Hitler As A Fashion Statement? In Thailand, Yes
- Posted on March 6, 2012 at 6:45am by
Mike Opelka
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Here‘s more proof that it’s not just American schools that are remiss in teaching history.
Kids in Thailand are making Adolf Hitler into a fashion statement.
Hitler Chic Is Trending In Thailand - Photo credit: Tibor Krausz / CNNGO
Yes, that is a Teletubbie Hitler, Panda Hitler and even a Ronald McDonald with the Hitler treatment. “McHitler?” Where are the Mickey D’s trademark lawyers?
A local vendor who sells a large variety of Hitler merchandise told the UK Sun:
“It’s not that I like Hitler. But he looks funny and the shirts are very popular with young people.”
Offended visitors make their displeasure known to shopkeepers, but that has not stopped the boom of Hitler merchandise. Sales seem to be increasing along with the product lines.
This is not new. CNNGO reported that the youth of Thailand showed their appreciation for last fall:
Last September in the northern city of Chiang Mai, a group of high school students showed up for sport day in homemade Nazi uniforms, complete with swastika armbands and toy guns. Leading them was a teenage girl dressed in a faux SS uniform with a fake Hitler mustache.
This happened at the Sacred Heart School on something called “Fancy Dress Sport Day.”
Thai Student As Hitler On 'Fancy Dress Sport Day'
One local teacher in Bangkok believes that the trend is harmless, telling CNN:
“It’s a lack of exposure to history,” notes Harry Soicher, a Romanian who teaches at a Bangkok high school. “If you don’t live in Thailand, you may find it hard to believe they really mean no harm.”
Mr. Soicher seems to be defending the actions of the kids, or at least minimizing their actions by explaining they have a “lack of exposure to history.”
One could argue that schools have a responsibility to teach history. And, since this is a recurring issue, the schools are dropping the ball by not teaching kids about Hitler and what the Nazis were all about. Yes, it is a recurring issue.
Over four years ago, the Associated Press reported on the youth in Thailand and their fascination / appreciation for Hitler.
BANGKOK, Thailand: A Thai school has apologized to an international Jewish human rights organization for its sponsorship of a celebration that involved a Nazi-themed parade, according to an announcement received Wednesday.
From October 2007 - Nazi-themed celebration in Thailand
Following an international uproar, the teacher responsible for the “celebration” was fired and the school claimed to be adding lectures and programs to educate students about the Holocaust.
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Comments (46)
Mango Mangone
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 1:11pmThe pink one looks like a teletubbie.
Report Post »ShyMan
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 12:18pmWhy don’t they make a tee shirt with Muhammad sporting a hitler stash?
Oh, that’s right. Nevermind.
Report Post »Ailene Wright
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 12:15pmMaybe they should dress like Mohammed. It would be interesting to see how well that would perceived.
Report Post »orion1958
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 11:11amMy god what evil is razing it‘s head up now days and it’s going to get real bad too.
Report Post »TexBork
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 10:50amWell, Mao and Che are the fashion darlings of the left in the US. The left loves those guys. Especially the insurgent Occupiers.
Report Post »AllAmericanGirl22
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 9:58amHorrible, someone needs to teach these kids their history. if they knew all of the disturbing details of the Holocaust, I‘m sure they wouldn’t want anything to do with Hitler.
Report Post »AB5r
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 5:26pmThe same is true of Muhammad and Islam.
Report Post »Chris Burrows
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 9:10amWell Thailand was on the side of the axis in ww2…
Report Post »DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:52amSilence in the face of evil is evil itself. God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act. ~Dietrich Bonhoeffer Lutheran pastor and anti-nazi hero
Report Post »db321
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 3:07pmYour Right – The Bible tells us “What you do to Israel – God will do!
Have we turn our back on the “Apple of God Eye” Israel – and by doing so is Israel’s is now surround by extremest that want to destroy Israel.
I hope God did not mean this because this would mean – that the US Border with Mexico would be surrounded by Drug Lords and Muslim extremest armed with “Fast and Furious” Weapons.
Maybee, God was not kidding when he Warned Us.
Report Post »conservredneck
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:37amThis is sick and NOT funny at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »THXll38
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:28amBaddoggy -
Don’t waste your time and energy to foolish statements like this. He is a tool for the big r establishment.
Report Post »JBaer
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:25amOh my goodness! That’s even worse than wearing Che t-shirts!
Report Post »Krutch
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 10:21amWhy? Che was just the other side of the coin. Had he been successful in his efforts, his regime would have been as notorious if not more. Nazi and commie theory are not very different.
Report Post »silentme63
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:20amIf millions from thailand were put into death chambers would they still have an appreciation to hitler?
Report Post »this is truly sad, God forgive them.
lukerw
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:18amThe fashion this season… will be… a Killer!
Report Post »killertofu
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 9:12amwinning
Report Post »silentme63
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:13amwhat does that say about people in these times? glorify a murderer of six million Jews, plus all those that died in his name. I think people around the world are drinking the wine of stupidity that comes from Babylon, USA, I say get right with God while time permits.
Report Post »palmettopalflorida
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:07amNo surprise here. Asia, from North to Southeast, has always been the devil’s playground. Accordingly, it is no wonder that young, ignorant, impressionable Thais who predominantly have no moral center could be mind-warped into thinking that Adolph was cool.
Report Post »jesussaved
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:17am,,, that or the fact that Hitler was fighting against the Allies, who for most part included Colonial masters like the British, makes him revered in the-enemy of my enemy is my friend-kind of way. Can’t fault them for celebrating a man who was fighting against their enemies.
Report Post »DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:05amSick sick sick.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 7:47amAdolph, the new Che T shirt.
Report Post »CynterMass
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 9:08amWOW… Great Avatar!
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 7:39amWhy would anyone glorify a mass murder? Seriously, how do these folks come to do such things? Man talk about failed human nature, eh?
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 7:39amReally Republicorp? You wanna go with that? You want to tell us how the only Constitutionalist in the race could actually be compared to Hitler? You post shows complete contept of what this nation stands for. You are nothing more than a little sleezeball closet commie…
Report Post »Magyar
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 7:34amI lived in Thailand and find this quite surprising….But then again, ,,,”and because lawlelssness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold… Matt 24:12. Sad state of affairs.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 7:23amLooks like a Ron Paul rally …..
Report Post »http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/11/the_ron_paul_campaign_and_its.html
Joyzee
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 7:17amHitler syndrome its a desease;=(
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 7:11am.
Report Post »Where are the Easy Bake Ovens?………
ShawnB
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 7:17amman you had me rolling on that one.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 7:18amgood one
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 7:49amGood one, LOL
Report Post »SanMoo
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 7:06amI left teaching public school in 1980—they had changed history or thrown it out the window then….so you have teachers today who were never taught history and so on and so on…..that is the way you change the world. My sister was in college then and asked me if I could send her a list of books she should read about history and the classics….I did….Understand that my parents were paying for her and her brother to attend college and I had to send a list of important books to read. The college had drinking parties constantly…everybody was more concerned about “Par-Tay” time. This is sad and scary at the same time. You may think it will not change “your” world….but it will in the long run.
Report Post »chameleonx
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 6:53amThailand is a very different environment from the U.S. Most Americans would see people who like Hitler are linked to Nazis and many are gangs. I’m not an expert in Thailand but I doubt there is any trouble with people having Nazi swastikas or Hitler on their clothes. It’s not that I love or hate Hitler teens from Thailand are not hurting me in anyway.
Report Post »DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:08amIf you do not see a problem with this you are one sick soul, but by your past comments we already knew that.
“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.” ~Elie Wiesel Holocaust survivor
Report Post »THXll38
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:36amPretty horrific stuff — using Hitler as a fashion statement. But remember social cons — what is taboo for one culture may be the norm for another. Since this is popular in Thailand, who cares? Is it wrong yes, but chameleonx makes a good point here.
Report Post »DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 8:43am“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.” ~Elie Wiesel Holocaust survivor
Report Post »Hrothgar
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 9:32amI’m with Chameleonx here, this really doesn’t affect our lives. This is just some fad that will die out at some point, just like Che and Stalin shirts. Remember we live in America not Thailand.
Report Post »chameleonx
Posted on March 6, 2012 at 6:48pm@DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776: Thanks for the love DP1776. Shows how loving your faith is.
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