Just because the information is AVAILABLE doesn’t mean most Americans internalized it. I mean there are a lot of Americans who can’t find their own country on a world map. This is the same country that refused to wear masks during a global pandemic.
I get where you’re coming from that most americans are historically illiterate but I’m just pointing out that a lot of pop history about wwii had been out there for decades.
Yeah for sure. I just think they guy in the tweet is 100% right that the average American saw that story and was like “A toten what now?” so it fell flat. If it had been a Swastika they’d have reacted very differently.
in my experience, americans recognize that the nazis had a skull and crossbones symbol but don’t pick up on there being a particular nazi version that we know as the totenkopf. they don’t necessarily see a totenkopf removed from the context of a nazi uniform in a wwii setting and recognize that it’s a totenkopf and not just a pirate symbol.
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Just because the information is AVAILABLE doesn’t mean most Americans internalized it. I mean there are a lot of Americans who can’t find their own country on a world map. This is the same country that refused to wear masks during a global pandemic.
I get where you’re coming from that most americans are historically illiterate but I’m just pointing out that a lot of pop history about wwii had been out there for decades.
Yeah for sure. I just think they guy in the tweet is 100% right that the average American saw that story and was like “A toten what now?” so it fell flat. If it had been a Swastika they’d have reacted very differently.
in my experience, americans recognize that the nazis had a skull and crossbones symbol but don’t pick up on there being a particular nazi version that we know as the totenkopf. they don’t necessarily see a totenkopf removed from the context of a nazi uniform in a wwii setting and recognize that it’s a totenkopf and not just a pirate symbol.