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Originally Posted by Ducay
I'll repost the same argument made all over the internet today:
If this is illegal, how long is it until Monty Python is indited?
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One of the curious things about Nazis in entertainment is that people today are far more sensitive about the topic than the people who actually fought the Nazis. Popular British and American entertainment in the 60s was full of comedians mocking Nazis. Dressing as them, giving mocking heil Hitlers, making fun of their accents, painting them as ridiculous buffoons. Monty Python, Laugh-In, Allo Allo, Hogan's Heroes.
The people watching those shows, along with many of the creators (several of the cast members of Hogan's Heroes were actually Holocaust survivors) had put their lives at risk fighting Nazis in Europe. Watched their homes and cities turned to rubble by German bombers. Had families killed in the occupation and holocaust. And yet they loved to laugh at Nazis and poke fun of them, while today it's taboo. Weird.