Reply #7: This phenomenon is often(always?) overlooked in the...

[teamster633]

...frequent discussions of whether or not * is comparable to Hitler. There are reasonable arguments for either position and they are suitable topics on a discussion board such as our own. The corporate media, on the other hand, regularly makes the comparison between Saddam Hussein and Hitler as a matter of undisputed fact. Their broad reach and undue and undeserved influence make this a far worse offense. The idea that a third rate dictator such as Hussein can be compared to one of the most truly evil men in history can be rejected on its face except for the fact that it serves the interest of their masters to inflate the importance of this former Republican tool who outwore his usefulness. To take their argument to its logical conclusion:

Hussein = Hitler
now we know that * is far more dangerous to our country than Hussein ever was or could have been, so
* is worse than Hussein
therefore
* is worse than Hitler

I rather doubt this is the conclusion they intend to imply and they would argue with the second premise. But my only point is to argue against the first premise, so that would make us even.