Is hardly out of context with the article being commented on.
"You don't get rid of history by blacklisting people from viewing it, you don't convince people that Nazis are bad by, literally, stooping to their level and censoring (okay, I went there). And, as this leak clearly proves, it doesn't work anyways."
It is a follow up to a position taken in the article.
It is slightly heavy handed maybe, but the idea that a society through fear of its own past may create the tools that allows for a repeat of the very thing it is trying to avoid, is clearly a reasonable concern.
The fact that we happen to be discussing Germany, doesn't suddenly stop you from being allowed to make historical comparisons.
"You don't get rid of history by blacklisting people from viewing it, you don't convince people that Nazis are bad by, literally, stooping to their level and censoring (okay, I went there). And, as this leak clearly proves, it doesn't work anyways."