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In the migration to lemmy, this community's admins have the chance to drop its startlingly racist name. Wasn't funny back then, and it's still not funny.

Why keep the nazi memorabilia around?

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[-] Varyag@lemm.ee 73 points 1 year ago

Not everything is about Nazis, not everything needs to be made about Nazis. It's just a funny name.

[-] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

This is the correct response. The other comments saying that "the name being a Nazi reference isn't that big of a deal" is missing the point. Because it's not a Nazi reference.

It's just a self-aware joke about elitism in PC enthusiasts.

[-] gnarly@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That doesn't remove the connotation for larger audiences. A layman will never know those details and will read master race as being about race. The social context and history are irrelevant, it's genuinely a dumb hill to die on.

[-] Aux@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Human stupidity is infinite, there's no point catering to it.

[-] ceeg@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(human_categorization) "master race" is definitionally about race and the use of that social categorization to commit genocide; the concept of race and so-called "race science" are not really funny tbh

[-] gnarly@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

I'm in agreement with you btw lol I think the names dumb, wanting to keep the master race title is the dumb hill to die on.

[-] ceeg@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago
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