Was Hitler charismatic?

[Lief 🗽]

Keep in mind that if you vote yes on this, you, according to one of our most esteemed and intelligent posters, "have the soul of a pidgeon [sic] at best."

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

No, he was practically a wallflower.

[Sumner 1868]

Obviously yes. The Nazi's sharp rise in popularity between 1928 and July 1932 would not have been possible otherwise.

[SATW]

Obviously yes. The Nazi's sharp rise in popularity between 1928 and July 1932 would not have been possible otherwise.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Eric2Oslo seems to think so. He loves Hitler (so does Lief and Landslide Lyndon).

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

No. Telling people who to hate loudly is not charisma.

[Cory]

Obviously yes. The Nazi's sharp rise in popularity between 1928 and July 1932 would not have been possible otherwise.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

God, the liberal weenies in this thread are ridiculous. "Hitler said obviously awful and evil things! Therefore, not charismatic!" So glad a few of you have had the mental flexibility to step outside the box of "me and mine" to actually be able to pass objective judgment. Now, I have no idea if Hitler was charismatic, I don't know German, but at least discuss his actual use of diction and rhetoric instead of relying on, of all things, ideology

[Lurker]

He managed to turn an insignificant political sect into the most popular party in Germany, gaining tens of millions of devoted followers. I.e., the answer pretty much gives itself.

(I was going to ask what kind of idiot would claim otherwise, but after having read the other thread, I realize that it was pretty obvious...)

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

God, the liberal weenies in this thread are ridiculous. "Hitler said obviously awful and evil things! Therefore, not charismatic!" So glad a few of you have had the mental flexibility to step outside the box of "me and mine" to actually be able to pass objective judgment. Now, I have no idea if Hitler was charismatic, I don't know German, but at least discuss his actual use of diction and rhetoric instead of relying on, of all things, ideology

The only one who posted that he wasn't  charismatic was Rubio Republican

[Zioneer]

He was definitely charismatic, though part of his charisma was appealing to a nation that was desperate and would have tried anything.

From what I understand, he was really good at the old trick of beginning with a quiet, subdued voice, then slowly building up into a crescendo of passion (or in his case, hate) that ends in raised voices and shouting.

[DavidB.]

Eric2Oslo seems to think so. He loves Hitler (so does Lief and Landslide Lyndon).

Eric Oslo and Landslide Lyndon are obviously morons, but I don't think saying that Hitler was charismatic to many people is an inherently normative or positive statement; in fact, it is quite descriptive.

So basically this:

Obviously yes. The Nazi's sharp rise in popularity between 1928 and July 1932 would not have been possible otherwise.