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Technically, you're supposed to actually kill Nazis, since the US government (and many others) literally declared war against them.

Anything short of that is just a gratuity towards them.

Honestly, Americans aren't horrified enough by the mere existence of these people, treating them as an academic concept. If you actually know Nazis, you already know they're an extremely violent group.

It took only a few days of me being around Nazis before they literally tried to blow me up.

They're not academic professors. They're violent and organized militants. Treat them as you would Al Queda or ISIS.

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The United States declared war against the government of Germany, not "Nazis." It's in the declaration, twice:

JOINT RESOLUTION Declaring That a State of War Exists Between The Government of Germany and the Government and the People of the United States and Making Provisions To Prosecute The Same

... the President is hereby authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on war against the Government of Germany

The responsibility for starting World War II falls squarely on Germany, not some udnefined group of national socialists.

Nazis were the government of Germany.

> Technically, you're supposed to actually kill Nazis

I'm shocked to actually see this sentiment on HN. You're technically supposed to kill Nazis? That war ended 70 years ago. While I have no sympathy for Nazis, advocating murdering them makes you no better than them. This is disgraceful.

> Technically, you're supposed to actually kill Nazis, since the US government (and many others) literally declared war against them.

No, the government declared war on Germany, not the Nazis. And that war ended with the surrender of the German military and the assumption of civil authority in Germany by the Allies, so killing people based on that war is no longer something anyone is supposed to do.

> Technically, you're supposed to actually kill Nazis, since the US government (and many others) literally declared war against them.

Technically, you're advocating for violence against a group of people.

Should you be banned?

Hope you can see the slippery slope.

Indeed as a German the idea that some people think appeasement is the right strategy to combat nazis is astonishing. You don't talk to nazis, you destroy them.

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