The difference being, Hitler was well known for his bigotry. Some quotes are popular because they express an idea in a clever or entertaining way. Other quotes are used to invoke the gravitas of the original speaker or the original context. Sometimes it’s a bit of both.
Quoting Hitler, even for something relatively benign like his lunch order, implies that you support his ideology and actions. “I’ll have the salad, just like Hitler” has an obvious undertone of bigotry. Hitler might have shared some truisms, but chances are you can find similar, alternative quotes from famous people who didn’t commit a genocide.
Hardly anyone knows who Madeline O’Whatever is, and knowing she is a Holocaust denier, to me, means that she’s a nutjob. But it doesn’t mean all of her statements are false. The above statement is true, regardless of any unrelated delusions held by the speaker.
The difference being, Hitler was well known for his bigotry. Some quotes are popular because they express an idea in a clever or entertaining way. Other quotes are used to invoke the gravitas of the original speaker or the original context. Sometimes it’s a bit of both.
Quoting Hitler, even for something relatively benign like his lunch order, implies that you support his ideology and actions. “I’ll have the salad, just like Hitler” has an obvious undertone of bigotry. Hitler might have shared some truisms, but chances are you can find similar, alternative quotes from famous people who didn’t commit a genocide.
Hardly anyone knows who Madeline O’Whatever is, and knowing she is a Holocaust denier, to me, means that she’s a nutjob. But it doesn’t mean all of her statements are false. The above statement is true, regardless of any unrelated delusions held by the speaker.
I’ll have a glass of water, just like Hitler.
She was a big deal for early atheism and was kind of a nutjob.