Disavow anyone who provokes or accepts the extermination of a race to which he does not belong.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- You should reject anyone who supports genocide against any group.
- In plain terms
- Stay away from people who want to kill off entire races.
- What can you take from it?
- Do not ally with those who support mass killing.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who do you cut off for moral reasons?
- Is silence complicity?
Another view
Sometimes people do not realize what they support.
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Hate only hatred.
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