Nikos Papakonstantinou
1 min readJan 14, 2022

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You do understand that these are two completely different things, right? WW2 and a protest? Can we stop using these inane analogies which can only harm any chance of reasonable discourse? Can we look at the facts?

What happened in Kenosha is that a stupid kid with a rifle went there to play hero, a person with suicidal tendencies charged him, he was shot dead and then two other people thought that kid was an active shooter and charged him too. Please explain to me how this is in any way comparable to a concentration camp.

The problem here is that if we call any gun-totting nut a Nazi, they respond by equating themselves with Jews and that ridiculous analogy then seems like a valid response to an almost equally unfounded accusation. At that point any hope of getting to the core of the issue, that armed people should not be allowed in public protests, goes out of the window.

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Nikos Papakonstantinou
Nikos Papakonstantinou

Written by Nikos Papakonstantinou

It’s time to ponder the reality of our situation and the situation of our reality.

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