Removing swastika's from military graveyards

Bendintheriver

There were some state side Nazi's who were POW during WWII. Evidently when they died they were allowed to determine what their gravestone inscription would be. Two of them evidently stuck with the Nazi theme and now people want to erase those gravestones from the military cemetery. I find the practice that allowed those graves to be buried there odd but I am against book burning, toppling statues and trying to "erase" and whitewash history so that the past mirrors the FEELINGS of those who arrogantly believe they are the judge and jury of such things.

Just curious what others think.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/499452-lawmakers-call-on-va-to-remove-swastikas-from-headstones-in-veterans

AtomicPiss

This is vaguely similar to having a UW Marketing Twitter page containing a Go Ducks! in the bio

89ute

Swastikas STAY for many of the reasons you mention. Table turned, if Great Gramps were buried in German military cemetary with a big ass "GO USA MOTHERFUCKER" stamped on his headstone and some German fuck got his feelings hurt - too bad.

doogie

Democrats always focused on the past

PurpleThrobber

If one truly believes in the concept of free expression, however offensive, the symbols should stand. If visitors choose to piss on the headstones, the Throbber would shed no tears.

When do the Dems start demanding crosses or stars of david be removed from headstones because, well, atrocities in Palestine or the Crusades or some such shit?

doogie

PurpleThrobber said:

If one truly believes in the concept of free expression, however offensive, the symbols should stand. If visitors choose to piss on the headstones, the Throbber would shed no tears.

When do the Dems start demanding crosses or stars of david be removed from headstones because, well, atrocities in Palestine or the Crusades or some such shit?

we call that “Thursday”

LebamDawg

maybe someone should explain the meaning to them

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-history-of-the-swastika-1778288

Until the Nazis used this symbol, the swastika was used by many cultures throughout the past 3,000 years to represent life, sun, power, strength, and good luck.

Sledog

doogie said:

Democrats always focused on "erasing" the past

Fixed that for you.

MikeDamone

In THIS economy?

Swaye

Native American symbol hijacked by the goddamn Nazis. I still fly a swastika flag over the Wigwam. Fuck off if you don't like it.

ramenduck

Good with it as is.

doogie

Swaye said:

Native American symbol hijacked by the goddamn Nazis. I still fly a swastika flag over the Wigwam. Fuck off if you don't like it.

You returned the first blankets for not being “clean”.

Now the imports are the wrong style?

PurpleThrobber

Swaye said:

Native American symbol hijacked by the goddamn Nazis. I still fly a swastika flag over the Wigwam. Fuck off if you don't like it.

@swaye does not discriminate based on ideology.

Respect.

HHusky

Bendintheriver said:

There were some state side Nazi's who were POW during WWII. Evidently when they died they were allowed to determine what their gravestone inscription would be. Two of them evidently stuck with the Nazi theme and now people want to erase those gravestones from the military cemetery. I find the practice that allowed those graves to be buried there odd but I am against book burning, toppling statues and trying to "erase" and whitewash history so that the past mirrors the FEELINGS of those who arrogantly believe they are the judge and jury of such things.

Just curious what others think.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/499452-lawmakers-call-on-va-to-remove-swastikas-from-headstones-in-veterans

You don’t punctuate plural’s with apostrophe’s.

Swaye

HHusky said:

Bendintheriver said:

There were some state side Nazi's who were POW during WWII. Evidently when they died they were allowed to determine what their gravestone inscription would be. Two of them evidently stuck with the Nazi theme and now people want to erase those gravestones from the military cemetery. I find the practice that allowed those graves to be buried there odd but I am against book burning, toppling statues and trying to "erase" and whitewash history so that the past mirrors the FEELINGS of those who arrogantly believe they are the judge and jury of such things.

Just curious what others think.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/499452-lawmakers-call-on-va-to-remove-swastikas-from-headstones-in-veterans

You don’t punctuate plural’s with apostrophe’s.

Adding Punctuation Police to your long and distinguished list of accomplishment's' in the Tug.

Bendintheriver

Swaye said:

HHusky said:

Bendintheriver said:

There were some state side Nazi's who were POW during WWII. Evidently when they died they were allowed to determine what their gravestone inscription would be. Two of them evidently stuck with the Nazi theme and now people want to erase those gravestones from the military cemetery. I find the practice that allowed those graves to be buried there odd but I am against book burning, toppling statues and trying to "erase" and whitewash history so that the past mirrors the FEELINGS of those who arrogantly believe they are the judge and jury of such things.

Just curious what others think.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/499452-lawmakers-call-on-va-to-remove-swastikas-from-headstones-in-veterans

You don’t punctuate plural’s with apostrophe’s.

Adding Punctuation Police to your long and distinguished list of accomplishment's' in the Tug.

"Its" all he has. Cut him some "slack's".

creepycoug

89ute said:

Swastikas STAY for many of the reasons you mention. Table turned, if Great Gramps were buried in German military cemetary with a big ass "GO USA MOTHERFUCKER" stamped on his headstone and some German fuck got his feelings hurt - too bad.

If the Nazis were running Germania now, you can bet your Ute ass that Gramps wouldn't have a burial site at all, much less with a marker indicating anything other than pure fielty to the reich.

Swaye

Also, WOOD even if she sent me to the showers afterwards.