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rivenwyrm t1_j690gsq wrote

Direct quotes from Sarah Fowler Arthur in her interview https://youtu.be/sIcYdNF_qUo

> “What we do not want is for someone to come in and say, ‘Well,
obviously, the German government was right in saying that an Aryan race
is superior to all other races, and therefore they were acting rightly
when they murdered hundreds of thousands of people for having a
different color of skin,’” Fowler Arthur said. “We believe that that is
anti-American, and that it goes against everything that America stands
for.

This is ignorant and inaccurate.

> “And so we want to be clear that yes, you should talk about these atrocities that have happened in history, but you also do have an obligation to point out the value that each individual brings to the table,” Fowler Arthur said. “And to encourage students to think of their peers with respect and courtesy, and appreciate them for who they are.”

This is classic Nazi apologism.

> “I’ve been personally listening to some audiobooks on the Holocaust lately, and maybe you’re going to listen to the perspective of someone from Poland when they were undergoing similar displacement, or when they were being incorporated into the war, into some of these camps, or maybe you’re listening to it from the perspective of a Jewish person that has gone through the tragedies that took place,” Fowler Arthur said. “And maybe you listen to it from the perspective of a German soldier, then you take all those things and you’re asked to write a paper on what happened.”

This is even more direct Nazi apologism.

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