And since people fall into such silly notions of why to vote for someone or not, most good Americans refuse to enter the political arena.Yeah, I agree with your overall point. But if I planned on running for office, I sure would think twice before putting on a Nazi outfit, game or not.
And there are also different levels of involvement. Playing a video game is obviously not as involved as dressing up and acting it out. That's why people who LARP (live action roleplay) are much bigger nerds than video gamers.
Is that really something we should judge people over?
I guess I'm among the only ones who find the actual topic at hand a non-issue.
Dressing up as a Nazi is politically incorrect, but I don't even see a swastika. There is such a thing as guarded admiration - many throughout history have respected their opposition's tactics and strategy, even if their cause was extremely unjust.
The candidate looks like he's in North African gear, a sort of ode to Rommel.
I don't see it as an issue either. I just have a hard time (not really) believing people here can be so short sighted and bigoted.
Nazi Re-enactor Just Tip of the Iceberg: The GOP’s Long History with Nazi Allies
Iott says the group chose the Wiking division in part because it fought on the Eastern Front, mainly against the Russian Army, and not U.S. or British soldiers. The group’s website includes a lengthy history of the Wiking unit, a recruitment video, and footage of goose-stepping German soldiers marching in the Warsaw victory parade after Poland fell in 1939. The website makes scant mention of the atrocities committed by the Waffen SS, and includes only a glancing reference to the “twisted” nature of Nazism. Instead, it emphasizes how the Wiking unit fought Bolshevist Communism:
The last thing that current-day resesntment cheerleaders–from Beck on down–want is for folks to start poking into the past, and laying out exactly how they (not liberals) are the ones with specific, historical connections with Nazi Germany, and the greatest death panels of all time.
http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/...aign=alternet#
short-sighted and bigoted would be jumping to conclusions about a picture without any context or explanation. In this case we have the context needed to conclude certain things about Mr. Iott. He has admitted his regard for Nazis, and has shown his enthusiasm for their miltary conquests by using his spare time to dress up like a SS soldier and reconstruct their victories.
some people thinking genocide wasn't a military objective is lol.
OK, Paul Rosenberg has five graphics inserts on his page from a book led "Reagan, Remorse and Revisionist History."Nazi Re-enactor Just Tip of the Iceberg: The GOP’s Long History with Nazi Allies
Iott says the group chose the Wiking division in part because it fought on the Eastern Front, mainly against the Russian Army, and not U.S. or British soldiers. The group’s website includes a lengthy history of the Wiking unit, a recruitment video, and footage of goose-stepping German soldiers marching in the Warsaw victory parade after Poland fell in 1939. The website makes scant mention of the atrocities committed by the Waffen SS, and includes only a glancing reference to the “twisted” nature of Nazism. Instead, it emphasizes how the Wiking unit fought Bolshevist Communism:
The last thing that current-day resesntment cheerleaders–from Beck on down–want is for folks to start poking into the past, and laying out exactly how they (not liberals) are the ones with specific, historical connections with Nazi Germany, and the greatest death panels of all time.
http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/...aign=alternet#
Care to place any of that in context, or are you assuming the worse?
Last edited by Wild Cobra; 10-12-2010 at 02:38 PM.
why does WC feel compelled to minimize to the point of non-existence the fact that a Republican candidate uses his spare time and money to dress up like a Nazi SS Soldier?
I'm not talking about whether people SHOULD judge or not. In this case, I don't think it's a big deal.
I think you'll see alot of the old PC standards die out when it comes time for Millenials to come into office... pretty much everyone has put out some dirt on themselves online.
I'm there with you. Not a big deal. Of course that won't stop the resident blue team puppets from feigning a bunch of outrage because it involves someone on red team.
lol people singing the praises of hitler just to protect their little ohio nazi.
exactly where is rock bottom?
I just find it a non-issue. You guy's are simply falling pray to an October Surprise.
you mean like "surprise, he's a nazi"?
if its just a surprise.......why are you pimping hitler?
If you say so. Believe as you like. You nearly always jump to the wrong conclusions anyway. I know that as an absolute fact.
What about Civil War reenactors who dress up as confederate soldiers? I'm sure some politician has done that.
which side slaughtered jews? north or south?
I was thinking of bringing up the same point, or even SCA activities. I doubt it matters to those who have such closed minds though. I do find it funny to see him and others spout the continuous assumptions, being biased against what it is, especially for someone so antisemitic himself.
For the record,I too think this activities were stupid. That said, it's nothing I would hold against him without evidence showing his stated purpose is a lie. His words are acceptable to me.
Nobody is perfect.
George Bush has his own vocabulary.
John Kerry threw someone elses medals away.
Al Gore invented the internet...
It's fun to make fun of people over silly things, but is it really that important?
Who treated blacks like property, and disposed of them at will?
the founding fathers
Oh the irony....
they probably catch from black voters, just like a Nazi sympathizer might catch from Jewish voters.
Careful. You might overload the graspers with common sense.
Yes, but it's fun doing so.
yeah, it will just cost him the election.
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