They don’t pretend that it never happened, but they do heavily restrict symbols and imagery …
Comment on Why is this allowed in Germany?
berkeleyblue@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Because people over here aren’t losing their minds over something that could maybe be misunderstood as a Nazi gesture.
Germany owns up to the history of the state it superseded and does many things to prevent those events from happening again, first and foremost: not silencing it to death and acting like nothing happened.
Something the US could use a lot more of, to be honest.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 months ago
berkeleyblue@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yes, actual imagery and gestures that is. Not something that an over sensitive person could maybe misinterpret that way if they squinted really hard.
GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It is literally illegal to make the Nazi salute (that this meme is implying is being made here) in Germany.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_salute
yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 3 months ago
Yeah? The swastika is illegal too, yet Buddhists and museums can display it.
Acinonyx@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
you’re a simple lifeform, aren’t you?
misterdoctor@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Sometimes I wonder if life is easier with negative brain cells. Just posting whatever. Zero critical thinking required. Just drifting through life leaving a trail of stunned disbelief in your wake.
berkeleyblue@lemmy.world 3 months ago
True, but this hardly even comes close to it…