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I wonder... Mike Nelson Nov 2019 #1
Maybe the fact that they used the excuse that they thought he was Charlie Chaplin MrsCoffee Nov 2019 #6
I showed my class... Mike Nelson Nov 2019 #8
Yes, we might well wonder why, instead of talking to the child Hortensis Nov 2019 #9
At my kids school Dorian Gray Nov 2019 #16
We have that on... Mike Nelson Nov 2019 #18
possibly why many schools stopped having Halloween parties pstokely Nov 2019 #25
I have to recuse; In 1961, 2nd grade, I went to school dressed as Fidel Castro Captain Zero Nov 2019 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Polybius Nov 2019 #3
Hitler was so bad that he's the only world leader in history that you can't dress up as on Halloween Polybius Nov 2019 #4
Don't forget Pol Pot. 11 Bravo Nov 2019 #11
He was awful, but I don't think many would recognize his costume Polybius Nov 2019 #13
Going as Mao would get you in trouble if you are white, that also would apply to going as braddy Nov 2019 #27
It's ok to go as a character of another race Polybius Nov 2019 #29
I don't think Peter Sellers putting on a Mao jacket would suffice as effectively being Mao. braddy Nov 2019 #31
The only person allowed to wear a Hitler costume Dem4Life1102 Nov 2019 #5
Charlie Chaplin aikoaiko Nov 2019 #7
I know that was my first thought when I read that paragraph dsc Nov 2019 #12
That movie was a deliberate satire on Hitler. His usual look was tramp with a bowler hat. Crunchy Frog Nov 2019 #15
Thank you so much for explaining that to me. I had no idea. Was it really satire directed at Hitler? aikoaiko Nov 2019 #19
... demmiblue Nov 2019 #21
Thank you. That certainly is not the Chaplin XX. Its backwards, but still a swastika. aikoaiko Nov 2019 #22
No, he went as Hitler. n/t demmiblue Nov 2019 #24
He was scary treestar Nov 2019 #10
The Great Dictator (1940) Charlie Chaplin appalachiablue Nov 2019 #14
It's literally a Southpark episode (nt) Recursion Nov 2019 #17
No mention of the kid's parents. The school peeps thought it was Charlie CHAPLIN. UTUSN Nov 2019 #20
+1 (and to think it was Charlie Chaplin is absolutely absurd) n/t demmiblue Nov 2019 #23
How many know who CC is anymore. OhZone Nov 2019 #26
The parents are the ones responsible here for indoctrinating their kid. LonePirate Nov 2019 #28
Teaching hatred is child abuse. CPS should be removing the kid from his parents influence. BuffaloJackalope Nov 2019 #30
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