Germans are mentally paralyzed by reminding them of thier past Nazi & authoritarian practices. (Aside: Though if you go back and study Imperial Germany you will discover that the government was NOT as oppressive as is “popularly” thought. For example voter suffrage was more widespread then the UK. For the time they had social services that were very well developed, a universal pension system was present and efficiently run, etc. The biggest problem was no one liked Kaiser Wilhelm II on a personal basis!)
You mentally paralyze an American (particularly a politician!) by finding a way to call him/her a racist.
And the MSM in both countries amplify this!
If we are racist for supporting President Trump, then Liberals are child abusers for supporting abortion.
As for offending people, you reach a certain age when you say what you want and you don’t care who gets mad. I’ve reached that age.
I prefer the term German instead of “Nazi” when referencing WW2. Enough coddling.