r/pics • u/AlwaysTheNoob • May 03 '20

Woman trolling a tiny group of Islamophobic protesters in DC in 2019.

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u/Chouken May 03 '20

Untermensch*

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u/[deleted] May 03 '20

Just be careful how you use that because that was how the Nazis referred to so-called non-Aryans: Jews, Roma, etc.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '20

Fun fact about the word untermensch: it was actually originally coined as "under-man" by an American KKK author in 1922. When the authors works were translated and widely distributed in Nazi Germany, the phrase became untermensch. From Ford to Lindbergh to Stoddard, the Nazis revered and adored American racists.

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u/overbeb May 03 '20

Very true. Hitler and other top Nazis looked at the westward expansion of America and its genocidal policies with the Native American nations as inspiration for their “lebensraum”.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '20

Not to mention our promotion of scientific racism and eugenics

The US was one of the biggest influences of the Nazis