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It’s a toothbrush mustache, and more than one historical person wore them, Charlie Chaplin who Hitler likely copied was one of them.
The toothbrush mustache became popular because it was the only kind that would fit under the gas mask. I believe that's why Hitler had one, he was a corporal in WWI (and was temporarily blinded by a gas attack).
Yeah. That's all true. But would you say that Micheal Jordan briefly had a Charlie Chaplin mustache? Or would you say Micheal Jordan briefly had a hitler mustache?
The difference is that one of them wore it before it got labeled as a Hitler moustache and the other did it after
and? Things can get tainted by millions dying in tacit relationship. Just like the swastika has been a symbol for centuries before.
The mustache for sure can and has, same thing with names, how many Adolfs yall know?
Chaplin is obviously blameless unless he had future sight, but the thing about the Jordan attempt was that anyone that has even kinda followed Michael Jordan knows that he only did it because he thought he was a big enough icon to overcome the stigma of a Hitlerstache
Clearly his ego had grown too large
I know zero Adolfs, and would question their parents.
I know one. He's 104.
Fun fact: in many countries outside the Western world, Hitler is treated as just some dictator.
A toothbrush mustache, anything else shows prejudice.