If Everyone’s Hitler, No One’s Hitler

<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW42625321 BCX4"> <p><span data-contrast="none">In one of his books, historian</span> <a href= "https://unherd.com/2021/04/how-hitler-killed-the-devil/"><span data-contrast="none"> Tom Holland asked,</span></a> <span data-contrast= "none">“</span><span data-contrast="none">Who needs the Devil when there is Adolf Hitler?” S</span><span data-contrast="none">ince the Holocaust, calling someone “Hitler” has been the quickest way to call someone “evil” and to short-circuit debate, even for those who don’t know much about who Hitler was and what he did.</span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">However, because of its constant use, calling someone a “Nazi” or “Hitler” is almost meaningless. Put differently, if everyone is Hitler,</span> <a href= "https://breakpoint.org/the-trouble-with-hitler/"><span data-contrast="none"> no one is</span></a><span data-contrast= "none">. </span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559738":240,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">But I say</span> <em><span data-contrast="none">almost</span></em> <span data-contrast="none">because any of our moral proclamations are made in a world infused with the moral law that stands over the behavior of moral beings, and all of this reflects the moral nature of the Creator. </span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559738":240,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">In the so-called “</span><a href= "https://www.inss.org.il/publication/antisemitism-left/"><span data-contrast="none">Holocaust inversion</span></a><span data-contrast="none">” of recent days, Jews have been called “Nazis” while those committing and supporting their annihilation are called victims. This is because the whole tragic episode is being seen by those unattached from the realities of evil and history. </span><span data-ccp-props= "{"20134198