My recent decision to publicize Dr. Miller’s story struck a chord with many and, not long after, ended up on national television. I think that Dr. Miller’s story appealed to so many because it spoke to both the worst of what many of us have seen in the last few years and to the best in humanity many of us sincerely wished we’d seen more of. If you have not yet watched the interview, please do because it sets the context for this article:
Before we go any further, I need to provide a few disclaimers since I have very strong feelings on this topic and am not necessarily writing from my typical impartial style.
When I write, I try to follow two rules:
The first is to not talk about myself because I don’t want what’s on here to be about me—the only time I share personal stories is when I feel others can relate to them, and they hence benefit from hearing them.
The second is not to make Nazi or Hitler analogies. This is because comparing people to Hitler is one of the most overused responses on the internet and because Hitler did some truly awful stuff to my family, so I do not like to ever inadvertently trivialize what happened in Nazi Germany.
This was a difficult article for me to write, and those rules will not be followed today.
Nazi Germany followed an escalating pattern of persecution and genocide of undesirable minorities (e.g., Jews) that eventually resulted in them being thrown in death camps. Early in the process, Jews were branded as vermin that carried disease. That, in turn, was a key “scientific” justification used by the government (e.g., Public Health Officials) to persecute and…
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