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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
This kind of salute was used long before the nazis commandeered it.
In itself it is not offensive.....it has only become offensive as a result of the Nazis using it...
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Richard Herring once appeared on HIGNFY with a toothbrush moustache and went on a rant about how something as simple as where you shave can upset many people for no good reason other than "that bad person did it". He had a point, really. It was associated with Charlie Chaplin before that, so it was a widely-used fashion style until Hitler showed up.
It's a bit like the Americans I read about who either go on a rant, buy something else, or run out of a store screaming if their total or change comes to $6.66 - there will always be random stuff to offend people as long as there are idiots in the world - unfortunately we are making it easier for them to survive long enough to breed.