should we joke about Hitler? [Archive]

britishboy

June 8th, 2013, 04:19 AM

APhkinPanda

June 8th, 2013, 04:35 AM

Yeah I don't see why not, let the past be the past. Not let it control the future. Plus it's comedy, it's kinda something safe to do. Because its "comedy"

Ryhanna

June 8th, 2013, 05:19 AM

I think it's okay. It takes an otherwise terrifying figure of hate, and turns it into something comical; something that people should laugh at, rather than be afraid of.

My only concern is that we become so used to laughing at things like this, that we take it for granted forget to take them seriously in the future. It's good to have a balance of understanding of the horrible things Hitler and the Nazi's did as well.

Left Now

June 8th, 2013, 05:42 AM

If you do not want to be joked,do not joke anybody.

Twilly F. Sniper

June 8th, 2013, 09:37 AM

We shouldn't really joke about him. He knew whatt he was doing (even though it was completely evil and wrong), and he was the main cause of the single deadliest war in the history of the world.

Stronk Serb

June 8th, 2013, 10:25 AM

60,000,000 people killed. That is not the stuff of joking.

TheJaded

June 8th, 2013, 12:59 PM

It depends on the people you're joking to. I have a friend who's Jewish, and he jokes about Hitler and Arians all the time. And, we can joke about it to him too without him taking offence. On the other hand, my other friend who's Catholic, is extremely offended when people joke about Jesus. It's ok when people don't mind. Other people may take offence at it, and then it is not ok.

In my opinion, the past should be the past, we should remember the past, but we shouldn't let it happen again.

Rayquaza

June 8th, 2013, 01:11 PM

I think as long as it's not racially sensitive its fine. That rap battle poked fun about Hitler, it didn't support what he did, nor did it mention anything controversial and affective to others. It depends on how someone's joking and why they're doing it.

zeebo

June 8th, 2013, 02:35 PM

Some people might still be sensitive, but it should pretty much be fine..

Origami

June 8th, 2013, 03:05 PM

I don't think we have a right to decide what is laughable and what is not. Some people have a more morbid sense of humor than others. If they find it funny, let 'em joke it up.

Apollo.

June 8th, 2013, 03:09 PM

I think its fine! My favourite dance event organizer made this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbudkVbSGWM last year and it was fucking hilarious!

comical

June 8th, 2013, 04:01 PM

60,000,000 people killed. That is not the stuff of joking.
**11,000,000 6million jews and another 4mil+ POW, Homosexuals and anyone else that Hitler didn't like.

**EDIT: I didn't consider the fact that you could of been referring to the total # of deaths in WW2.

Honestly I don't think it should be joked about. I agree with what Ryhanna said above.

My only concern is that we become so used to laughing at things like this, that we take it for granted forget to take them seriously in the future. It's good to have a balance of understanding of the horrible things Hitler and the Nazi's did as well.

Syvelocin

June 8th, 2013, 04:44 PM

People need to lighten up. The only reason I see against it is because other people obviously don't share my views and they get butthurt about it.

On the other side of the spectrum as Ryan's quote, life is too serious. Just because something is bad, doesn't mean it should be some taboo thing and forever be seen negatively in our heads. That's pointless. I probably wouldn't joke about genocide, but I'd joke about Hitler. It's like we're giving him power over us even when he's dead that way, and that's a stupid thing to do. Laugh at him!

You live, you learn, and you move on. America is really strange (or rather, I notice it MORE here, it's not an exclusively American thing) in that they don't do that. They hold on to all these bad things (and only bad things that happen in America or countries America cares about) and refuse to learn and move on from them. I don't understand how you can carry such a fucking heavy heart if you never move on.

Or maybe yet, I'VE been the ignorant one all this time!

comical

June 8th, 2013, 04:48 PM

On the other side of the spectrum as Ryan's quote, life is too serious. Just because something is bad, doesn't mean it should be some taboo thing and forever be seen negatively in our heads. That's pointless. I probably wouldn't joke about genocide, but I'd joke about Hitler. It's like we're giving him power over us even when he's dead that way, and that's a stupid thing to do. Laugh at him!

I honestly never thought about it like that, but I completely agree with you now. I can understand joking on Hitler, but it's just people joking on genocide that I'd feel funny about...

Charlie48

June 8th, 2013, 04:52 PM

yeh it's funny though I probably wouldn't say anything too outrageous in Germany. but yeh it's not like joking about Muhammed which will get your head chopped off.

Trenton_

June 8th, 2013, 04:57 PM

60,000,000 people killed. That is not the stuff of joking.

yeah but hitler didn't kill all those people!
how many did he kill?

Also,

Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Hitler,
Hitler who.

that's as far as i got

Ryhanna

June 8th, 2013, 06:05 PM

I honestly never thought about it like that, but I completely agree with you now. I can understand joking on Hitler, but it's just people joking on genocide that I'd feel funny about...

I've never seen anyone seriously joke about genocides or awful deaths in World War 2. Do people actually do that? That's what's sick.

Have you ever watched a cartoon or a movie, where Hitler is portrayed as a bumbling moron who clearly isn't fit for leadership? That's the kind of joking I think is healthy. :)

Sugaree

June 8th, 2013, 11:41 PM

I've never seen anyone seriously joke about genocides or awful deaths in World War 2. Do people actually do that? That's what's sick.

It's called black humor. Get used to it.

Ryhanna

June 8th, 2013, 11:50 PM

It's called black humor. Get used to it.

...K

LouBerry

June 9th, 2013, 12:03 AM

If you want to laugh about it, do it. If you don't, then don't. It's that simple.

You can't force someone to not make jokes about it, and you can't force someone to laugh at those jokes.

Mob Boss

June 9th, 2013, 12:10 AM

Hitler - Yes
The Holocaust - No

Croconaw

June 9th, 2013, 01:43 AM

I think it's okay to do it

APhkinPanda

June 9th, 2013, 04:55 AM

If you want to laugh about it, do it. If you don't, then don't. It's that simple.

You can't force someone to not make jokes about it, and you can't force someone to laugh at those jokes.

Honestly a few people had their sayings and most were straight on made sense to me. Though this one takes the cake ( no its not a lie :P ) 100% agree with Louberry..

P.S. sorry Louberry but about the cake, I lied about it :3 buy you may has bamboo x3

Purplebunny

June 9th, 2013, 05:01 AM

I agree with Reveuse. Hitler is a joke in himself, but nothing is funny about millions of people dying.

Fanta_Lover44

June 9th, 2013, 05:03 AM

Well, personally I would not make jokes about him but if you want to do it.

tovaris

June 9th, 2013, 04:17 PM

Joke about those who did les horible things and are preferably stil alive.

Professional Russian

June 9th, 2013, 09:44 PM

Yeah I don't see why not, let the past be the past. Not let it control the future. Plus it's comedy, it's kinda something safe to do. Because its "comedy"

So by this logic.we.can make Jew.jokes as long it pertains to the Holocaust since its the past.

Sugaree

June 9th, 2013, 10:33 PM

Hitler - Yes
The Holocaust - No

Again, this is called Black Humor. It exists. Trying to stop people from making a Holocaust joke, no matter how grotesque it is, isn't helping anybody. Most of the people who went through the Holocaust are dead, it's not like you're helping preserve any type of memory.

Grand Admiral Thrawn

June 10th, 2013, 08:27 AM

I think it's fine to make fun of stuff that's already happened. People need to lighten up, you can't take everything so seriously. It's all water under the bridge. It's not like we'll forget the horrors of the Holocaust and World War II if we joke about Hitler. We shouldn't dwell on the things that happened decades ago.

Speaking of which, here's another hilarious ERB video. It's probably my all time favorite.

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VT Communists, please watch this. It's awesome.

Hank Hill

June 12th, 2013, 06:11 PM

I joke about Hitler all the time. And WWII in general.

But I'm sick and tired of Holocaust jokes.

Jess

June 13th, 2013, 08:32 PM

The LOLer

June 14th, 2013, 12:07 PM

Yes hitler killed millions of innocent Jews, and for what? His ass deserves to have fun poked at all there can.

Human

June 14th, 2013, 12:48 PM

Joking about Hitler isn't joking about genocide. I can make jokes about Hitlers dumb policies, is that racist or something? We should let people joke about what they want to joke about.

Leon03

July 1st, 2013, 04:07 PM

As a German I think Hitler is a person you can joke about for sure. He hasn't deserved to be taken serious.
Never hurt his victims, though!

MisterSix

July 1st, 2013, 06:59 PM

Well they were singing "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball" during the war, why would it be bad to sing it afterwards

steve102998

July 2nd, 2013, 07:05 AM

sometimes

HUSTLEMAN

July 2nd, 2013, 05:18 PM

I joke about Hitler and his Nazi party all the time. As a matter of fact, I had a debate last year pertaining to the Nazi party and I was all Nazified and the people in my class laughed about it so no, its not bad to joke about Hitler at all.

Jean Poutine

July 2nd, 2013, 05:24 PM

Hitler? Deffo. My friends and I used to read Mein Kampf and try to point out all the schizophrenic parts in it. There are a lot.

As for the Holocaust, I once had a client complain about the government asking for thousands of dollars of unduly paid money in social security payments back (he "forgot" to declare some income) by stating that he had survived the Holocaust.

If it's benign enough to attempt to fraud the whole of society using it, I think it's good enough for the butt of a few jokes.

Thorn181

July 4th, 2013, 05:18 PM

I am from Germany, everytime when I realize someone is making jokes on hitler, nazis or the holocaust and the person actually has no real idea of it, I start to rage, because if you don´t understand on what you are joking, you should not do it.
I have no problem to make jokes on hitler, even if it is black humor

britishboy

July 4th, 2013, 05:47 PM

DerBear

July 5th, 2013, 08:57 AM

I don't think we have a right to decide what is laughable and what is not. Some people have a more morbid sense of humor than others. If they find it funny, let 'em joke it up.

Exactly my opinion summed up into one fine sentence.

Thorn181

July 5th, 2013, 12:00 PM

you start to rage but like it?
No! :D
I start rage when people making joks about it, who don´t know what it means and who don´t know the deep background of it
I would not say that I like jokes about it, but about such black humor I can jsut laugh ^^ (oh and I know and understand the bakcground, obvious, because I am german)

PinkFloyd

July 5th, 2013, 12:07 PM

People need a good sense of humor because it's obvious that ERB and Family Guy and any other big company known for making offensive jokes are not full of Anti Semites or homophobes or anyone that actually wants to hurt the select people in the joke.

No! :D
I start rage when people making joks about it, who don´t know what it means and who don´t know the deep background of it
I would not say that I like jokes about it, but about such black humor I can jsut laugh ^^ (oh and I know and understand the bakcground, obvious, because I am german)

yeah, I saw your location and thought "Hmmm what's this guy gonna say?" :P

Merged Posts. ~Steven

Thorn181

July 5th, 2013, 12:16 PM

hey! hey ! :D
we have still some stupids here who believe that nazi shit : /

PinkFloyd

July 5th, 2013, 12:17 PM

hey! hey ! :D
we have still some stupids here who believe that nazi shit : /

I know... When I was in Munich I saw some protesters and wanted to curb stomp them.

Thorn181

July 5th, 2013, 12:22 PM

Yeah, but even a brainwash wouldn´t help them ...

Kameraden

July 5th, 2013, 02:08 PM

The only brainwashed ones are those who believe what you were "taught" in school.

Thorn181

July 5th, 2013, 06:04 PM

I am not believing what I learned in school, I am able to make my own judgements because of rational reasons, its not as difficult as it seems ...

Kameraden

July 5th, 2013, 08:10 PM

No one is told the full Nazi Germany story anymore, Thorn. Especially German students.

Nellerin

July 6th, 2013, 12:43 AM

well if you go on youtube there are many funny videos about hitler and similar people for example:
epic rap battle hiler vs vader
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFA-rOls8YA&desktop_uri=/watch?v=AFA-rOls8YA

draw my life kim jong un (love this)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_pZNH_ltDU&desktop_uri=/watch?v=U_pZNH_ltDU
so do you think this is ok?

You can only stay caughtup in the past for so long, as long as you do not lightly talk about Hitler in an Anti-Jew way, then it's fine at this point.

However people should be careful when and to whom they make the jokes .