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A junior high special education teacher claims that her son’s shocking Hitler costume — which included a brush mustache and a Nazi swastika on a red armband — was merely the result of needing a last-minute outfit for a recent community Halloween event.
But Janet Arsanian, employed at Cortney Junior High School, in Boulder City, Nev., is under fire, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, after photos of her son dressed as Adolf Hitler at a Boulder City Chamber of Commerce-sponsored event, “Trunk or Treat,” went viral.
Why is this even an issue? People are supposed to dress up as scary things on Halloween, this isn’t a “my hero” holiday. And more importantly, why is her profession even part of the discussion?
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The mother then compared dressing as Hitler to dressing as fictional evil characters such as Michael Myers of Halloween and wrote that her son chose to dress as Hitler because of his haircut. “He did it all by himself and I’m proud of him,” she said. “If you guys are so sensitive maybe you should not leave your house.”
Comparing Hitler to a fictional character is offensive. I would like to know what WWII vets and Holocaust survivors think of this outfit. I suspect they would be unimpressed. It also seems like a bit of effort for a "last minute" costume. When I was a kid, "last minute" meant your mom cut eyeholes in an old sheet and told you to say "Boo!"
Comparing Hitler to a fictional character is offensive. I would like to know what WWII vets and Holocaust survivors think of this outfit. I suspect they would be unimpressed. It also seems like a bit of effort for a "last minute" costume. When I was a kid, "last minute" meant your mom cut eyeholes in an old sheet and told you to say "Boo!"
Your same argument could be applied to the wearing of a British army uniform from when we were at war with Britain.
Comparing Hitler to a fictional character is offensive. I would like to know what WWII vets and Holocaust survivors think of this outfit. I suspect they would be unimpressed. It also seems like a bit of effort for a "last minute" costume. When I was a kid, "last minute" meant your mom cut eyeholes in an old sheet and told you to say "Boo!"
My Dad, my uncles, and many of their friends were WWII vets. I knew them all. They wouldn't blink an eye at a Hitler costume. They didn't allow nonsense to bother them. When you are facing bullets, bombs, and artillery it's hard to get upset at symbols, speech, costumes, statues, flags, etc. All nonsense.
I went to my Kindergarten Halloween day as a Confederate soldier, with a Confederate flag. Nobody was offended. Everyone thought it was "cute".
That takes a special kind of stupid. Unbelievable.
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