Was Hitler innocent?

Careful there. If you’re going to go that far, where do you draw the line? Suppose I wrote a book saying that all thieves should be killed…and someone is convinced by my words and goes on a shooting spree. “They would not have died” if not for my book. Sounds to me like you’re saying I have blood on my hands.

For more fun, let’s assume I didn’t even say anything about killing. What if I just wrote a book about how reprehensible it was to steal. I didn’t advocate any violence, I just talked about how bad acts of theft were…and someone was inspired to kill because they were convinced thieves were evil, entirely due to what I wrote. Again, “they would not have died”, but for my words. My fault?

What if I wrote “peace to all the Earth, and glory be to God” and someone interpreted that to mean every living thing should be killed, since that’s the only true way to have peace.

You’re walking a dangerous path here.