I do find it fascinating that every time someone tries to use historical evidence to show the dangers of a current trend, they are inevitably accused of making light of the historical event and people ignore their actual statements. We seem to be actively hostile to learning from the past as a society and just operate on faith that the injustices and atrocities of our collective past will never happen again.<p>Obviously anything to do with Nazis or the Holocaust triggers this reaction faster and more severely, but it can happen with any subject. Every argument of "Currently A is happening. When A happened in {time/place} it led to B and then C, and we all agree B and C are really bad" will be met with "How dare you compare yourself to {time/place}! B and C aren't happening now and will never happen again" (with no explanation for what will prevent B and C from happening).