Who the heck is trying to "justify" anything. Symbols don't have roots that are acceptable, thats a daft assertion John. That they have roots is an interesting and historical facts. Key word here is fact. We should study Nazism for what it is. Not what is represents in a modern setting and viewpoint. Its history, you cant and shouldn't ignore it. How about the "intellectualising" out of history rather than understanding the historical relevence and learning from it. Historical accuracy is the relevent measure and is everything. What you do with that information is absolute key. Ignoring an "ideological abomination" is both subjective, opinionated and displays incredible patronising arrogance. Also a severe form of cowardice in facing up to our mistakes as humans and ensuring we act on them. If we dont teach them read about them and If we do nothing but erase them from debate, hello BLM, and treat everyone who reads about them as some sort of untouchable then we are doomed. Airbrushing a swastika out of a painting, model or show is Maoist at best. His mantra was to erase history that he didn't agree with. There are many declaring the same rational to justify the new "wokeness". Run away and hide. Modeling is not evangelisng any nasty and vile regimes. Its just a hobby for gods sake and accuracy is important to many. What next, build nothing greek or roman as heaven knows they were right ba*tards when it came to slavery, persecution of minorities and genocide as well. Ditto fro one of my boyhood heroes, Chaka Zulu. Great warrior he may be but he also massacred his enemies man, woman and child. Captured many and sold them into slavery. You won't see that mentioned on the BBC. It's all one way, give a knee and tug the forelock to any marxist activist group rather than take part in balanced non hysterical, non preprepared rants. Everyone knows the Nazis were the bad guys their symbols in films and even modelling are just that symbols. They cant hurt you but if anything they remind us of what horrors those people took part in. Same for the Japanese yet we paint red roundels on their aircraft models. My father law told horror stories of fighting the Japanese in Burma. They routinely removed genitals from captured soldiers just enough to keep the alive then nailed them to trees in full view. Yet we still eat in Japanese restaurants and buy their art despite some of it symbolising the mantra of made them do that. Why ? Because we understand that was then and this is now.Nazi's, slavery, Japanese torture and rape, Roman burning alive of whole villages, Greek slaves. All history but all important to know. Again wipe this stuff from our lives is to insult those that died and is ignorance of the highest order that George Orwell in his novel 1984 would have recognised as utopia
Why should I or anyone apologise for slavery or the swastika. I suggest you read some history books, probably some you would have banned, and discover, for instance how some of the biggest slavers were in fact African tribes, slavery is still going on and practiced throughout the world. And that Nazi belief still exists in some countries but we recognise it and can push it away. Tearing down statues rather than label them with all the facts, good and bad is not the way to go. Half witted snowflakes with their pathetic safe zones wouldn't know how to defend their country from the Nazis.They have no spine, experience of the real world and a basic understanding of history and it's impact and context.
Apologies.... I studied History ancient and modern..... I get excited...sorry again