re: #64 researchok

Fair questions.

Consider the following- a blowhard is just that- he or she won’t actually commit, serious time, money or effort.

The Nazi types embrace a lifestyle- the Pam Geller devotees embrace a few minutes on stage, so to speak.

The Nazi types want to dinstinguish themselves from the mainstream- the hers want you to believe they are a part of the mainstream

You are a real deal physics guy, doing real work and real research.

The Mad Scientist franchisee entertains kids after school and at birthday parties. He shows kids the ‘magic’ of science, uses big words, etc.

There is a big difference between you and him- and I’m no taking about the balloons.

Well said, and I appreciate both the analogy and its nuanced subtleties. However, for a genocide to happen the lifestyle becomes the mainstream. Part of that process is making ever more horrible things OK through repetition.

I have little doubt that many of the commentors on those sites would acquiesce to a genocide of Muslims, and some really do want it to happen. In all such cases it is dangerous and the end of that road if unchecked is an actual genocide.