Hitler: was he really so bad?

Professional troll Jack Marx of The Daily Truth asks whether Hitler deserves his status as the standard bearer of all evil:

Adolf is rightly credited with starting World War II, a colossal six-year sprint of advancements in technology, transportation, medicine, construction and logistics that made the world much more agreeable for the “boomers” and beyond. A lot of people died in unimaginably horrible circumstances, it is true, but omelettes don’t grow on trees.

One of the oddities of history is that while Hitler killed 11 million people, he is more infamous than Stalin (who killed 20 million) and Mao Tse Tung (70 million). Does that mean he was less evil than them? No, it just means he was less competent. Hitler would have killed as many people as Stalin or more, but his regime didn’t last long enough.

Godwin’s Law states that once an online discussion reaches a certain length, Hitler comparisons become inevitable. Why? To demonize one’s opponent in a debate, that’s why. And there are so many ways of doing so. Hence the following section, about using Hitler in Internet debates:

If you like classical music, you’re “just like Hitler”. If you believe that children are the future, “that’s what Hitler thought”. Partial to dogs? “Mein Fuhrer”. Dress smartly? “Heil Hitler”. And if you happen to be a vegetarian who doesn’t drink or smoke, you’re obviously going to invade Poland.

Hitler planned to create a huge slave empire in the East. Stalin actually did.

BUT THERE’S MORE: Al Gore “uses the same tactic” as Hitler in Gore’s fight against global warming.