[Steve_Stifler]

Am I being overly cynical in believing that 90% of the posters attacking Riefenstahl would've been touting the (Nazi)party line and goose-stepping in time to the cadence if they had been living in 1930s/40s Germany and needed to do so to provide for their family's security?

[weegee]

Perhaps if you are thinking that 90% of the crowd here are moral relativists, unable to identify absolutes of black/white, good/evil.

[dfwgator]

Am I being overly cynical in believing that 90% of the posters attacking Riefenstahl would've been touting the (Nazi)party line and goose-stepping in time to the cadence if they had been living in 1930s/40s Germany and needed to do so to provide for their family's security?

Sadly, probably not. It's easy to condemn Hitler in hindsight, knowing what we know today. But the facts are, most Americans in the mid 30's tolerated, and many even supported Hitler and what he was doing for Germany. They didn't know that all along he was planning for war, and the holocaust. Although I maintain anyone who would have taken the time to read "Mein Kampf" should have known.

[dfwgator]

I also forgot to add that most Brits considered Churchill a nutcase when he warned the world about Hitler in the 30s.