That's... not quite true.

I'm not excusing WWII, the reason Europe is exceptional is precisely BECAUSE things like that are an aberration and not accepted as a matter of course. They discuss them as a society and change their government when it gets out of line.

Let's not forget that it was a democratically elected government in the USA that started...

> Lets not forget that it was a democratically elected government in Europe that started WWII. And killed millions for nothing more than being born who they were. Systematically, and with the full acquiescence of the favored population.

I'm sorry, but you are displaying a remarkable level of naiveté and outright stupidity about how history happened.

Hitler was not democratically elected. Hitler had only been a legal German citizen, permitted to run for office, for less than one month. Hitler ran for President with the intention of using the office to destroy the constitution and establish a dictatorship (under which it is extremely dubious to justifiably assess 'full acquiescence' of the population). He assumed the presidency after losing the election because Hindenburg died two years after defeating Hitler, and Hindenburg ran for re-election expressly to prevent Hitler from becoming president. After Hindenburg reluctantly appointed Hitler as Chancellor, the 1933 elections were an inarguably undemocratic election, in which new "elections" were held after Hitler urged dissolution of the Reichstag. The Nazis relied on widespread violence and intimidation, culminating in the Reichstag fire and subsequent laws that eviscerated civil liberties and imprisoned political opponents. The Nazis even "monitored" the elections to ensure they achieved a majority.

Slavery, Jim Crow, McCarthyism, sexism, paternalism, COINTELPRO, etc.--all these have strong places in American history of being the norm, not the aberration, and being accepted as a matter of course.

And who were these Nazis? Were they Germans who acted on behalf of their party and political ideology?

You can argue all you like about how much worse the USA is than Europe but my mother lived in Germany during that time. Complain all you like, but the USA is still far ahead of where Europe is when it comes to civil rights. Ask any survivor of the camps.

The mere fact that the head of the intelligence agencies is going to have to testify under oath in front of the Congress is a sign that the legitimacy of our government is something that is valued and protected.

Appeal to emotion, much? You directly mischaracterized the democratically elected status of the German state that began WWII. It has everything to do with the undemocratic nature of the German state after 1932 that led Europe to WWII.

I never argued in the slightest that the US was in any way, shape, or form worse than Europe. I simply corrected your incorrect understanding of history. If you're going to take a point from history to make a point about contemporary society and events, then at least get the history correct. It's not like you have to read between the redacted lines of history to do so.