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Adolf Hitler wins Namibian local election by landslide.
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Adolf Hitler wins election - 2020 keeps on giving
Adolf Hitler Uunona has been elected with 85 percent of the vote for a seat on the regional council in the former German colony, where street names, people and places still have German names. However, Adolf Uunona as he prefers himself to be known, says he wants to assure people that he has no...
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Adolf Hitler wins election - 2020 keeps on giving
Adolf Hitler Uunona has been elected with 85 percent of the vote for a seat on the regional council in the former German colony, where street names, people and places still have German names. However, Adolf Uunona as he prefers himself to be known, says he wants to assure people that he has no...
Beaten.........again, sigh.
The real question is what the hell were his parents thinking when naming him? Can't hold it against him if that's his birth name.
It's not nefarious. If you read Trevor Noah's book (Born a Crime) you'll find out why someone might be named Hitler.
www.israelnationalnews.com
Trevor Noah Has a Friend Named Hitler
In Daily Show podcast from earlier this year, new host Trevor Noah reveals he has a South African friend named after brutal Nazi leader.
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"Hitler was so big that he forced white South Africans, who at the time were racist, to ask black South Africans to go to war with them to help fight," Noah added.
And for blacks, he explained, there is a feeling, "who is it that scares the man who oppresses me? Who's that dude? Because that's the guy I want to meet."
"It's perspective," Noah said. "It's such a delicate thing that we have to deal with in comedy and everything."
I get it, in that case. I mean, these horrible racist people that mistreated you were scared of someone called "Hitler". I see why the name may have been passed on. Obviously the rest of the context would probably be lost on those people.
I think I'd change my name, or go by something else once I grew up and understood all the logistics though.
And for blacks, he explained, there is a feeling, "who is it that scares the man who oppresses me? Who's that dude? Because that's the guy I want to meet."
"It's perspective," Noah said. "It's such a delicate thing that we have to deal with in comedy and everything."
I get it, in that case. I mean, these horrible racist people that mistreated you were scared of someone called "Hitler". I see why the name may have been passed on. Obviously the rest of the context would probably be lost on those people.
I think I'd change my name, or go by something else once I grew up and understood all the logistics though.
man these 2020 headlines are still getting nuttier and nuttier.
joking aside, very interesting history behind the name.. i had completely forgot Namibia was even a German colony.
joking aside, very interesting history behind the name.. i had completely forgot Namibia was even a German colony.
Adolf Hitler wins election - 2020 keeps on giving
Adolf Hitler Uunona has been elected with 85 percent of the vote for a seat on the regional council in the former German colony, where street names, people and places still have German names. However, Adolf Uunona as he prefers himself to be known, says he wants to assure people that he has no...
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