If they specifically wear SS uniforms, they are definitely in some way Nazi sympathizers. The SS were not regular German soldiers ("Wehrmacht"). They were the military arm of the Nazi party. This is not "the German side of the war". This is specifically the Nazi side of the war. The Waffen-SS were NOT "average combat soldiers of the German military".
I think it is interesting how we have become desensitized to Hitler. People throw Nazi analogies around so much now days that we don't think twice about it. Then comes along a group that voluntarily re-enacts and identifies with Nazi's and you guys are like, eh? What's the big deal. They're about on par with the Soup Nazi. Folks, I can't think of something more worrisome than a bunch of like-minded hick midwestern dudes sitting around praising the good attributes of Nazi's. What could go wrong with that? It's just harmless fun. In Germany, this behavior is illegal. It is on par of walking into Harlem waving a confederate flag (albeit legal here).
That is the most racist thing I have ever seen on this board. Who the hell cares where they are from. It is also incorrect. They specifically say they don't praise Nazi views or their racist ideology (posted earlier) unlike you who has prejudices against midwesterners . What amazes me is the absolute disconnect you people have from cinema. Acting as a Nazi is very common. Didn't Christopher Waltz just win an Oscar for it?
Did you see my post about this? The Waffen-SS was SPECIFICALLY a military wing of the Nazis - not "average German soldiers".
What's your point? Because they were specifically Nazi soldiers and not just German soldiers that they must support Nazi ideologies?
Well as you say they are a Nazi military soldiers, so they must have fought in WWII. So their existance in a WWII reenactment is just as reasonable as an "average German soldier". They are part of a larger group the WWII Historical Re-enactment society, so maybe the the society already had a group of "average German soldiers"(I have no idea what that phrase means. All German soldiers supported the Nazi party during the time, so all German WWII soldiers were Nazis to me).
This is absolutely untrue. People had no choice - they had to join the army. That did not mean they supported the Nazi party. However, people who joined the Waffen-SS were fanatical members of the Nazi party first and foremost.
My quote = "I can't think of something more worrisome than a bunch of like-minded hick midwestern dudes sitting around praising the good attributes of Nazi's." Fact: "a bunch of" as they are self organized and have their own website Fact: The article says they are from the midwest. Fact: They are Nazi sympathizers (as has been clearly prooven in this thread multiple times) The ONLY part you could find objectionable is the term "hicks" but considering Fact #3, I thought I was showing restraint. Why do you find that objectionable? Are you a Nazi appologist?
Does it really matter whether or not he was getting paid? If somebody portrayed Robert E. Lee in a Civil War reenactment without being paid, does not that him a confederate? Say what you want about this situation. Iott may be a Nazi. I have no idea. I do not believe that it is dispositive of anything whether or not he was being paid.
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Thanks. I have never heard of the guy before, so I don't have a previous bias, but let me give you my gut feeling: The guy is clearly a Nazi sympathizer. I know the type. Dances around answering the questions, etc. The statements on the website speak for themselves, too.
You can't think of something more worrisome than a bunch of like-minded hick midwestern dudes sitting around praising the good attributes of Nazi's? What if a bunch of Southern dudes did the same thing? That would be less worrisome? Why does it matter where these people are from?
Nope. A Nazi apologist would say something like this: "People had no choice - they had to join the army." In fact, I bet I can find that exact quote from a Nuremberg trial.
As a sidenote, whoever put the content on that "Wiking" website has some serious spelling issues. Also, it is telling that that website is completely silent on the various horrible war crimes of that particular division they so seem to admire.
I get the exact same feeling. I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt before... now not so much. He could've said "yes Wiking bad. No I don't condone what they did, it was just a re-enactment."
Is that the part you have a problem with? lol A nazi sympathizing group is organizing and is now potentially infultrating our government ...but doesn't bother you so much? It's the horror of the name calling 'mid-westerner' that is the troubling part part for you? Newsflash: It's also okay to call people who live in the country below us Mexicans ...because that's where they are from. Sometimes when people use "language", they have to describe the people/things of which they speak of.
I have just received breaking news that Obama played Captain Hook in a school play. It looks like the guy is a child-murdering pirate. We will have to impeach.
Of course had he been wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt no liberal would bat an eye even though communism has killed more people than Nazism. The dude has some explaining to do, but it's a bit much to call him a Nazi sympathizer.
