Nazism & Wokeness — Part 2: “Problematic” Is The New “Degenerate”
Woke Folks’ appropriation of existing words to describe offensive art is actually a Third Reich tactic.
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“It would not be impossible to prove with sufficient repetition and a psychological understanding of the people concerned that a square is in fact a circle. They are mere words, and words can be molded until they clothe ideas and disguise.” — Joseph Goebbels, Propaganda Minister in Nazi Germany
The term “degenerate art” was initially adopted by the Nazi party in the 1920s to describe modern art, but soon after Hitler’s rise to power in 1933, was used to refer to works, many by internationally-acclaimed artists, that were considered to be un-German, Jewish, or Communist.
In fact, the use of “degenerate” as a slur for unacceptable art was so pervasive that there was even an art exhibition dedicated to these works called simply the “Degenerate Art Exhibition”, which featured 650 confiscated works from museums and art collections throughout the Reich.
“Degenerate” was the watchword created by a demented regime to signal to the hoi polloi the types of art that should be hated and ostracized from their collective…
