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Not everything is about Nazis, not everything needs to be made about Nazis. It's just a funny name.
This is the correct response. The other comments saying that "the name being a Nazi reference isn't that big of a deal" is missing the point. Because it's not a Nazi reference.
It's just a self-aware joke about elitism in PC enthusiasts.
That doesn't remove the connotation for larger audiences. A layman will never know those details and will read master race as being about race. The social context and history are irrelevant, it's genuinely a dumb hill to die on.
Human stupidity is infinite, there's no point catering to it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(human_categorization) "master race" is definitionally about race and the use of that social categorization to commit genocide; the concept of race and so-called "race science" are not really funny tbh
I'm in agreement with you btw lol I think the names dumb, wanting to keep the master race title is the dumb hill to die on.
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i would say the language of "glory" and "master races" have been pretty sufficiently captured by nazis, maybe take a look around you.
No it hasn't. Stop randomly giving shit to Nazis.