Why don't you just consider why it feels like the 1930s? Do you know the history of 1930s in Europe? Do you know how a lot of Jews felt safe, especially in Germany, where they were respected citizens, bankers, and even industrialists? They used to think that antisemitism was all just noise, for a very long time (the fable about boiling the frog). And, yes, the ultrawoke and the way they hate on whites (see Critical Race Theory), and the way American society just accepts it (see racists made into university professors for their racism), as if it were normal or OK, remind me of the Nazis hating Jews. Let's not mention Twitter "celebrities" who not only think it's OK to talk about whites as disgusting, but also get hired by the NY Times (imagine the same thing the other way round). And again, without anybody protesting on the left, because, hey, it must be open season at hating whites for what their forefathers have done, generations ago. I get the historical frustrations, but this is so unAmerican, blaming the son for the sins of the father. If you think I'm exaggerating, invert, and walk a mile in the other side's shoes. There may be better comparisons than Germany; this was the first that came to my mind, back then. Why bring it up, months later, if not for the sake of conflict?
I implore you to keep using this tortured analogy in your valiant defense of white men in 2021 America... because the analogy's sheer incomprehensibility, historical inaccuracy, and, ultimately, offensiveness does nothing but weaken the argument you're trying to make. White men in America never have been analogous to Jews in the 1930s, and until they are specifically having their shop windows destroyed, their assets seized, they're marked as outsiders, and then systematically rounded up and genocided by the woke gestapo and SS, your comparison will remain willfully ignorant.
Do us all a favor and don't make comparisons to genocide unless the comparison is actually genocide.
Also, you have a strong tendency to extrapolate what you think people have said, or taking things out of context. AKA "putting words in people's mouths". You seem to make up your mind about people, and then keep spewing that narrative, and harassing people, like a bully. I am not the only person to point it out to you. Stop doing it, and also stop quoting every little detail and sentence the other person has ever said just to "prove" your point; it's malicious, and should have no place in polite and friendly discussion. We are not prosecuting each other. And we all make mistakes, especially in the heat of a contradictory discussion.
I really am surprised by how you can make such logically consistent points in clinical contexts, but just totally whiff when the topic shifts. Because look at the contradiction you're making: on one hand, you're accusing me of putting words in people's mouths, and then in the very next breath you're attempting to fault me for quoting what you say and then replying to your own words!
You can't have it both ways, FFP. Ultimately, you're frustrated that your own words are what are so damning, and I suggest you say something different rather than blaming those who just throw your own words back in your face.
In regard to being a bully, that really does give me a hearty chuckle, considering the accusation is coming from someone who not only might be the number one forum bully, but who, indeed, is one that usually targets posters lower in the hierarchy like medical students and residents who don't know any better.
Regarding Europe and Muslims, there are many issues, but the main one is mixing a large population that strongly believes in 7th century tenets of a religion that still advocates killing or converting through violence and has little respect for modern human rights, with a modern secular and Christian one. Let's not mention all the religious wars Europe has fought with the Muslims, or the continuous mistreatment of Christians in many Muslim countries. I would advise you to read Ayaan Hirsi Ali's books about Islam. Many (most?) Muslims are simply not ready to live in a secular Europe. Of course there are exceptions, and smart people who would benefit any country that would accept them. That should go without saying. Again, it's a matter of reading other people's posts maliciously, or with the benefit of the doubt. And let's not a mention that 99% of these people come illegally, across the Mediterranean, wheat and chaff together.
I don't know if you're a Muslim or not, but don't take this personally. Consider things rationally, from the other side's point of view. Again, assume that the other side is rational, not just emotional. Usually there is no smoke without fire. And if you're Muslim, and want to be my friend, and even educate me about where I am wrong, in a friendly dispassionate objective fashion, you're welcome to do it.
I'm struck by the irony that you implore me to think rationally, but given your bias your mind immediately jumps to the prospect that I could only defend Muslims if I was a Muslim. I am not a Muslim, nor was I raised as a Muslim. I'm an atheist, and I find the tenets of fundamentalist Islam to be as absurd if not more so than those of other fundamentalist religions.
But being rational and unbiased means giving individuals a fair shake. It’s something you profess to do, but which you actually don't when it comes to groups which aren't your sacred cows, i.e. Muslims. Your bias has been demonstrated because you ignore that not all Muslims shun or are incapable of assimilating. You ignore polling that shows that 70% of Western Europe has a favorable view of Muslims. You ignore the comments of the leaders of the UK, France, Germany when they say that immigration is a good thing. Instead, you ignore the majority data points in favor of puppeting the radical right wing fringe like Le Pen, Wilders, Farage, etc.
And yes, I defended GA8314 because I felt he was banned for just a few debatable posts, mostly for being unPC. I understand how annoying his veneration for European culture can be, but again, invert. There are a ton of people who are downright being celebrated for spitting on said European culture, or removing it from educational curriculums.
This is America, not the Soviet Union or Mao's China, there should be no thoughtcrime, just dialogue about anything and everything, especially on a forum of highly-educated people. If not even on the physician sections of SDN, where?
People should not have to wear muzzles to protect other people's "feelings". It's a jungle out there, in the real world, outside America. Empires don't care about feelings, neither do dictators. Neither do other countries which would love to destroy us and our lifestyle, which hate our liberties and our prosperity. We already have generations of softies, who wear virtual diapers at adult age, who don't know how to deal with life's challenges, who think that insuccesses equal discrimination; the last thing they need is more ultra woke babying. The one thing they are world class at is hating the older generations, their forefathers, and everything those have built in this country, as many of our national enemies do. And all we do is pile more on, by spoiling them even as adults. When, especially in healthcare, they will need such a thick skin.
P.S. Edited for clarity.
One might have thought
@chocomorsel was psychic when she said that you're faking about taking a break and abstaining from political posting. But of course she's not psychic- you're just woefully predictable in that your posts build to an outrageous climax of offensiveness, you say you're done, and then of course you come back to start the cycle over again.
But, since you are so predictable, I screen capped the last outrageous outburst you had and then subsequently deleted before you decided to take another "break" the night before last, which lasted all of 5 minutes. Please, allow me to exercise my "free speech" and make sure everyone knows how you really feel:
