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Nazi Gingerbread Men Moved to New Town
By Associated Press
3 hours ago
WELLINGTON, Ohio - An artist who was forced to remove his Nazi gingerbread men from the window of a hardware store has set up the display in an empty storefront in another town.
"The Secret Lives of Gingerbread Men" depicts a small gathering at a Nazi rally. Keith McGuckin set up the display in this northeastern Ohio city Thursday night, a day before the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah begins at sundown.
The owner of a hardware store in nearby Oberlin made McGuckin remove the display last month after getting complaints.
McGuckin, 50, said the subject is meant to provoke thought, not offend.
"I remember thinking to myself, 'What's the worst thing a gingerbread man can do?'" he said. "They're just copying things that people have done. There are no hidden messages here."
Last winter, McGuckin used the hardware store window to display a "caroler-bashing" snowman and a little boy excited about using his chemistry set to create the illegal drug crystal meth.
He said he wasn't aware he had set up the Nazi gingerbread men so close to Hanukkah.
"This one does seem to rub people the wrong way," he said. "But I hope it'll stay up for a little while."
McGuckin received permission to use the empty storefront from the owner, The (Elyria) Chronicle-Telegram reported Friday.
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HERE's the same article, with the only photo I could find of the gingerbread men in question.
Aside from the innappropriateness of this getting exposure right at the start of Hannukkah, I don't really see this as anyone expressing support of Nazis or anti-semitism, or any real statement at all.
I mean, Art Spiegelman's MAUS had Jews as mice and Nazis as cats, and it won a Pulitzer prize.
Removing this innocuous display is just another example of political correctness run amuck.
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HERE's the same article, with the only photo I could find of the gingerbread men in question.
Aside from the innappropriateness of this getting exposure right at the start of Hannukkah, I don't really see this as anyone expressing support of Nazis or anti-semitism, or any real statement at all.
I mean, Art Spiegelman's MAUS had Jews as mice and Nazis as cats, and it won a Pulitzer prize.
Removing this innocuous display is just another example of political correctness run amuck.
MAUS was clearly a story about a Holocaust survivor and what he had to go through.
Without a picture, I can't judge for myself, but it's possible that while MAUS had an obvious intent, the Nazi gingerbread men might not have been quite as obvious. Some might have thought it was actually advocating for the Nazis, the way it was presented.
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HERE's the same article, with the only photo I could find of the gingerbread men in question.
Aside from the innappropriateness of this getting exposure right at the start of Hannukkah, I don't really see this as anyone expressing support of Nazis or anti-semitism, or any real statement at all.
I mean, Art Spiegelman's MAUS had Jews as mice and Nazis as cats, and it won a Pulitzer prize.
Removing this innocuous display is just another example of political correctness run amuck.
MAUS was clearly a story about a Holocaust survivor and what he had to go through.
Without a picture, I can't judge for myself, but it's possible that while MAUS had an obvious intent, the Nazi gingerbread men might not have been quite as obvious. Some might have thought it was actually advocating for the Nazis, the way it was presented.
Basically dogbert's saying if you're not Jewish you're not allowed to depict Nazis, a la selective appropriateness of the N-word.
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HERE's the same article, with the only photo I could find of the gingerbread men in question.
Aside from the innappropriateness of this getting exposure right at the start of Hannukkah, I don't really see this as anyone expressing support of Nazis or anti-semitism, or any real statement at all.
I mean, Art Spiegelman's MAUS had Jews as mice and Nazis as cats, and it won a Pulitzer prize.
Removing this innocuous display is just another example of political correctness run amuck.
MAUS was clearly a story about a Holocaust survivor and what he had to go through.
Without a picture, I can't judge for myself, but it's possible that while MAUS had an obvious intent, the Nazi gingerbread men might not have been quite as obvious. Some might have thought it was actually advocating for the Nazis, the way it was presented.
Basically I have nothing to contribute, so I'm just gonna lie about what someone else is really trying to say.
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Basically, it sounds like this guy is attacking Chrismas, not Jews.
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 Uh oh! It's the Holocaust! There's no chance anyone could be saying something that isn't one hundred percent serious! He must obviously be attacking what I said!
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Basically, it sounds like this guy is attacking Chrismas, not Jews.
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Uh, you misspelled Christmas. And you left out the part where I was right all along.
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Uh oh! It's the Holocaust! There's no chance anyone could be saying something that isn't one hundred percent serious! He must obviously be attacking what I said!
Yeah, yeah, the ol' "I was just kidding" copout.
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Uh oh! It's the Holocaust! There's no chance anyone could be saying something that isn't one hundred percent serious! He must obviously be attacking what I said!
Yeah, yeah, the ol' "I was just kidding" copout.
You really don't like not being agreed with, do you? I'm amazed you've lasted this long in DT2.
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Uh oh! It's the Holocaust! There's no chance anyone could be saying something that isn't one hundred percent serious! He must obviously be attacking what I said!
Yeah, yeah, the ol' "I was just kidding" copout.
You really don't like not being agreed with, do you? I'm amazed you've lasted this long in DT2.
Why? It seems to be the standard around here.
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Uh, you misspelled Christmas. And you left out the part where I was right all along.
That's because Amazon ruined it.
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But you still left out the part where I was right all along!
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Uh oh! It's the Holocaust! There's no chance anyone could be saying something that isn't one hundred percent serious! He must obviously be attacking what I said!
Yeah, yeah, the ol' "I was just kidding" copout.
You really don't like not being agreed with, do you? I'm amazed you've lasted this long in DT2.
Why? It seems to be the standard around here.
I didn't have time to craft a well thought-out rebuttal to your statements, as I was more eager to go get my paycheck and deposit it and get some lunch and stuff. So the best I could come up with was "dogbert is whomod and he likes goat sex!!!  " I seem to have reached a new low. 
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Uh oh! It's the Holocaust! There's no chance anyone could be saying something that isn't one hundred percent serious! He must obviously be attacking what I said!
Yeah, yeah, the ol' "I was just kidding" copout.
You really don't like not being agreed with, do you? I'm amazed you've lasted this long in DT2.
Why? It seems to be the standard around here.
I didn't have time to craft a well thought-out rebuttal to your statements, as I was more eager to go get my paycheck and deposit it and get some lunch and stuff. So the best I could come up with was "dogbert is whomod and he likes goat sex!!! " I seem to have reached a new low.
Nah, you still seem to be on par with everyone else.
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Uh oh! It's the Holocaust! There's no chance anyone could be saying something that isn't one hundred percent serious! He must obviously be attacking what I said!
Yeah, yeah, the ol' "I was just kidding" copout.
You really don't like not being agreed with, do you? I'm amazed you've lasted this long in DT2.
Why? It seems to be the standard around here.
I didn't have time to craft a well thought-out rebuttal to your statements, as I was more eager to go get my paycheck and deposit it and get some lunch and stuff. So the best I could come up with was "dogbert is whomod and he likes goat sex!!! " I seem to have reached a new low.
Nah, you still seem to be on par with everyone else.
But I'm special!!!
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That poor kid in the photo has a tough life! I've seen him running from dinosaurs, giant robots, Godzilla, trucks, and now men in suits! 
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Nah. He loves it. Look at that smile.
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Run, Forrest, Run!!!
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Try to stay on topic Jerry. This thread is about the Nazi Gingerbread war on Christmas.
And the fact that Sammitch was right about something.
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I think it would be totally awesome if someone photoshopped Darth Vader behind the kid...
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Try to stay on topic Jerry. This thread is about the Nazi Gingerbread war on Christmas.
And the fact that Sammitch was right about something.
Magneto was right! Sammitch was right!
Well, to be on topic, Nazi Gingerbread men don't frighten me. I am surprised, however, that other religions don't squawk for equal time... ie; Taliban gingerbread men, Wiccan gingerbread men, etc.
Seriously? I think the Nazi gingerbread men are a hoot! If I saw those someplace, I'd laugh!
Now, I would NOT laugh at them if they were 8 foot tall Nazi gingerbread men, marching down the street with REAL uzis in their arms.
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Or Nazi Gingerbread Men.
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Sammitch not dumb...Sammitch "special." Sammitch ride small yellow bus by choice.
If you don't get where this came from, and if for some reason you actually care, go here.
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I think an awesome idea would be to have a gingerbread Captain America whompin' on the gingerbread Nazis.
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Sammitch not dumb...Sammitch "special." Sammitch ride small yellow bus by choice.
If you don't get where this came from, and if for some reason you actually care, go here.
Thank you for posting that link, Dogbert, it was "Special."
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