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Maschinenwaffeleisen t1_j2922j5 wrote

ITT uninformed Americans glorifying an outspoken antisemite who argued for the suppression of the masses and feudalism.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_and_antisemitism

"The prevailing view[33] among historians is that Luther's anti-Jewish rhetoric contributed significantly to the development of antisemitism in Germany,[34] and in the 1930s and 1940s provided an ideal foundation for the Nazi Party's attacks on Jews"

Edit: My generalisation about "uninformed Americans" is propably unfair and deserves to be downvoted. Nonetheless, I remember a public discourse in Germany about Luther and his bad influences and I suspect that nothing of the sort happened in the US.

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Suspicious_Gazelle18 t1_j29ia2l wrote

The original Martin Luther isn’t necessarily someone we like… unless you’re Lutheran I suppose. He’s just a historical figure. How is going “oh interesting that MLK was named after him” glorifying the dude?

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Maschinenwaffeleisen t1_j2a3psb wrote

I should have made myself clearer. My comment was directed at the people downvoting criticism of Luther and absolving him of his bad influence because of the time he lived in.

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supmandude t1_j29d7le wrote

Also ITT, informed Americans refusing to condemn someone that literally helped inspire the fucking Holocaust, because “nobody in the past can have their ideology judged.”

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