Would this offend you?

[Harrisfan]

A Thai woman was wearing a Hitler T shirt last night at the markets. Symbol on back and Hitler picture on front. 

[ChipButty]

Did it offend you? 

[RuamRudy]

8 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

A Thai woman was wearing a Hitler T shirt last night at the markets. Symbol on back and Hitler picture on front. 

 

I think it is now permissible under the new era of 'free speech' and the right to make the Heil Hitler sign. 

[Harrisfan]

10 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Did it offend you? 

No. The woman seemed to have little idea who he is. She said "just fashion, not serious"

[Yagoda]

16 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

A Thai woman was wearing a Hitler T shirt last night at the markets. Symbol on back and Hitler picture on front. 

Her boyfriend posts here.

 

In the USA, wearing such a garment would be circumstances that would be considered in evaluating the reasonableness of the use of deadly physical force. In other words, a good chance of getting shot.

 

[Gsxrnz]

The Thai woman wouldn't know what the symbol represented or ever heard of Hitler, Nazis, the Holocaust, or WWII. Her other T-shirt probably has a picture of Che Guevara and she thinks it's Bob Marley - but then again, has she heard of Bob Marley? 

[CharlieH]

I doubt many under the age of 40 would have any idea or see anything in it.

 

 

[Harrisfan]

The woman was about 50. Only about 5 farangs visit that market.

[Lacessit]

38 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

A Thai woman was wearing a Hitler T shirt last night at the markets. Symbol on back and Hitler picture on front. 

I probably would let it pass, because most Thais have no idea of European history.

 

OTOH, you are one of the nastiest and most offensive posters on ASEAN, so you get no pass from me.

[Stocky]

53 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

A Thai woman was wearing a Hitler T shirt last night at the markets. Symbol on back and Hitler picture on front. 

As with much in life it's a matter of context. Personally no, Thais wear all sort of T shirts with slogans that are variously nonsensical, laughable or possibly offensive. If it was in a white guy in a pub in the UK it would be a different matter, that you could see as someone seeking to cause offence and confrontation.

[FriscoKid]

Pure windup. Never happened.

[Moonlover]

A villager pinned a swastika flag on the front of his house sometime back. It didn't bother me as others have said, he wouldn't be aware of its significance. In fact an AI overview says:

 

'The swastika originates from ancient India, where the term "swastika" comes from the Sanskrit language and means "well-being" or "good fortune"; it has been used for millennia by Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains as a sacred symbol'.

 

However, we do occasionally get a visitor from Germany who is married into a family here, so I had my wife explain to our Phu Ya Ban (her nephew) that it might be offensive to him. Sure enough it was moved to a less obvious position.

[Gandtee]

I attended a house blessing ceremony where the daughter of the host was wearing a Sex Pistols 'Never mind the <deleted>.' shirt. The monks nor anyone else seemed to mind or understand it. Much the same as the woman wearing the Nazi shirt.

[jvs]

As long as people do not wear any made in China MAGA gear i am ok with it.

[connda]

Would this offend you?

 

No.  Why react to something that is meant to trigger you. 

You get offended?  Success!

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

A Thai woman was wearing a Hitler T shirt last night at the markets. Symbol on back and Hitler picture on front. 

It wouldn't offend me because what people choose to wear is their business, not mine or anyone else's and is not aimed at me.  

[Briggsy]

Offend? Probably not.

 

Reinforce Thais as lacking in critical thinking, excessively ethno-centric and parochial and incredibly ignorant of world history? Probably

 

Lead me to instantly come up with a few ad-hoc T-shirt ideas that would immediately set off every Thai within 200 metres? Definitely. (Don't worry I won't do it)

[Yagoda]

 

 

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6de423

 

[CHdiver]

If you want, you can still buy a t'shirt with the picture of Mao Zedong on Amazon and other places. That's another mass murderer. Funny that nobody has any problem with that. Or you could get a Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge T'shirt.  You want a t'shirt with hammer and sicle, no problem, even it stands for Soviet massmurder. You want a t'shirt of Stalin, no problem. You geht them everywhere.

 

Nobody would be asking the question "are you offended by..." I do have the impression that mostly leftists and communists are offended. But because all other massmurderer and signs of them are from extreme leftists and communists, they will not be offended by there own. 

 

 

[ColeBOzbourne]

Offended = Snowflake

 

[Ralf001]

4 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

A Thai woman was wearing a Hitler T shirt last night at the markets. Symbol on back and Hitler picture on front. 

 

It would not offend me, why would it ?

[Nick Carter icp]

4 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

A Thai woman was wearing a Hitler T shirt last night at the markets. Symbol on back and Hitler picture on fron

 

   Was she eating anything at the time in the market ?

[NoDisplayName]

Ah, I 'member the days debating with blue-haired lycra-clad obese land whales back on campus....

 

"I believe in freedom of speech, but you shouldn't be allowed to say ____."

 

[tjintx]

In just a few months after 9-11, I saw a tractor trailer at a gas station./rest stop on the way from Bangkok to Pattaya which had Osama Bin Laden's profile on the mud flaps.  Not offended (was a little bit, to be honest but, hey, at least Osama was covered in muck). 

 

Check out names in Taiwan.  When I worked in technology, our Taiwan branch had a Hitler Chang working there.   As others have said, Asians don't really know European history (much like most Westerners know nothing of Asian history).

[BangkokReady]

If Westerners can wear Mao or Che t-shirts, then can't Asians do the same with Hitler?

[NoDisplayName]

Or you could take the bus in Germany......to Nazihäusle.

 

[Johnlkuk]

Fashion, or a religious statement?

 

 

[Evil Penevil]

8 hours ago, Moonlover said:

The swastika originates from ancient India, where the term "swastika" comes from the Sanskrit language and means "well-being" or "good fortune"; it has been used for millennia by Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains as a sacred symbol'.

 

The  hakenkreuz  (hooked cross) of Nazi Germany is never worn or displayed by Thais or other Asian people to represent the swastikas of Asian religions.  The hakenkruez  and images of Hitler on clothing  are due to Nazi chic fashion style rather than agreement with Nazi ideology.  Because the Holocaust is not taught in Thai schools, few Thais, even university students, are aware of it.  Hitler and the heads of WWII Japan aren't regarded as war criminals but are seen as opponents of the British, French, American and Soviet "empires."