Comment on Elon Musk Had Grok Rewrite Wikipedia. It Calls Hitler “The Führer.”

• groet@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The word Führer is 99% used for Hitler. There are many variants that are OK to use though. Most notably Anführer (if Führer is leader, Anführer would be “the one who leads ahead”) which is the common word to use for leader. Others are composites like Bergführer (mountain guide).

  The swastica also existed before the nazis but is now forever tainted.

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  • demonsword@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The swastica also existed before the nazis but is now forever tainted.

    It’s still widely in use in India, with the original connotations

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    • grindemup@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Not just India, basically all of south and south-east Asia, maybe even elsewhere in Asia too.

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  • jdr@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What about someone who drives a car? Many Germans have a Führerschein in their wallet. It’s just a normal-ass word.

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    • groet@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You can read right?

      Führer = Hitler
      Something-Führer / Führer-Something = not Hitler

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• IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  technically yes. but no. it clearly means leader with nazi connotations. you with call a German mayor a fuhrer?

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• madjo@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  correct, just like how the swastika was originally not a hate symbol. But nowadays, Germans would not refer to anyone as “Führer”, unless they’re (neo)nazis.

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