Many Germans did not want to be reminded of individuals who did not measure up to their concept of a “master race” and were considered “unfit” or “handicapped.” People with physical and mental disabilities were viewed as “useless” to society, a threat to Aryan genetic purity, and, ultimately, “unworthy of life.” At the beginning of World War II, individuals with mental or physical disabilities were targeted for murder in what the Nazis called the “T-4,” or “euthanasia,” program.
Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Murder of People with Disabilities
thoon@feddit.nl 1 year ago
Yes, free speech is always offensive to someone. That is called accepting the social contract of a free society.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 year ago
So are the social consequences of speech.
thoon@feddit.nl 1 year ago
Ain’t denying that