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Why would parents name their kid this?

School yard conversation:

Hi, my name is Adolph Campbell.

WTF??

What can I say, my Dad is a total a$$hole.
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Hugs all round, and general acceptance. 😀
 
I think this highlights one of the traits of racism. The father believes other people are to blame for the reactions, when a normal parent would consider a name's every possible connotation and make a decision in the best interest of the child.

He blames ShopRite for not making his son a cake. Just as it must be the fault of other races for the other misfortunes in his life. Nothing seems to be within his control, at least none of the bad stuff.

In his mind, his beliefs will be confirmed every time anything negative happens to Adolf; it's everyone else who's intolerant, not the white supremacists.
 
gilkisson said:
Take a trip to Europe. Visit Germany and Poland. Learn what they meant by "arbeit macht frei". Some of those places, the camps, are still there. Old, and cold, and quiet. Stand next to the thick concrete walls, on the lush green grass.

Then come back and tell me giving a child that name is a great idea.
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I have a feeling not too many people would have any clue as to what you are talking about.

Sadly, many people may know, but very VERY few understand.

Abstract said:
I hope Adolf Hitler and Aryan Nation go to school with a black guy named White People Are Retarded. Schoolyard fights would get a little bit.....interesting.
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To reiterate what others have said, I'd hate to see the kids get punished for their parents mistakes....

BUT!

The children will of course have to be the ones to make amends to what their parent have done for their own selfish motives.
 
gilkisson said:
Take a trip to Europe. Visit Germany and Poland. Learn what they meant by "arbeit macht frei". Some of those places, the camps, are still there. Old, and cold, and quiet. Stand next to the thick concrete walls, on the lush green grass.

Then come back and tell me giving a child that name is a great idea.
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Exactly, the atrocities that occurred during WWII and the Holocaust are almost too horrible to think of. The people who think that this is ok obviously don't realize how grave it was. Have you ever seen Schindler's List? Visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C.? Just reading about it in a high school textbook doesn't explain the full extent of what happened under Hitler. He will always be remember as a man of evil, therefore, reference to him via another person's name will present the same reaction.
 
you know, I have an open mind to what people want to believe, do and name their kid, but honestly, those 2 names are the most distasteful I've ever heard.

"aryan nation" and "adolph hitler" ?

and i like to give the benefit of the doubt, but this guy is of german descent and it's obvious he supports hitler's ideology. otherwise, why would you?

either that or he was stoned or hammered when he thought they would be good names for kids and that 'no one else in the world would have the same name' well...duh....no kidding.

ah well...
 
velocityg4 said:
On a side note not only has Adolf Hitler become a ruined name for the vast foreseeable future. He also ruined the Chaplin mustache.
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Everyone needs to watch this movie.
Jaffa Cake said:
It's all very well the Beckhams naming their first born Brooklyn, but obviously naming your child after where he or she was conceived doesn't work for everyone...
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How many kids would be named "Backseat", I wonder...
Antares said:
The Hitler part of the name is what's bugging people, right?

1. What happened to all the people in the world that had the last name of "Hitler" Did everyone with that name change it after WWII? Are there other Hitler's in the world right now? Related or unrelated to Adolph Hitler...i.e. John Hitler in Hammond, Indiana, Carrie Hitler in Portland, Oregon, Paul Hitler in Paris, Frace, etc.? There's no way Adolph Hitler would have been the only person with that family name.
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Descendants of Adolf are alive today.
Abstract said:
I hope Adolf Hitler and Aryan Nation go to school with a black guy named White People Are Retarded. Schoolyard fights would get a little bit.....interesting.
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You have a very weird imagination.
 
Nothing wrong with the name, just because one was a dictator that made Germany a great country out of a recession were your wheelbarrow was worth more than the stacks of notes on it. Went a little mad afterwords with world domination but after what the guy did i think i would also feel indestructible.

Now come to the point, should we stop calling kids Gorge Bush because to many eastern societies he is called a butcher. Or all the little Johsive's running about, they should be ridiculed too ?
 
Poor kids... There is nothing wrong with name. But kids (most likely some adult) will give Adolf and his sister a hard time.
 
Man this is a terrible name for your kids, but in a different terrible way, I've known parents who name their kids: Gold, Diamond, etc. Seriously, some parents just have no sense of proper.
 
For me its just a stunt to gain some attention & controversy since I don't know why "normal" parents would name their kid something as awful as Hitler knowing what he accomplished during his time.

My conclusion is that these people probably missed out on the right & wrong/common sense teachings of their parents or mental illness is prevalent in their family circle which inhibits their reasoning behind naming their child after a man that did horrible vile things to groups of other people.

I simply hope they wont show him what Hitler accomplished during his life time glamorizing his power and rule over others thus giving him the idea that maybe he was destined to do great things such as Hitler did.
 
gilkisson said:
Take a trip to Europe. Visit Germany and Poland. Learn what they meant by "arbeit macht frei". Some of those places, the camps, are still there. Old, and cold, and quiet. Stand next to the thick concrete walls, on the lush green grass.

Then come back and tell me giving a child that name is a great idea.
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this is truly the best post in response to this story.

thanks!
 
These parents are nuts. they're going to do alot of damage to the kids psychological and emotional health when he grows up.
 
babyjenniferLB said:
Nothing wrong with the name, just because one was a dictator that made Germany a great country out of a recession were your wheelbarrow was worth more than the stacks of notes on it. Went a little mad afterwords with world domination but after what the guy did i think i would also feel indestructible.
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You are a bit confused here. What you are talking about is the 1921-1923 time of hyperinflation, which was dealt with by the then democratic government in Germany. Nothing to do with Hitler at all.

apsterling said:
After bringing it out of a depression beyond any we've had in America.
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By starting a program of systematic weapons production which even in 1933 was aimed at enabling warfare against neighbouring countries, by systematically concealing the amount of debt involved, and by systematic expropriation of about 10 percent of the population.

As a result of this, Germany in May 1939 was bankrupt. In a very well hidden way, but bankrupt. And you can't say that was a depression "beyond any we've had in America" because it was the 1929-1933 depression which _started_ in America.
 
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