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already happens to some degree

But there is no evidence he had any immediate plans of wholesale slaughter before the outbreak of the war. (Once a prolonged war on two fronts was a reality this changed quite quickly.)The high level Nazis only actually openly mentioned slaughtering Jews in an industrial fashion in a meeting once towards the end of the war, so even whilst it was happening Hitler was not talking about it.He detested being told about early jewish slaughters by hand, which were performed by SS officers when their CO warned of the effect it would have on his men to become mass executionersThe lack of discussion on the subject should not be confused for a lack of intent given the end result.Source: Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shrier and World War 2 by Anthony BeevorYeah sure it's offensive given his drug war context, but the sheer number of people getting offended and actually believing the statement is troubling and making my doubt people's critical thinking skills.Don't people