Comparisons to Uncle Joe

For John, BLUF:  We need some sense of balance in our discussions of who President Donald Trump is in the spread of history.  Comparisons to Adolph Hitler or Joseph Stalin seem over the top.  We need some historic perspective.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

---

Today’s Question On CONLAWPROF:  Where Would You Put Trump?

This is a throwback by half a year, but with Impeachment heating up it is still of interest.

From The New Reform Club, by Blogger Seth Barrett Tillman, 11 April 2019.

Here is the lede plus one:

Professor ZZZ asks:  “Trump is not Stalin but in the history of national (federal) political figures in this country, I’m wondering … where [would] you put Trump? … Having a POTUS so publicly awful along those lines lowers the horrible bar so dramatically that we will pay for years to come.  Not being Stalin but being Roy Cohn is a hell of a legacy.”

One of the comparisons by Mr Tillman was to President Woodrow Wilson.  Remember, the President who resegregated the Federal Civil Service. Even as the House works toward formally and properly regularizing Impeachment of President Donald Trump, the inability to maintain perspective is astonishing.  I wouldn't presume to compare President Jefferson Davis to Joseph Stalin.  Do our schools not help students understand who Joseph Stalin was?

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff