ZeroCool@feddit.ch to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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@feddit.ch to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoBy this logic, would a question about the Soviet Union also be bad?
minus-squareCatoblepaslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoDo you think it would be normal for a question about the Holodomor to appear?
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-21 year agoNo, but the analogous question would be something like “where was Stalin born”.
minus-squareCatoblepaslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year 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.