flaja wrote:How do you make this conclusion?
Let's break this down.
You asserted, "anyone who thinks the Nazis didn't start the Reichstag fire is a fool", and, "By any reputable account [the fire] was started by the Nazis".
To substantiate these claims, you bring two sources (both over 40 years old).
But one of the sources you quote, Hannah Vogt, in the very quote you posted, actually wrote: "there is no definite proof that the Nazis set the fire". At the most, the subsequent events "give credence to the rumors that circulated in Germany at the time" that it was the Nazis.
Rumors that events made seem credible, but no definite proof. That's a far cry from 'by any reputable account' and 'only a fool would deny it'. And that's just the source you brought yourself to argue your case!
That's what Old Europe is talking about.
flaja wrote:It is a common tactic on the left to make outlandish charges that must be true simply because they are outlandish.
Ironically, the hypothesis that it was the Nazis who set the fire is one that was especially encouraged by the left that you so disdain. But historians have moved on.