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Jul 19, 2017
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Jezza
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I mean at least in texts I've read historians still use the term Aryan in its
Proper historical context, so I'm not sure there is a while lot to fuss about.
If you want to get peeved about Europeans (especially Hitler) misappropriating something Indian then the swastika is probably a better example.
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Aryans (Hitler made that crap up)
ChinoCoug
7/19/17 12:08pm
RE: Aryans (Hitler made that crap up)
thaws
7/19/17 12:09pm
Actually, the term became popular in the 1800s for Nordic. Churchill also
chago04
7/19/17 12:11pm
Still made up, though
ChinoCoug
7/19/17 12:14pm
So are all words, if you go far enough back.
Jezza
7/19/17 12:17pm
I meant misappropriated
ChinoCoug
7/19/17 12:21pm
I mean at least in texts I've read historians still use the term Aryan in its
Jezza
7/19/17 12:25pm
you watched that episode on IHC I see. it was a fun one
Mayor of Cougartown
7/19/17 12:16pm
I didn't but if you have a link, please share!
ChinoCoug
7/19/17 12:48pm
I watched it on cable tv. IHC channel so I can't help
Mayor of Cougartown
7/19/17 2:45pm
Speaking of Hitler and the race/ethnic dynamic...
Zach Morris
7/19/17 12:42pm
Yes. Hitler himself didn't even have blue eyes and blonde hair.
Jezza
7/19/17 12:50pm
His plan was to have Germans marry Scandinavians to produce the desired
ChinoCoug
7/19/17 12:52pm
From the little I know it seems Hitler was a German nationalist to the extreme and felt
Zach Morris
7/19/17 12:56pm
Yes that's a fair summary of what he claimed as the source of his anti-semitism
Jezza
7/19/17 1:03pm
Hair and eye color didn't really matter, it was their ethnic background. IF
IceCreamButt
7/19/17 12:54pm
It wasn't just Jews, it was Muslims, gays, Communists, and blacks
chago04
7/19/17 12:56pm
This goes back to my confusion. If it was about racial or ethnic traits then
Zach Morris
7/19/17 1:09pm
There is more to ethnicity and race than hair color and eye color.
IceCreamButt
7/19/17 1:15pm
Blond/blue eyes is necessary but insufficient condition. He didn't have those
ChinoCoug
7/19/17 1:17pm
People focus on eye color and hair color, but those were much less important in
chilango
7/19/17 2:48pm
I wouldn't include Muslims. Basically everyone other than European Aryans were
IceCreamButt
7/19/17 1:09pm
And Gypsies, Slavs and the handicapped, too
spinner
7/19/17 1:19pm
And Jehovah's Witnesses too.
chilango
7/19/17 2:45pm
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