[ SECRET POST #2677 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2677 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[The Scribbler]


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02.
[bioshock infinite: burial at sea]


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04.
[True Detective]


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08.
[fire emblem/super smash bros]


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10.
[World of Warcraft]


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12. [SPOILERS for Hannibal]



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13. [SPOILERS for Bioshock: Infinite]



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14. [SPOILERS for Game of Thrones]



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15. [WARNING for rape/abuse I'm assuming? Ramsay/Theon stuff]
http://i.imgur.com/Xo0GSkI.png



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16. [WARNING for mental illness/hospitals]



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17. [WARNING for depression]



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18. [WARNING for eating disorders]



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19. [WARNING for rape]

[Game of Thrones]








Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #382.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[intrigueing]

I sure as fuck don't think that "the way the deaths were done" makes the Holocaust worse than other war crimes for the people who were actually killed. It's just that the context matters when it comes to...I dunno, the public consciousness of the event, and therefore, whether that event gets used for symbolic and metaphorical purposes in fiction. Like, WWI was just plain different than other wars for certain countries, like Britain. It's never been paralleled. That doesn't mean the deaths of the people who died in other wars were less horrific, just that the context affects how people see the event as a whole in hindsight. Likewise, the Holocaust was something where the context really mattered in shaping its broader meaning. It was unheard of at the time and nothing has really replicated it, and even if it was replicated, it would be a replication, not the original event. So there's a reason other war crimes are compared to the Holocaust, not the other way around.

But I absolutely agree that just because it makes sense that people think that way, doesn't mean it should be made into a
"this is how people always ought to think" thing. Comparing atrocities is pretty cold and dehumanizing, not particularly useful, and it can be dangerous. For one thing, it leads to the "well, at least I'm not a Nazi!" and justification and all the Whataboutism shown by the OP.