@arjantupan

It has been brought to my attention that some people take offence to Hitler memes. Although I understand that, I also want to share some perspective on it. The meme QC'd below is, imo, a very well crafted throwback to the internet time when memes of Der Untergang were abundantly created and shared. It is not a reference to the atrocities of World War 2, it is a celebration of internet culture and one of the best movies ever made. That is what it is. I know it is customary these days to apologise for hurt a remark has caused. But I've always found that actually a bit too performative. The challenge we have in this connected world of ours, is that we do not all have the same cultural reference framework. Our diversity means that sometimes people find offence in something that is not at all offensive in the sender's lived-experience-based reality. Always good to open the conversation. You may find a different way of looking at things. You will not always agree, but you might learn to see the world through someone else's eyes and that will ultimately enable us to build bridges.

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