It depends on what you're trying to communicate. I do think the tendency to portray Nazis as creatures of evil has made it easier not to see what Nazis stood for, and how many people are pretty happy to go that way. But for hot takes? Point and laugh. Point and swear. Throw them out of the bar.

Yeah, that's a difference between an academic setting and a political one. The "understanding history" thing is important, but it's not how you win an election to protect democracy. (And vice versa, obv.)