Just Like Hitler

People may not always believe what you say, but they will believe what you do. ~ Adolf Hitler

Every monster was a man first ~ Edward Albee

Hitler for us, is probably the epitome of evil. When we think of the most horrible thing, we think of Hitler. The only thing that we think more evil than Hitler, would be Space Hitler. With this hatred and fear of Hitler, people like to play with that. So much so, that they accuse anything that has a resembles to Hitler.

It's strange to think, that after all the horrible things done on this Earth, Hitler and his regime, arguably, is the most evil we have seen. What Hitler did was so horrible, that still today, it still makes us shudder. It's good, it means that we still can tell evil from good.

Nevertheless, people take advantage of that disgust towards Hitler, they use it as a tool to coerce others. This is seen with people saying that person is just like Hitler and start muttering fuhrer just because they believe that they look like Hitler.

However, Hitler had good ideas, and also some very bad ideas. Just because someone has similar ideas to Hitler, does not necessarily mean that you are Hitler. Otherwise, we are all guilty of being Hitler. For if you want these things, you are just like Hitler:

If you said, I want to grow a mustache, you would be Hitler

If you wanted to make your country stronger, you would be Hitler

If you wanted to bring back the economy, you would be Hitler

If you wanted to see no animals hurt, you would be Hitler

Just because someone has certain aspects of themselves that does resemble like Hitler, does not make them Hitler. If we start accusing everyone of being Hitler, then we will start throwing everything and anything that has some slight appearance. 

The problem with this is, Hitler, while probably one of the most reviled men on Earth, he was still a human being. So just because someone has a good idea, that does not make them Hitler, just because Hitler had a good idea.

Additionally, if we accuse everyone of being like Hitler, then we take the deaths of six millions Jews in the Holocaust and the others who died and lessen it. We lessen it, because when we say someone is just like Hitler, it is most likely that they aren't just like Hitler. Furthermore, since they aren't actually just like Hitler, it makes Hitler seem better, because naturally, they aren't as evil as Hitler. So when this happens, people start to think that Hitler is not that bad. If someone was to say that their neighbor is just like Hitler, and the neighbor in question, is only guilty of invading your property in winter with Christmas carols. Then you are saying that Hitler is only as guilty as your neighbor. However, as we all know, Hitler is more than just guilty for invading people in winter.

In short, make no mistake, Hitler was evil, but just because someone has something that looks like Hitler, doesn't mean that they are Hitler. Just because you want to create a stronger argument against someone, does not give you permission to use the Hitler card. It's overused, and it does most likely injustice to you, and to them. You because, surely you intellect could think of a better insult or more accurate description, and to them, because they most likely aren't as bad as you say. It's hardly likely that they are a murdering manic, vegetarian, or someone who ordered the killing of millions.