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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone better tell Mel Brooks that Hitler in art is off limits.

Again, context matters. As many have tried to explain.

Is a smiling photo a great idea- probably not. B/c of how easily it can be misconstrued.[/quote]

Yup, context DOES matter. The context here is the kids were 11. If the school was teaching 11 year olds to sing “Springtime for Hitler” I’m pretty sure people would be equally outraged, with all due respect to Mr. Brooks. [/quote]

FWIW I actually let my (Jewish) kid watch The Producers when he was 11. By the time he was 11 he also unfortunately was becoming well versed in the double standard around antisemitism vs other kinds of hate speech. I can imagine he would be irked but not surprised if his peers drew a picture of Hitler as an example of a strong leader. [/quote]

It’s hard not to feel it’s disingenuous to say “example of a strong leader” with the added context of “a leader displaying Machiavellian traits” (if you knew that, I understand you may not have )

(And fwiw I think the school sounds like it’s really handled everything badly and there is likely to be antisemitism in the school’s handling of the bullying and this project should have been monitored more closely so this Hitler poster didn’t happen.) [/quote]

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