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[Kabouter]

Somehow, not the Onion.

Neo nazis in Germany are using Sesame Street's Cookie Monster to recruit children into far-right extremism, according to reports.

In the latest incident, 31-year-old Steffen Lange was arrested for handing out neo-Nazi pamphlets outside a school in Brandenburg dressed in full Cookie Monster costume.

Following a raid on the homes of Lange and his accomplice, police discovered more recruitment leaflets and far-right material featuring the Cookie Monster.

One image found on one of the suspect's computers included a picture of the Cookie Monster standing next to Adolf Hitler with the caption "Who ate my cookie?".

A Brandenburg police spokesman: "There is nothing humorous about far right ideology despite the fact they are trying to trivialise it by getting the Sesame Street character involved.

"It's an attempt to make it seem harmless and everyday and perhaps a bit of fun and a bit rebellious."

This not the first time the far right has used a cartoon character to promote their ideology. In May 2013, The National Socialist Underground released a Pink Panther cartoon claiming responsibility for a series of racist murders in Germany.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/german-neo-nazis-using-cookie-monster-recruit-children-1443716

It is not the first children's cartoon to be co-opted by the far-right.

In November, Neo-Nazis Uwe Mundlos and Uwe Boenhardt, part of a right wing terrorist group called the National Socialist Underground, produced a DVD featuring the Pink Panther.

It claimed responsibility for the murders of several Turkish small-business owners in Germany between 2000 and 2006.

German police are now probing whether hundreds of unsolved killings and attempted killings over the past 20 years were committed by neo-Nazis.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/04/07/cookie-monster-nazi_n_5103113.html?utm_hp_ref=uk

 

[Az]

Oh-nein-nein-nein

 

[SolsticeZero]

sieg heil

 

[Arkos]

The seeds for this were planted when they made him stop eating cookies tho

 

[MacNille]

Those wacky Nazis. Always ruining things.

 

[Darklord]

First they came for the Cookies, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Cookie Monster.

 

[LiK]

Now they're going too far.

 

[commanderpepper]

One image found on one of the suspect's computers included a picture of the Cookie Monster standing next to Adolf Hitler with the caption "Who ate my cookie?".

What in the hell!?

 

[1.21Gigawatts]

One image found on one of the suspect's computers included a picture of the Cookie Monster standing next to Adolf Hitler with the caption "Who ate my cookie?".

it was these guys

 

[mnz]

Scheiße passiert.

 

[hachi]

Ugh. And I love German Sesame Street.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CODprkC1yNA

 

[ZealousD]

Don't worry. He'll become more liberal overtime. He'll probably start saying that Jews are a "sometimes race".

 

[ElbowRocket]

Srs question, who do these neo nazis actually hate?

 

[Drazgul]

sieg heil

He's seen some shit. A classic thousand-yard stare.

 

[Deleted member 13876]

Srs question, who do these neo nazis actually hate?

Agent Smith.

 

[Chariot]

Srs question, who do these neo nazis actually hate?

All them foreign cookie stealers.
It was one thing when the stole our wives and jobs, but now they're at our cookies. This can't be forgiven!

 

[UnluckyKate]

Silly nazis, they haven't changed.

 

[GreekWolf]

C is for Communist... it's good enough for me.

 

[Kinyou]

They learned it from the Daily Show

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/0leehd/moment-of-zen---kermit-the-german

 

[dapperbandit]

These "Nazis" have got it all wrong.

If a real Nazi was trying to indoctrinate children via Sesame Street they would not have used the feeble-minded degenerate that is Cookie Monster. The message of these Nazis would have been better spread to the youth if a respectable role model like Elmo had been chosen. Instead, they chose Cookie Monster, someone to be laughed at rather than admired and respected. Cookie Monster is a poor role model as he is defined by his vices, which directly contradict the ideals of National Socialism. His inability to resist the temptations of the cookies displays a lack of integrity and weakness of willpower. His pitiful addiction is a symptom of the moral corruption that is integral to unrestrained capitalism. Clearly the cookie addiction has eroded his intellect as, compared to the other denizens of Sesame Street, Cookie Monster cannot communicate except by way of unintelligible growls and grunts. His pelt is shaggy and unkempt, similar to Oscar the vagrant (another victim of laisse-fair economics.) This is just another sign that Cookie Monster is unable or unwilling to treat himself with respect. But children find Cookie Monster funny. This is exactly the wrong attitude. Cookie Monster should be viewed with disdain and pity. Laughing at his degeneracy amounts to condoning and even encouraging this behaviour.

While it is difficult for a puppet made from soft felt to exude physical strength, Elmo is a more suitable candidate as a propaganda mouthpiece as he exhibits a strong sense of community spirit and a devotion to good family values. Elmo's nurturing spirit and virtue make for a more wholesome message that inspires and encourages the youth to strive for a better world.

My 2 Reichmarks

 

[Gordon Shumway]

C is for Commie... it's good enough for me.

Just sounds better..

 

[Messypandas]

The letter of the day is SS

 

[Deleted member 13876]

The letter of the day is SS

That actually is a letter in German.

 

[Bodacious]

Gotta paint a swastika!

(maybe too old - does anyone here even remember the mad painter?)

 

[amar212]

These "Nazis" have got it all wrong.

If a real Nazi was trying to indoctrinate children via Sesame Street they would not have used the feeble-minded degenerate that is Cookie Monster. The message of these Nazis would have been better spread to the youth if a respectable role model like Elmo had been chosen. Instead, they chose Cookie Monster, someone to be laughed at rather than admired and respected. Cookie Monster is a poor role model as he is defined by his vices, which directly contradict the ideals of National Socialism. His inability to resist the temptations of the cookies displays a lack of integrity and weakness of willpower. His pitiful addiction is a symptom of the moral corruption that is integral to unrestrained capitalism. Clearly the cookie addiction has eroded his intellect as, compared to the other denizens of Sesame Street, Cookie Monster cannot communicate except by way of unintelligible growls and grunts. His pelt is shaggy and unkempt, similar to Oscar the vagrant (another victim of laisse-fair economics.) This is just another sign that Cookie Monster is unable or unwilling to treat himself with respect. But children find Cookie Monster funny. This is exactly the wrong attitude. Cookie Monster should be viewed with disdain and pity. Laughing at his degeneracy amounts to condoning and even encouraging this behaviour.

While it is difficult for a puppet made from soft felt to exude physical strength, Elmo is a more suitable candidate as a propaganda mouthpiece as he exhibits a strong sense of community spirit and a devotion to good family values. Elmo's nurturing spirit and virtue make for a more wholesome message that inspires and encourages the youth to strive for a better world.

My 2 Reichmarks

Wunderbar!