• prole@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    Not sure how removed from the Nazis Prince Harry was/is.

    What was it, his great uncle, that is known to have ties to the Nazis? The one that abdicated the throne. If he hadn’t, the outcome of that war may have been very different…

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      11 months ago

      yeah it wasn’t a great example, I can see misappropriating symbols that are ancient or half a world away (like people with bad Chinese tattoos), but the Nazis happened on the same continent, a generation or so ago and he’s a f’n prince, you can’t tell me he doesn’t know who the Nazis are.

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        11 months ago

        Well same you can’t tell me people shouldn’t know who the Confederates are or that they held slaves. More what I was getting at is when it’s not a knife at your throat, it’s easier to go “ha ha” and not think about the reality of the thing.

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          11 months ago

          yeah I definitely agree that people who are less directly impacted will be much more insensitive about it. I think the distinction is when people who should know better don’t act better. I think a lot of confederate reasoning is bullshit, but they’re also happy to be thought of as too ignorant to be accountable.