It did take a very unexpected turn. I now think I may have come off as a bit of a social justice warrior, which I am not one. For me, it is all about freedom. I don't care what beliefs someone may have, as long as they are not doing illegal or harmful acts.
I tried to explain that, for me, its much more about practicality. I think this game has great potential, and was excited about it, specifically the graphics, presentation style, and combat. But now I feel the kickstarter may be negatively impacted, and they won't raise nearly the kind of money they could have. I don't know, maybe it will, but this is bad publicity, no matter how you slice it.
To be clear, I (of course) am against neo-nazis in terms of their beliefs. But overall, I think the harm principle applies, that as long as they are not actively harming others, then they are allowed to hold their beliefs.
That said, I must admit this also taints the game overall. because now I have to wonder if the main story or other aspects of the plot will contain Nazi propaganda. I hate SJW propaganda in games, and I also would hate neo-nazi propaganda in a game.
This is a very complicated and fascinating subject - art, and political influence and so on.
I am going to talk about a side subject now, if you are not interested in WW2, please skip it. If the admins of this site object, I will of course, delete this. I am not trying to create a new discussion or something. Its just based on what I was looking into, by pure chance, recently. And it relates to the topic.
I was looking into the Dresden bombing recently. For those who don't know, Dresden was firebombed in what many would agree was a war crime by the Allies during WW2. Men, women, children, elderly people, they all were basically incinerated - burned to death - by a horrific fire caused by a bombing campaign over two days. These bombs used phosphorous, which means, that not even diving into water put the fires out. It was absolutely horrific, and read some first hand accounts of survivors to get a feel for the hell that took place. And there was no escape in the city from it. The official estimate is around 25,000 deaths.
If you research it, and look deeper, you will find estimates can go as high as 500,000 people dead. This is where the controversy comes in. Why are there such huge discrepancies when it comes to number of deaths?? Because of propaganda purposes.
The Allies wanted to minimize deaths as much as possible, and they already started feeling guilty about this bombing shortly after they did it. While the Nazis wanted to inflate the number, naturally. The tricky part is where the truth actually lies. I try to be as objective as possible. Leave all my emotions out of it. Looking at the evidence, based on estimates of how many people were in the city at the time, (it was very overcrowded with refugees and normal citizens) and looking at the pictures of the absolute destruction of the aftermath, I find it extremely hard to believe that only 25,000 people died. Let's put it that way. I would say I would confidently put the number instead, based on what research I have seen, at around 100,000, as a very conservative number. That is my honest opinion, as a proud American citizen, but who recognizes that wars often involve shades of gray, and history really is written by the winners, most of the time.
Anyway, sorry I went off on a tangent, I just find history and this kind of debate regarding gaming, art, and politics to be very interesting.