This is an actual quote from his book Mein Kampf .
In the Jew I still saw only a man who was of a different religion, and therefore, on grounds of human tolerance, I was against the idea that he should be attacked because he had a different faith. And so I considered that the tone adopted by the anti-Semitic Press in Vienna was unworthy of the cultural traditions of a great people. The memory of certain events which happened in the middle ages came into my mind, and I felt that I should not like to see them repeated. Generally speaking, these anti-Semitic newspapers did not belong to the first rank--but I did not then understand the reason of this--and so I regarded them more as the products of jealousy and envy rather than the expression of a sincere, though wrong-headed, feeling.
Yeah turns out Hitler wasn't born an antisemite (nobody is) and he was even basically saying things like "the antisemitism of the middle ages shouldn't be repeated". . Turns out the reason he went against jews isn't because of "jealousy" or "religion".
Its because he cast too big of a net when going after the bankers, bureaucrats, and sexual deviants that ran Weimar Germany.
I think he widened his net after the World Jewish Congress declared an international boycott on Germany and Germany's own Jews rose up in support of it. Imagine the hysterical over-reaction to Trump, where every average Lefty acts like he's a demon. They kicked up enough dust to get that net widened. All over a guy who just wanted to unfuck his country.
At what point did the Jewish lead Socialists start the terrorist bombings while being sheltered by the other Jews in the ghetto?
Was that before or after the World Jewish Congress?
is it? do we have tons of testimonies from regular old germans (not jews) about how they got put in jail for random crap, or do we just have jew legends like shieet dem kidz who jus wanna play sum jazz?
I've literally never heard anyone claim he was. It's well known he developed those feelings later in life.
And yet nobody knows why he became an antisemite. Except we do know because Mein Kampf literally tells us why. And it wasn't because of "jealousy" or "having a different faith" as he clearly says in this quote. Unlike what the mainstream narrative says.
this sounds like a straw man
So, a straw man is where a weak or wrong version of your opponents argument is constructed so it can be dismantled, which appears (to idiots) to prove a point.
How is that done here? What is the weak argument being demolished?
a straw man is also a made-up argument that you claim the opposition uses, that you then dismantle to claim victory.
I've never heard anyone claim "Hitler was always an anti-semite"
I've never heard a single person describe Hitler's motivation for his disgust for the Jews. Hitler Hates Jews is an axiom.
what sounds like a strawman?
I like how most of the attention falls on hitler, yet he would have been a nobody if it werent for the big money that backed him.
Those same familys are running america today, nothing to see there!
Well just use the bush's as an example. A good god loving family who has done nothing but good for america, right?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/25/usa.secondworldwar
You know, the same bushs who own war manufacturing capabilities, selling armaments to both sides lmao but somehow its all just a conspiracy theory woooo insert wacky dream sequence dance here
Devil's advocate -- why do you take him at his word here? Maybe he just wants to be viewed as compassionate and nuanced in his politics and is aware of how he could or would be perceived. Optics is hardly a novel political concept, and neither is deception.
Unlikely; antisemitism was all the rage before it was upgraded to extra-ultra-special-racism. Look up what some of the other leaders at the time had to say, including the Allies. Churchill had some rather harsh critiques, for example...despite being a Zionist himself.
Well because its believable. Antisemites don't start off hating jews, in fact many defend jews at the beginning and you can see that in antisemites today some even used to believe in the "god's chosen people" BS before going down the antisemite rabbit hole.
If he was pretending, I imagine he'd be doing it in the opposite direction. That he personally didn't actually give a shit about Jews either way but he wanted power and played up the jew hate because antisemitism was the big populist target of anger at the time, with the people and his party elites. This is what so called "anti-fascist" writers often imply anyway.
Hitler was such a tragic figure. He genuinely had a good heart and wanted the best for everyone, but circumstances made him have to make hard decisions when faced with actual evil. And since he lost, history painted him as the most evil man to have ever lived.
Nah man, I have no respect for someone who would murder the weak and sick and im not talking about the jews. Im talking about all the mentally and physically sick people that were gassed in vans after he took over.
Same shit canada is basically doing today with their euthanization programs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktion_T4
We are nothing but disposable rags to be used by the rich. Fucking sad.
Most people don't even realize that he started out as a dedicated communist, something he lied about in Mien Kampf