The parent comment proposes that Nazis as such are not the actual problem, that Nazis are merely an extreme case of typical in-group&#x2F;out-group behavior, and that &quot;21st century intellectuals&quot; need to avoid all the badness of Nazis by being more aware of their own in-group biases.<p>The first proposition is then not a non sequitur at all: it is simply a restatement of the original poster&#x27;s view that certain people ought to be more aware of their in-grouping bias.<p>Even if the proposal had not been explicitly limited to &quot;21st century intellectuals,&quot; this explicitly calls for the differentiation of people into &quot;those who are aware of their in-group bias&quot; and &quot;those who are not aware of their in-group bias.&quot; The point I made follows even more strongly from the explicit qualification of &quot;21st century intellectuals&quot;: the original post is stating directly that 21st century intellectuals ought to act a certain desired way -- that is, forming an in-group with a certain sociall prescribed norm of belief. It indeed follows from this that not only all people who do not adhere to the &quot;be aware of your in-group bias&quot; proposal, but indeed all people who are not intellectuals, form an out-group.<p>I believe this explanation of how my reprhasing correctly restates the original proposition adequately addresses the &quot;straw man&quot; point, as well.