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03-20-2019, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Meenrod
I don't find this funny. If a video meme was made about 9/11 I think a lot of people here would be offended. I don't see the difference. They are both dark periods in history where countless innocent people died. Are we so callus as to find that humorous now simply because some time has passed?
03-20-2019, 11:15 AM
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03-20-2019, 11:20 AM
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This video is not glorifying Hitler nor is it promoting anti-Semitism; it's a parody and is reducing Hitler to a mere puppet where people can "insert" words into his mouth in an absurd fashion. If he were alive, he probably wouldn't appreciate it, and perhaps we should take some glee in that.
03-20-2019, 11:55 AM
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I don't find this funny. If a video meme was made about 9/11 I think a lot of people here would be offended. I don't see the difference. They are both dark periods in history where countless innocent people died. Are we so callus as to find that humorous now simply because some time has passed?
03-20-2019, 12:51 PM
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This video is not glorifying Hitler nor is it promoting anti-Semitism; it's a parody and is reducing Hitler to a mere puppet where people can "insert" words into his mouth in an absurd fashion. If he were alive, he probably wouldn't appreciate it, and perhaps we should take some glee in that.
03-20-2019, 01:13 PM
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Burning Brakes
Ditto Mark's comments above..
Recall Mel Brooks' The Producers and its absurd signature song, "Springtime for Hitler".
Parts of history are so dark and horrible that bringing back small pieces in total parody might be therapeutic rather than offensive.
This stuff would not fly in the mid-late 1940's and early '50's. I was growing up among relatives and Holocaust survivors in N.Y. City, vowing to never buy anything German or Japanese.
Now, we can't get enough of their stuff.
Recall Mel Brooks' The Producers and its absurd signature song, "Springtime for Hitler".
Parts of history are so dark and horrible that bringing back small pieces in total parody might be therapeutic rather than offensive.
This stuff would not fly in the mid-late 1940's and early '50's. I was growing up among relatives and Holocaust survivors in N.Y. City, vowing to never buy anything German or Japanese.
Now, we can't get enough of their stuff.
03-20-2019, 03:09 PM
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For those who also aren't aware, the Hitler Downfall videos are part of meme back in 2008. Used to be tons of them, so seeing this one without knowing their background could make people question "why?". They used to come out often, but DMCA requests made it harder to create and post them. I still remember a classic one where the new iPhone came out right after he bought an older version.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...-watching.html
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-fun...ng-technology/
https://www.cnet.com/news/bruno-ganz...meme-has-died/
brandon
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...-watching.html
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-fun...ng-technology/
https://www.cnet.com/news/bruno-ganz...meme-has-died/
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03-20-2019, 03:51 PM
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03-20-2019, 04:00 PM
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Well I am clearly in the minority here. I asked my wife her view and she told me to lighten up.
Yes dear.
Yes dear.
03-20-2019, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Meenrod
Well I am clearly in the minority here. I asked my wife her view and she told me to lighten up.
Yes dear.
Yes dear.
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03-20-2019, 08:30 PM
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03-20-2019, 08:50 PM
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Thanks Shadow, you made my day, it was hilarious!