Why do you think the same people who didn’t want to pay taxes to the british during the revolution were so angry when citizens in their own nation didn’t want to pay taxes?

The american public did not truly take in the horror of adolf hitler's regime until years after the existence of concentration camps was first reported in american newspapers. partly this was the fault of the media, which did not give prominent placement to news of the holocaust. what other factors do you think contributed to the long delay in understanding the holocaust?