It's still unsettling to look at Hitler. He hardly looks the part of a murdering tyrant, much less the kind of man who could motivate others to do horrific things.
Respectfully differing in opinion.
Perhaps in some still photos he may appear to be benign, but movies of him betray the irrationality and manipulative ability.
The thing that always freaks me out is the content of his speeches - they are on the surface so vague and unspecific, except for the repetition that Germany-is-great and we-was-robbed (yes, greatly oversimplified - I have a point here). In spite of that, everyone, and I do mean everyone, seems to understand the code and goes bonkers.
For a political speaker, Hitler rearely referred to himself in his speeches. He assumed the mantle of the German people and let everyone else refer to Hitler the individual. In a perverse way, given who we are talking about, it is refreshing when compared to the way current politicians make reference to themselves more often than they do the folks they are supposed to be serving.
Both Hitler and Mussolini studied public speaking, but only one of them seemed to have mastered the grand gestures. I'm not sure if it was due to cultural differences or not, but Mussolini's smug "Look what I just said - I guess that told them" expression after making his point seems rediculous, while Hitler's rearranging of his hair after some wild exhortations seems to be the gesture of an actor coming out of character back to his own persona.
TOTUS knows how to string the words together, but has no idea of how to present himself as the deliverer of those words. Imagine the horror there could be if we had a charismatic leader with charisma?
stay safe.
skidmark
