Why do so many people compare everything to the Holocaust?

From public health measures to political causes, Holocaust comparisons are everywhere—and most of them erase the actual history of what happened to Jews.

It’s called Holocaust universalization: turning the Holocaust into a vague symbol of generic suffering, rather than a targeted genocide driven by antisemitism.

But when you remove the facts, you don’t honor history—you distort it.

Let’s talk about why that matters.

None of us are free until all of us are free! We must stand with our sisters and not allow this to go on any longer! We can also no longer allow the genocides to go on any longer! Gaza, Darfur in Sudan, Artsakh in Armenia, the Uyghur Muslims in China, the Congo, and the Rohingyan people in Myanmar. Justice, recovery, and healing for Tigray! Let’s get off our asses and do something about it!