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Originally Posted by Jane Oldaker
I'm intrigued by the speculation on why read it so I'm gonna stick my oar in too. I posit that it is essential for academics to have some understanding of it. In fact I would suggest that it behooves much of humanity to have a minimal, stress minimal understanding of it. And I'm going to have to speculate that most Neo-Nazis who possess it haven't read it or much of anything else for that matter.
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Just as a dog whistle can't be heard by humans, a metaphorical dog whistle is a message that is only understood by its intended audience. Some books are vile, but we can't afford to be ignorant of them. The more we know, the harder it is for people who admire Hitler to put their message out without being noticed.
I've never read Mein Kampf, but I've read part of "On the Jews and their Lies" by Martin Luther, I read as much as I could stand to read.