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    Image of ObtuseIntolerant ObtuseIntolerant
    01/14/09

    In reply to Baby Hitler Taken From Parents
    How can you love your children so much (they seem to?) and be so hateful and think that's really going to work out in their favor? JEEEEEEEEBUS, WHY?
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    01/14/09

    In reply to Baby Hitler Taken From Parents
    A note about unfortunate names...


    In the first half of last century, my great grandfather and his wife came to America from Avalino, Italy. Nonna was pregnant with my grandfather. For three generations, the men in the family had gone by the name 'Adolfo.' "No!" declared my great grandfather (called "Otto" in America) "My son will be an American! He will have an American name. No one will ever mock him for not belonging."


    And that is how, in 1938, my grandfather was named "Adolph."

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    Image of Kali Mama Kali Mama
    01/14/09

    In reply to Baby Hitler Taken From Parents
    The best part is that these people wouldn't even be considered Aryans by actual WWII card carrying Nazis.
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    Image of BonoBGood BonoBGood
    01/14/09

    In reply to Baby Hitler Taken From Parents
    Are those two women or is one of them a dude?
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    Image of nellicat nellicat
    01/14/09

    @BonoBGood: I thought the Dude Looked Like a Lady, too. I had to take a close second look to figure out that Daddy is on the left.
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    Image of lalaland13 lalaland13
    01/14/09

    In reply to Baby Hitler Taken From Parents
    There could be something else going on that we just don't know about. That'd be my guess. I have relatives who adopted two kids after their jailed white supremacist parents lost their rights as parents. They were in jail for doing drugs. The daughter was named Aryan.
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    Image of debo matar la zombi goldberry83 debo matar la zombi goldberry83
    01/14/09

    @lalaland13: Oh lord - I hope the poor kid wasn't too old for them to change her name.
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    Image of linnyt is a walking cliché linnyt is a walking cliché
    01/14/09

    In reply to Baby Hitler Taken From Parents
    no matter what they stupid names are, kids shouldn't be billboards for a parent's beliefs.
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    Image of IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel
    01/14/09

    In reply to Baby Hitler Taken From Parents
    I just feel terrible for the children. They're gonna get a lot of hate down the line for something that's not even their fault. Hopefully they pick up some nicknames until they can legally change those terrible names.
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    Image of Chocolate Sex Bunny Chocolate Sex Bunny
    01/14/09

    In reply to Baby Hitler Taken From Parents
    Digging deep down into my lil chocolate soul to muster up some sympathy...trying hard....


    I got nothing.

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    Image of dianersb was bit by a zombie dianersb was bit by a zombie
    01/14/09

    @Chocolate Sex Bunny: Even my little white soul is finding it hard to empathize with the parents. These people are awful.
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    Image of cooperc cooperc
    01/14/09

    In reply to Baby Hitler Taken From Parents
    are they the parents of all three children? because it would be relatively difficult to have a 1 year old and a 8-month old birthed by the same person.
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    Image of Kali Mama Kali Mama
    01/14/09

    @cooperc:a child of 23 months is still technically one.
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    Image of nellicat nellicat
    01/14/09

    In reply to Baby Hitler Taken From Parents
    Oh for fuck's sake. The state has NO business telling parents how they can raise their children ideologically. The state has business telling people to care them physically, educationally, and medically, but I draw the line when teh state gets to decide whether I am teaching them proper "values." Because you know goddamn WELL that my "values" are not proper to a huge and scary part of the population.


    These people are assholes, but I am squarely on their side on this one.

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    Image of Brigit Brigit
    01/14/09

    In reply to Baby Hitler Taken From Parents
    Damn, this people make me want to disregard my psychoness about civil liberties AND go for serious g-on-g crime. Because, seriously - this racist fuckwit thinks her genes are somehow superior? WTF- to what? A drunken amoeba?
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    Image of Triana Orpheus Triana Orpheus
    01/14/09

    In reply to Baby Hitler Taken From Parents
    Police are saying the decision to take the kids has nothing to do with their names or the birthday cake incident so maybe there is a legitimate case of child abuse here.
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    Image of nellicat nellicat
    01/14/09

    @trianaorpheus: But the article above says there are no reports of abuse or neglect.
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    Image of ItchykooParker ItchykooParker
    01/14/09

    @nellicat: They look methy. Possible drug abuse in the household? That would be a reason to remove the children.
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    Image of Cerridwen Cerridwen
    01/14/09

    In reply to Baby Hitler Taken From Parents
    At first I thought they couldn't seriously take those children away because their parents gave them abhorrent names. And then I thought, isn't that kind of negligent (maybe not so negligent that it warrants seizure of the kids, but still...)? I mean, you've got to be a pretty idiotic not to think about how those names would affect the children's lives. I have a hard time calling it child abuse, but it is pretty awful. As awful as those people from the Westboro Baptist Church teaching 5 year old children to sing the song "God hates the world." Does this count as emotional negligence, raising your children in a hateful belief system? Also, as much as I support freedom of speech and civil liberties, doesn't the right to swing your fist end at the other guy's nose? The kids' lives and social upbringing will definitely be affected by this.


    Ugh, I am quite conflicted about this.

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    Image of AthertonMerriweather AthertonMerriweather
    01/14/09

    In reply to Baby Hitler Taken From Parents
    I don't agree with their beliefs, but if they haven't committed any crimes in the name of their beliefs and aren't causing harm to others, I don't think they should have their children taken away.
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    Image of Cerridwen Cerridwen
    01/14/09

    @AthertonMerriweather: Physical harm, no (as far as we know). But what about emotional harm? I am honestly interested in what you think about this.
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    Image of JinxyMcDeath JinxyMcDeath
    01/14/09

    In reply to Baby Hitler Taken From Parents
    As a Jewish woman who has lived in Germany and had family killed in the Holocaust, I would never call for their children to be taken away for their deviant thoughts about race and Nazis. It's a very DANGEROUS precedent. Abuse? Neglect? Absolutely. Viewpoint discrimination? NO WAY.
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    Image of musicpup musicpup
    01/14/09

    @JinxyMcDeath: I think it's incredibly disrespectful and hurtful to the Germans who have spent fifty years rebuilding their nation and working through their history. The ignorance these parents display just goes to show that their horizons aren't terribly broad.


    I wouldn't want their kids taken away for their politics. But naming your children Adolf Hitler, Aryan Nation and Himmler? They might be planing on homeschooling the kids, but what happens when they're adults? When they want to enter the workforce? What if these kids play and get beaten up by others in their neighborhood when they're older? That's why the names scream "neglect" and "emotional abuse" to me.

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    Image of linnyt is a walking cliché linnyt is a walking cliché
    01/14/09

    @musicpup: can you imagine trying to get a security clearance with a name like these?

    DENIED!
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    Image of musicpup musicpup
    01/14/09

    @linnyt: Imagine the kid converting to Judaism. Or trying to visit Israel. FAIL.
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