I have a Hitler Youth knife on the wall, does displaying that automatically make me a Nazi?
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Hi MM - nothing personal here, I hope I know you better, but, with the accent on 'displaying' I suggest that would be fair question for consideration .
I hate going there, but you pose the question and I have not been able to shake the image from my mind, if it had occurred in the home of a friend of mine. Over a great many years, one of my closest friends and travelling companions, unfortunately no longer with us, was a dealer in fine antique weapons and included top Nazi artefacts in his inventory; I quite understood that without qualification, but for me personally it was untouchable.
On the other hand, I must admit that for 30 years or so I had a nazi helmet which I used as a doorstop for the back door, acceptable only because it could be moved around by foot.
Hitler, Che etc. I do believe that such images shape comprehension of attitudes, and politically have to be taken into consideration.
I do accept the power and influence of such images, and in the power of ridicule to dilute them.
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