AskHistorians

I appreciate you being vulnerable and sincere with me. I regret that I stole the opportunity for us to start out like this, this has been a humbling interaction, truthfully.

If I could offer a small piece of advice: when approaching topics like the Nazi party or other such historical and contemporary groups, it can help to clearly signal your intent, but I’d steer away from phrases like “I’m just asking questions,” as those are often used disingenuously by people looking to provoke. While I don’t think there’s a need to be overly verbose, I do often find it helpful to over-explain my position so there’s less room for misunderstanding. You may have already noticed that about me, haha.

I know that in a community like AskHistorians it’s completely reasonable to expect straightforward historical responses, but unfortunately, the current political climate doesn’t leave much room for open and good-faith discussion on certain topics without people immediately being on guard.