Honestly.....there's some crazy stuff going down over baby Hitler right now.

Certain 'progressives' have reacted to a Jewish conservative called Ben Shapiro's mention of whether a time traveler should murder baby Hitler or not.

I think it all started as a pro life/choice question but it's morphed into its own little battle.

We are living in times where the loonies are in charge.

42 percent of the New York Times readership who responded to the question....said they would murder baby Hitler.

As someone mentioned in the comments....I wonder where these same people stand on killing baby Karl Marx.

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Edited by Stirlingsays (20 Jan 2019 9.57am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Perhaps....but without Marx do we get Stalin?....Mao Zedong?.....Pol Pot?

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

It's a great debating point because there is no answer. Churchill vetoed killing Hitler because he was doing such a bad job of running the war and Churchill was afraid that the Germans would appoint some one competent.

There is no guarantee that killing baby Hitler would have a good outcome. Possible scenarios could be:

1) No WW2 so peace breaks out in Europe. Maybe, however Germany was in economic and political meltdown that had nothing to do with Hitler so that still would have happened so peace and love was not certain.

2) Hitler didn't found the Nazi party and he pushed other potential leaders out of the way. Whose to say those leaders would not have been more successful and as evil without Hitler?

3) Lets suppose the Nazi party never grows to be a major player. The communists came close to seizing power so its possible they would succeed.

4) Germany remains a democracy however with no Nazi party in power Stalin rolls through Europe and we all end up living under Uncle Joe.

I could go on but one final thought. Baby Hitler is adopted by a loving caring family and grows up to be a much loved artist.

Babies are not evil.

One more point

In reality...it doesn't matter who you murder...Not that anyone should ever be murdering babies of course time traveling or not...that's completely insane.

These people are symptoms of the society they grew up in.....not the causes.

As said, If not Hitler, it would have been someone else.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

I think you can stop Ferdinand making the trip...stop him visiting the hospital and stuff like that to stop the attack......But can we really stop WW1?

It was just waiting to happen.

Edited by Stirlingsays (20 Jan 2019 10.39am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Yep....You can have babies with harmful genetics like low empathy and other traits that can go very badly for society.

But the environment modifies genes to at least a small extent.....and life opportunities shape possibilities.

So someone with very negative traits can become a CEO or they can become a murderer...or put all that energy into art......At the baby stage all you have are traits.

Edited by Stirlingsays (20 Jan 2019 10.57am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)