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dixiegrrrrl

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36. Sounds like it was about the salute.

Reply to ramblin_dave (Reply #35)

Fri May 25, 2018, 09:02 PM

May 2018

Snopes:

The Karlsruhe Football Club was scheduled to play in Metz, France on Christmas day in 1933.
The French players reportedly threatened not to play the match if the Germans used the Nazi salute.

The Karlsruhe players

were also also reportedly worried that the salute could cause fans to riot, and

decided to forego the Nazi salute in order to play the match; when word reached Berlin, the team was banned from playing outside of Germany for a year.

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Football team penalized for 12 months for refusing to give patriotic salute [View all] ehrnst May 2018 OP

Well, there WERE some fine people on both sides in Germany in the 1930s... ExciteBike66 May 2018 #1

Anyone who can't see where we're heading is blind Va Lefty May 2018 #2

The details include news of punishment for other resistors. dixiegrrrrl May 2018 #15

Under His eye.... (nt) ehrnst May 2018 #30

A third of the US apparently sees where we're heading and wants it that way. FiveGoodMen May 2018 #25

Yeah, Germany tried to warn at Cha May 2018 #3

Here We Go... dlk May 2018 #4

thanks for posting dembotoz May 2018 #5

I thought this was going to be about a high school team in USA, which proves OP's point ... Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #6

Yeah me too. 47of74 May 2018 #12

Coming soon to a sports venue near you.... erronis May 2018 #20

No kidding. It no longer seems far-fetched. calimary May 2018 #24

Facism at its worst!!! Left-over May 2018 #7

Run rampant.... magicarpet May 2018 #11

NFL. The brainless running the brain injured for the entertainment of the witless and mindless. Augiedog May 2018 #8

Well they needed to punish foreigners and define who is a "real German" also IronLionZion May 2018 #9

Feel good nationalism at every bend and turn. magicarpet May 2018 #10

+1 - I echo your sentiments. There is no humor in current events, but we need some levity. erronis May 2018 #21

right has to fight heaven05 May 2018 #13

Yup. KPN May 2018 #19

K&R BlueJac May 2018 #14

Shameful analogy IMO. Trust Buster May 2018 #16

History doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme... Wounded Bear May 2018 #17

Yep.... paleotn May 2018 #18

Haha. I would just add "without even knowing it" for clarity's sake. KPN May 2018 #22

For some, probably.... paleotn May 2018 #23

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2018 #26

Beautiful analogy JustAnotherGen May 2018 #27

Ain't It The Truth Me. May 2018 #28

That's the territory we are in now, folks. nt Nay May 2018 #29

K & R Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #31

K & R SunSeeker May 2018 #32

Brilliant find... Blue_Tires May 2018 #33

Please send this to rachel@msnbc.com triron May 2018 #34

Snopes just published about this ramblin_dave May 2018 #35

Sounds like it was about the salute. dixiegrrrrl May 2018 #36

Ironic, funny thing about that... Henry Krinkle May 2018 #37

Those who seem like boorish clowns are the unhinged psychopaths who become totalitarians blake2012 May 2018 #38