What’s the most offensive/non-PC record you’ve come across?

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Curt A wrote: Sun Apr 13, 2025 3:24 pm CORRECTION: "Nationalsozialistische," which is the German word for "National Socialist".
Yes, that was the name... but it was only a name.
"Were the Nazis socialists? No, not in any meaningful way, and certainly not after 1934. But to address this canard fully, one must begin with the birth of the party."
https://www.britannica.com/story/were-t ... socialists
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Some social media accounts seize on the party's proper name in arguing the Nazis, who have become synonymous with fascism and the far right, were actually socialists.

Many of these assertions plainly or implicitly disparage current-day social democratic parties and their leaders by likening them to the Nazis. Such claims have circulated online for years.

However, historians point out the Nazi Party did not embrace socialism, as it is commonly defined, in any significant sense. Once in power, the Nazis were enemies of genuine socialism and aimed to wipe out the political left.

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The assertion that Nazis were socialists is hilarious. It was a popular term that was co-opted to seize power. Notice how North Korea is called the "Democratic" Peoples Republic of North Korea :lol:

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…and again here we are in a forum supposedly focusing on machines and music rather than political ideology, divisive or not.
How lovely!

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I refuse to get into this! That's all.edisonplayer.

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Viva-voce wrote: Tue Dec 02, 2025 3:19 am …and again here we are in a forum supposedly focusing on machines and music rather than political ideology, divisive or not.
How lovely!
Agree completely!

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Please! Keep politics off this page! There's enough political garbage on Facebook.edisonplayer.

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I'm embarassed to admit the number of offensive records we've found in the house despite the fact that my parents were true believers in judging people by the content of their character. I'm tempted to just destroy them, but that seems like whitewashing. Friends suggested that perhaps selling and donating the proceeds is a solution.

I guess I should take some solace in the fact that the cylinder I heard dad play for people most was Over on the Jersey Side, which seems to be an equal opportunity intolerant song.

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