The Nazi analogy has long been recognized as the crudest and dumbest form of argument, but it is enjoying a renaissance.
Former CIA Director Michael Hayden notoriously tweeted a photo of Auschwitz-Birkenau as a response to family separations at the border. Upon a report that parents at the border were being told that their children were being taken to get bathed and disappearing, Chris Hayes of MSNBC tweeted, “What does this remind you of?” Soledad O’Brien chimed in, “Welp, I guess we’ve put to rest the question: ‘Nazi Germany: Could it happen here in America?’”
I have a relaxed attitude toward harsh political rhetoric, but Nazi analogies are over the line.