Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
Are Holocaust comparisons OK?
Position1 of 2

Holocaust comparisons are not okay

This position holds that Holocaust comparisons are not okay. It argues that the Holocaust's scale and horror make comparison inappropriate — that casual comparisons obscure the attitudes that enabled it, erase its Romani victims, and trivialise an atrocity that demands to be treated as unique.

Supporting arguments · 3

  1. Holocaust comparassons obscure the culture and attitudes that enabled it
  2. Tokenisation leads to the erasure of the Romani victims in society's understanding
  3. Non Jews/Romani have no respect for linguistic debates about words relating to the Nazi atrocities