It’s outrageous when Colin Kaepernick does it, and it’s obscene when anti-vaxers do it

@thomaschattwill Gas chambers were not the opening bid; they were preceeded by years of shutting out the undesirable groups from society (in schools, government, medicine, retail establishments, and so on). But do not fret, in 1934 many well meaning people didn't think it was that bad either.

@thomaschattwill Hmmmm, we’d have to get the Sikhs to sign on to that. They were on the receiving end of events officially known, in the history of their faith & people, as “the First Holocaust” (1746) and “the Second Holocaust” (1762).

@thomaschattwill Unless you're comparing your plight favorably

@thomaschattwill Yes but your Twitter account is like the Der Stürmer of demonizing unvaxed middle-class moms

@thomaschattwill Maybe we could try learning from slavery and genocide so we can spot the early warning signs (like, IDK, marking people for forcible exclusion from civil society?) before these atrocities happen, not turn them into some holy relic that nothing can ever be compared to.

@thomaschattwill Now do the #Armenian Genocide of 1915-23.

@thomaschattwill How does one determine when it is similar enough? When the murder starts, ir...?

@thomaschattwill Not my plight, but I compare animal agriculture to the Holocaust and to slavery in debates. I don’t see a problem with it.

@thomaschattwill The plight of he Uighurs can be, but I don't think that's what you were referring to.

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@thomaschattwill Yes, this is a good rule of thumb. Another decent rule of thumb, though, might be that classifying people as “dangerous” or “disgusting” because they elect not to take a jab is leading in an extremely dark direction, for which there are few historical precedents.

@thomaschattwill They didn't go from "We don't like Jews." to gas chambers overnight. They were first othered. That's the point. Is it gross? Sure. So is saying those that choose to not get vaccinated should not be allowed to coexist in society.

@thomaschattwill I think a good rule is: when this comparison is a provocation, argue why the subject at hand is or isn’t unjust rather than obfuscate because it could be worse.

@thomaschattwill Would you have told victims of the Holocaust the same thing in their early days when they felt things were off and possibly leading to something worse to not compare their lived experiences to some past genocide? Do you believe The Great Reset is a good thing?