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That was true of Nazi interrogators with the exception of Hanns Scharff. He’s famously known in military intelligence for his use of kindness to extract information from unknowing participants.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanns_Scharff

It's almost like Nazis were naturally unkind people.

Yeah. It's in the name

Nazi is short for national socialist. That wouldn’t per se suggest unkindness by name alone. The appearance is deceptive, of course.

No, it was a joke. Like the "are we the baddies?" meme

It kind of does, if you follow the implications and start asking how they resolve the oxymorons.

Turns out, by ignoring one of the words entirely.

I feel like they modify each other.

Socialism is for the betterment of the community. Nationalism allows them to define who is included in that community.

Ah yes of course, how could one possibly assume unkindness of someone just because they're a Nazi. It's just short for two common words, surely we can't assume genocidal intent or otherwise fairly criticize anyone for something so trivial

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