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sir pball

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27. Thinking of a crime and executing it are two different things.

Sat Jan 3, 2026, 10:19 PM

Jan 2026

The Nazis "just" attacked the living daylights out of Russia, with the plan of killing them all.

They built the most coordinated, efficient, and horrific machine of death ever to exterminate the undesirables within their borders.

As awful as the siege of Stalingrad was, it will never compare to the pure horror that was Treblinka.

Said as someone who has slowly walked up the railroad to those gates of death. And seen Terezin. And Auschwitz, and Sobibor.

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A dark topic, but...the Holocaust wasn't the bloodiest event of WWII, by far. [View all] sir pball Jan 2026 OP

China also suffered twenty-something million dead (estimates vary) from '37-'45. RockRaven Jan 2026 #1

Is it a contest? nt LexVegas Jan 2026 #2

It kinda is... purr-rat beauty Jan 2026 #4

No, and that's exactly my point. sir pball Jan 2026 #5

Thank you for this post, my dear sir pball . . . CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2026 #3

That's an AND, not an OR. Iggo Jan 2026 #6

Is there a point to this? sarisataka Jan 2026 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jan 2026 #12

Call me stupid, but B.See Jan 2026 #8

I'm not saying it was morally equivalent. sir pball Jan 2026 #20

No, it isn't. Rather B.See Jan 2026 #33

In what context do you think people are ignoring it? meadowlander Jan 2026 #37

There are people in this very post sir pball Jan 2026 #38

Sure but what's the relevance for discussing that in a forum set up to discuss current US politics? meadowlander Jan 2026 #41

Well, for one I was told to post it here, and two, GD is not "current US politics", it's "General Discussion". sir pball Jan 2026 #43

Add to that the many millions Stalin killed Kaleva Jan 2026 #9

Ethnic Russian losses were about 14 million during WWII Kaleva Jan 2026 #10

Does it really matter? Xolodno Jan 2026 #11

It shows that Russians were very liberal in their sacrificing Kaleva Jan 2026 #14

That's a very generalized statement that frankly isn't true. Xolodno Jan 2026 #19

Which supports my point Kaleva Jan 2026 #34

Many thought WW1 was the epitome and would stop such savage aggression. Xolodno Jan 2026 #13

Correct malaise Jan 2026 #15

Adding the millions in Ukraine who died of starvation because no_hypocrisy Jan 2026 #16

hey fyi this kind of score-keeping is often found on paths to Holocaust denialism and/or basic antisemitism and is not a WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2026 #17

It's also how the nazis keep their victims fighting each other instead of fighting the nazis. Iggo Jan 2026 #18

Nah, thanks. sir pball Jan 2026 #22

Then why did you even need to bring up the Holocaust iemanja Jan 2026 #23

To sharpen it. sir pball Jan 2026 #25

You're making comparisons that other people also regularly make while denying the Holocaust. If you don't want people WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2026 #35

ELI5 how am I denying the Holocaust, please. sir pball Jan 2026 #39

There is a difference between people dying in battle iemanja Jan 2026 #21

The Nazis absolutely wanted to genocide Russians, Slavs. sir pball Jan 2026 #24

Why then did you say that you think the Holocaust was the worst crime in history? iemanja Jan 2026 #26

Thinking of a crime and executing it are two different things. sir pball Jan 2026 #27

This has an anti-Semitic undertones to it Bluestocking Jan 2026 #28

Yeah, I expected this. sir pball Jan 2026 #29

Remember Pearl Harbor Bluestocking Jan 2026 #30

and the 16th through 19th slaughter of indigenous peoples in America and Australia DBoon Jan 2026 #31

It wasn't just russians, but it did reflect Crunchy Frog Jan 2026 #32

If you're counting bodies ... Kennah Jan 2026 #36

I've literally said that here several times, yes. sir pball Jan 2026 #40

That was the result of the Soviet system and a mindset Kennah Jan 2026 #42