I have read a few discussions on mylot asking about Adolf Hitler, speaking as

@ESKARENA1 (18260)
March 8, 2007 3:51am CST
though this evil man was some kind of hero, someone to be respected. Could someone please tell me how someone so fundementally evil could be respected at all. What do you see as the atraction?
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raijin
@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
8 Mar 07
Hitler was a loser eversince he was a kid, he's a frustrated artist and a well-known propagandist. A self-centered paranoid person, and a mass murderer. I also learned that the reason for he's lack of opportunity to work was because the Jews were more benefited during his younger days, these is what motivated him to have a revenge on them in the future. A very sick, evil man indeed. I also don't know why other people repects this man.
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ESKARENA1
@ESKARENA1 (18260)
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8 Mar 07
Thank you for your addition to debate, i am trying to understand what motivates his supporters today? blessed be
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ESKARENA1
@ESKARENA1 (18260)
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9 Mar 07
Yes, but of course, in historical reality, Hitler was an extremely weak leader who only got anywhere near power in Germany as a result of the lack of a hisorical tradition of democracy and the destruction caused by the first world war. In other words, Hitler only got power because the structures of Germany were not strong enough to prevent it.
raijin
@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
8 Mar 07
What motivates them, is that most of them are fanatics to such easy, evil ways of possessing power over people. To which I think most of them do not know Hitler's background, as a pathetic and a paranoid leader. These fanatics are just riding along with Hitler's name, for them to be also recognized as different from any other person..
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lordwarwizard
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
8 Mar 07
This is the power of Father Time. Time can change everything and given time, any truth can be distorted. Why, are you so sure after all that Hitler is not a saint wrongly accused? :P
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ESKARENA1
@ESKARENA1 (18260)
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8 Mar 07
The reason im certain is not a saint wrongly accused is because i am a historian of the twentieth century, i have seen far too much. You are right, over time our impresdsionh of the past changes. What troubles me is that we tend to re create the past in our own image and give hero status to such evil individuals. I worry in case those doing this have an anti simitic agenda
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Gabs
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
8 Mar 07
Well EsKaren as far as I am concerned anybody who thinks he is a Hero needs their Head Checking and I come from a German Background and I think it is disgusting and awful what he did.
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ESKARENA1
@ESKARENA1 (18260)
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9 Mar 07
thank you for your response my friend. There is no doubt that the hitler of historicfal reality was evil. However, there is a section of the community that seems to have recreated an image of Hitler nothing to do with the historical reality at all blessed be
sjohnson628
@sjohnson628 (3197)
• United States
8 Mar 07
I don't understand it either I have alot of nieces and they all seem to look up to him as if he was a hero! I think this man was purely evil myself.
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ESKARENA1
@ESKARENA1 (18260)
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8 Mar 07
he certainly was pure evil, but im fascinated where this hero worship comes from, is it just to shock?
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@Zmugzy (773)
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8 Mar 07
First and foremost it's to do with ignorance: some people simply do not know how bad he was and what atrocities he was responsible for. There is also a tendency to be attracted to power and powerful figures.
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ESKARENA1
@ESKARENA1 (18260)
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8 Mar 07
absolutely right my friend there is only one word for hitler, absolute evil