust. Source.
- The 1930s is like the holocaust “…the most bizarre behavior anybody had ever seen was taking place — — in front of everybody’s eyes.” Jack S states his case that modern living is like the holocaust. Source.
Tagging the word holocaust is also problematic. Unless you are specifically referring to the genocide of six million Jews, then please refrain from adopting this tag. No matter how bad your life is, you are not living through another holocaust and nothing in this world can be comparable.
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Further reading on why holocaust and Nazi comparisons should never be used.
