ZeroCool to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoMichigan State University 'deeply sorry' for Hitler image displayed on video boards before football gamewww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1254
arrow-up1254external-linkMichigan State University 'deeply sorry' for Hitler image displayed on video boards before football gamewww.nbcnews.comZeroCool to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squarexigoilinkfedilinkEnglish17•9 months agoBy this logic, would a question about the Soviet Union also be bad?
minus-square@CatoblepaslinkEnglish4•9 months agoDo you think it would be normal for a question about the Holodomor to appear?
minus-squarexigoilinkfedilinkEnglish13•edit-29 months agoNo, but the analogous question would be something like “where was Stalin born”.
minus-square@CatoblepaslinkEnglish4•9 months agoIt’s not possible to mention or show Hitler without invoking the Holocaust, they’re inseparable in the public consciousness. It would be like asking trivia about another genocide.
By this logic, would a question about the Soviet Union also be bad?
Do you think it would be normal for a question about the Holodomor to appear?
No, but the analogous question would be something like “where was Stalin born”.
It’s not possible to mention or show Hitler without invoking the Holocaust, they’re inseparable in the public consciousness. It would be like asking trivia about another genocide.