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Olllllllllllld meme…
The guy is actually probably waiting for someone to come along and cite Godwin and shut the whole thing down 🙂
Great that sarcasm has made it to America.
Shame that most folks don’t get it.
That most definitely is San Francisco, it is on the embarcadero and those are the piers in the background.
Did we quit when the German’s Bombed Pearl Harbor?
@Chillstar
Absolutely. I’m appalled that people don’t recognize fine sarcasm when it’s shoved in their faces.
atually, I agree with 8?’s post, it’s hard to imaging that this is real, considering the person holding the sign would have been immediately informed of their mistake.
Historically, the National Socialist party was received warmly by the US media in 1936. Most US business men if not outright supporting the Nazi’s financially like Prescott Bush, were at lease keen on the idea of “corporatism” as an emerging political movement.
It was the 1936 Olympics and Jessie Owens who brought light to the
blatant racial elitism of Hitler’s administration. The US used Jessie Owens victories to spin acceptable corporate sponsored elitism (like China 2008) into unacceptable human rights infringements(like China 2008)
It took 5 more years and Pearl Harbor to final turn the tide
These comments are funny. I just figured the person was being ironic. And who cares if it’s real or not.
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to look like complete morons.
Does anyone have a source for the claim that Owens said he was treated better in Germany?
Folks,That picture is an obvious fake.If you look at it from any photographer’s point of view:That skinny little stick thats holding up that poster would have to be at least 8′ long for it to be so prominently featured in the photo. The stream of pedestrian traffic is so far below the sign,well,It’s obvious.
Ed:
Or… maybe… it’s only 4.5′ long and the protester is holding it above his head? I mean, I’ve never been to a protest before, but I understand that it’s not uncommon for them to do that.
Sulliman,From my perspective,it looks to me like even if the person was extending fully, well, maybe a ten foot stick would do the trick.
per Dain “Putting aside the lack of historical literacy from this particular protester, I actually think the history of the 1936 games is a good reason to allow China to hold the Olympics. In fact, maybe a Tibetan athlete can do for Tibetans what Jesse Owens did for American blacks (and TO the doctrine of Nazism, showing it to be the load of shite that it is). In any case, putting pressure on Western governments to deprive China of the games will do more harm for international good will than the opposite.” hmm, let’s see 1936 and it was not till the late 1960’s that african americans were getting treated better. as for what the 36 olympics did to undermine Nazi germany, not a damn thing, care to remember a little thing called World War 2, Auschwitz, Ethnic Cleansings? I think boycotting the olympics and China losing a lot of tourism and trade from the boycott’s will be a good thing, teach them that oppressive regimes always end badly.
I do love my cat. Anyway… Yeah kind of cute, although… OK, sure I’ll agree, if you’re going to make such a sign – you should probably figure out if it makes any sense or not first.
what the fuck have you all been smoking, that is the worst attempt at sarcasm I’ve seen, this person just discredits everyone.
Ramma Lamma Ding Dong,don’t cha think theres’somethin’wrong?
What the hell is wrong with you people?
If I was a betting man, I would put money on the idea that people are just plain historically ignorant, over the idea that someone wasted time faking an image of historically ignorant people holding an ironic sign in order to discredit a mob of people all holding historically accurate signs.
I’m not a fan of what the Chinese are doing to Tibet, but I don’t think striping China of the Olympics will make a dimes worth of difference, other than to further empower the one worlders and their agenda.
ancapaaron,It’s a good thing to not lose sight of the truth.I agree with you 100%
How on earth did this become far and away the most-commented-on of my recent posts? I figured it was just good for a quick chuckle.
So if we collectively assume this is real and that the protester was indeed being completely sincere in not realizing Germany hosted the Olympics in ’36, perhaps the problem we should be thinking about is not idiocy. Maybe it’s ignorance to the past–but not the ignorance of one person. Why do we, as a collective body of people, keep repeating our actions? Why can’t we just learn from history? If we decide that Communist China hosting the Olympics is comparable to Nazi Germany doing the same (and that the latter was a poor decision which fueled their war and genocide efforts), maybe we should all be boycotting the Olympics in China. I just hope that some kind of acknowledgment of real history can lead to better decisions and stronger realization for the rest of the world. Thanks for reading.
Administrator:You are a genius. The way that you presented this photo,with the accompaniyng disclaimer was a great catalyst for opinionated individuals to air their opinions, myself included.I think that its’ a great thing for us to still have the freedom to express our opinions without repercussions so far.How long this freedom will last is a matter of sheer speculation.Prayer seems to be in order.