Correction in regards to 2: When you’re in the “are we the baddies”-sketch. In fact, I’d say David Mitchell has a free pass, as he always manages to portray the insecurity required to become a nazi.
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Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoGo find out then
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Best_Jeanist@discuss.online 2 weeks ago
Mr Chaplain also does a great job with it
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Also, in the one scenario where I would find dressing up as a nazi acceptable, which is if they’re an actor for a movie/show/play that requires nazi characters, they are not going to just put an armband on their everyday modern clothing.
They’ll wear a proper reconstruction of an actual nazi uniform, and they’re not going to just walk around in that costume, they’re going to be on or around a set, which also gives passerbys the context clues needed to understand that they’re just an actor, thus saving themselves from being punched.
RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Unless you’re cosplaying a dead Nazi
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I think it more reminds me how easily influenced we can be. “Go find out” is great, but its not possible to research everything you see. Even if I did I’d only find other people talking about the video and would have no real way of discerning who actually knows what theyre talking about and who’s just making credible sounding shit up.
Do you guys not feel that worry somewhere in your mind when you see things like this?
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I mean, it’s not like me enjoying the video is going to affect the guy who got punched. I think it’s good that as a society we support videos that appear to show Nazi cosplayers being punched and don’t give them the benefit of the doubt. If I were actually there IRL and able to affect the outcome, I would also be able to ask for the necessary information to determine what to do.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Fun fact I have a swedish tankers trench coat from 1940 and a Swiss helmet from 1942 when I wear them together it basically looks like legally distinct werhmacht. I can pull the samething with an American armor school long coat and a Yugoslav helmet for the Soviet equivalent.
It’s technically not Nazi apparel. It annoys my friends though.
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Kinda weird dude…
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Well aware but kitbashed great value brand versions of historical uniforms is just kinda a weird side effect of me collecting military surplus and military antiques.
quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
So we’re not allowed to make movies that show the horrific history of Nazi Germany?
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
The number of people willing to provide cover, and give the benefit of the doubt to people dressing as, and behaving like Nazis is too damn high. I’m seeing it everywhere on here lately.
“I don’t know anything about the thing you guys are talking about, but what if he was dressed like that because he’s an actor in a movie?”
Really?
quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Oh, I’m not defending a specific instance. I’m merely pointing out that there does exist a time and place where people should be allowed to dress as despicable characters from history
angrystego@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You’re allowed, but surely you’d be aware enough not to walk in your costume outside the set. The same goes for theatre or anything. An actor who thinks it’s a good idea to walk outside in a nazi costume has it coming, and that’s a good thing.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Don’t even engage with such a bullshit attempt at deflecting. Look, they’ve already got you talking about a bullshit hypothetical that they literally just made up whole cloth
Soulg@ani.social 2 weeks ago
There’s no deflecting, a stupid statement was made and the stupidity of it is being demonstrated.
Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Yeah, I think you should cosplay as a nazi the same way we wear fake guns. You better make it abundantly clear that it’s a toy/costume.
Maestro@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
Someone I know cosplays as a Nazi. He doesn't walk around the streets wraring an armband. He goes in full military gear, riding around on an original WWII german bike with sidecar at WWII historic events. You know, like a cosplayer.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
If true, then the person you know is a loser and someone should beat the shit out of them.
Soulg@ani.social 2 weeks ago
Do it yourself then tough guy
Literally know nothing about the person, that doesn’t make them a Nazi lol
IWW4@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
YOU NEVER COSPLAY AS A NAZI…