well, part of the reason he 'apologized' is that there was a certain element of accuracy in his original remark....It is just that any direct comparison to Nazis is almost always excessive, and it is hard to explain that all you meant was that certain practices use similar reasoning and attitudes that the Nazis would not find strange.

Of course, almost ANYone wants to believe that they or their friends would not approve of REAL Nazi practices, and will protest loudly at any comparison.......so Durbin had to back down.

it is an interesting exercise to try to phrase an explanation of how a class of actions and/or beliefs is dangerous, unfair, bigoted, etc. without using some commonly known reference....but "Nazi" is just too loaded.