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INTEREST: Keyakizaka46 Idol Group Members' Nazi-Like Costumes Raise Eyebrows

I don't know that I would have seen it if not for the eagles on the caps. So maybe they should just exercise a tiny little modicum of discretion and err toward different decorations for their headwear.

I understand the allure of Nazi fashion. I recall that Kurt Vonnegut described their uniform as, "madly theatrical." It's just that given the relatively recentness of the associated infamous acts, the persistent popularity of their aesthetic among, shall we say, 'frog people' and the hints that anti-Semitism is creeping back upward in popularity (sometimes in places, among people one might not expect), it feels appropriate to feel unease at seeing Nazi uniforms used as a 'style'.

Aquamine-Amarine wrote:

It's a costume. Get over it. These people are as bad as the fragile little snowflakes on college campuses that are complaining about Mexican sombreros and how Halloween costumes are offensive.

You rather come across as being unable to, "get over it." I guess ANN isn't a safe space for you.

German Guilt, it's a mess and it's the reason for the migrant crisis.

In Germany, a man got arrested for having his dog do the Nazi salute obviously in jest not for seriousness whatsoever, it's like they didn't know how the internet works unlike RL.

As for the outfit, I don't see any swastikas anywhere and thus could pass as a generic dictator's outfit. I'd have an issue if they were on the outfit.

Maybe i am wrong...but they look more like the uniform used by the military police back on the late 1800s early 1900s...

Kotaku starts all of this bullshit, I see.

Though I don't see any problems with it. If """people""" being so angry that these girls wear costume that almost resemble German's military outfit during WW2, perhaps they should be angry to any kind of military outfit cosplay. Every militaries has their own problem with crime against human rights, I believe. In Indonesia, our military forces killed about half a million people during 1965, and nobody in the western even raises eyebrows. Hell, even until now our government won't apologize for it and proud of what they did (remove Commie from SE Asia as big brother USA told us ).

Same thing like how we in SE Asia or Asia in general don't care about what happened in German during WW2. We even have Nazi cafe in Indonesia and it's totally legal!
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/nazi-themed-caf-in-indonesia-re-opens-keeping-the-swastikas-and-images-of-hitler-it-pledged-to-9554643.html

Just get over it already!

The just immense amount of ignorance about this is just incredible. Whoever said to Keyakizaka46 that they wear costumes that are evocative of the Waffen-SS is a complete idiot. What the Nazis did to people,especially Jews is something that shouldn't be forgotten. If these gals perform here,especially in those outfits,there would be protests and they be justified in that. The ignorance that these girls displayed is amazing. But,these girls aren't the only ignorant ones here.

Maybe Agent355 should bone up on his or her history a little more. The Jews fleeing to America and elsewhere in the 1930's have little similarity to what's happening now. The Jews fleeing Nazi Germany were fleeing an evil regime that wanted to eliminate them. They wanted to continue being Jews,whether it be in Lisbon,Paris,Tel Aviv,New York,or Miami. There was little to fear from them. There is a lot to fear from the current batch of refugees. We don't know where this person is really from or if he's a legitimate refugee or an ISIS terrorist bent on more mayhem.

There's also something to say about Keyakizaka46. It could be that if they do decide to come to America,among those who might protest their visit might be the children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors who lived through the most horrific things imaginable and also among them might the children and grandchildren of the American soldiers who helped destroy Hitler's mad dream of a thousand year Reich. Maybe these girls and those in places like Thailand should get a better idea of what Hitler and the Nazis were really like. To them,it's just some goofy piece of kitsch. To the overwhelming majority of Americans and others,it represents an evil rarely seen in human history. An evil that shouldn't be forgotten or trivialized.

The just immense amount of ignorance about this is just incredible. Whoever said to Keyakizaka46 that they wear costumes that are evocative of the Waffen-SS is a complete idiot. What the Nazis did to people,especially Jews is something that shouldn't be forgotten. If these gals perform here,especially in those outfits,there would be protests and they be justified in that. The ignorance that these girls displayed is amazing. But,these girls aren't the only ignorant ones here.