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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/28854
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

So I'm writing a story that features an alien character, who happens to be a really "internet troll"-ish type with a somewhat godlike tech and a personal army of robots.

He/She (?) is fond of Earth's history and likes contradictions, which leads to massive amounts of Earth references, especially offensive/taboo ones

I'm not entirely sure if it would be considered offensive if:

- The most diverse (in a racial sense) group of organics (non-robots), that accompanies the robots, is called "The Waffle SS".
- The good faction, that follows the Geneva Convention to a fault, has a really similar aesthetics to that of the Nazis.
- The railguns (as the story is sci-fi) used by the good faction are all named after infamous mass-shooters, based on what weapon they used (e.g: the SMG is called "Klebold")

So things that are connected to the Nazis and evil people (and aren't evil by themselves (i.e: not gas chambers or gulags), make an appearance in it, but the ideologies of the good faction are straightforward the opposite.

**Would this still be considered offensive by the majority of the readers?**

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Update 1: I forgot to mention this snippet from the beginning of the book, and it's important in determining the underlying tone.

> This book is dedicated to Hitler, who taught us so much about fighting for what we believe in. Rest in pepperoni— Aubergine Man

Original score: 3