The Baraboo School District leaders in Wisconsin need to go back to school...

[Stuart G]

Yes, Stupid is Stupid..!!! Nazi salute, no punishment.. These young men are now seniors at the school.
They were Juniors last year when the picture was taken. Some kind of punishment should be given, even if it is a few days of community service. (say 2 days?)
..But, whoever made this decision is a fool. Baraboo Wisconsin is a very easy name to remember. Baraboo rhymes with fool. That area contains a well known tourist attraction known as "The Dells." A whole lot of people go there for vacations.
...So as this news spreads around the country, many people will go elsewhere..Yes the news has already spread, but this news is like an infection of "stupidity" "Boy they are stupid fools in Baraboo." Let's go somewhere else. " We can go to Madison Wisconsin or maybe somewhere else." There are other nice places to go in Wisconsin rather than ...Baraboo...

...So, the tourist attractions, the motels, the restaurants, tourist shops, etc, lose 25 percent of their income because Baraboo is a fool. That whole area suffers because of the "stupidity." The entire country knows about Baraboo and the Junior Prom pictures. Of course, the people in Baraboo, the school district leaders, and many members of the community think they are "immune from the infection." No punishment?..

..Immune?...People talk to each other..something like... "They are Nazi's in Baraboo and the Dells. Let's go somewhere else.."How does this news spread?? Well.....we know....(if you are reading this).maybe Baraboo and the Dells don't have the "internet." Not true. Is there anything at all that gives proof to the idea that Baraboo and the Dells will be infected and pay a price.???
....Well.....17 days ago there was an election in the U.S.A. Mr. Stupid himself (Mr. Trump) went around the country talking and people everywhere rejected "Mr. Stupid" because he is insensitive and mean..How did that news get around to everyone?. "Internet"
.....Even Wisconsin rejected the Republican governor, Mr. Scott and elected a Democrat, Tony Evers.. There is the proof that people do not like mean and insensitive. The Nazi salute is very, very, stupid and mean and insensitive... The word spreads...Next spring and summer the community around Baraboo, will find out. People already know about Baraboo and it's salute. And the stupidity behind the "no punishment" decision.. There is a price to pay for ignorance about "Nazi Salutes"....
...Three more sentences ..I live a few hours from Baraboo and the Dells, and I will never spend another penny there. I have been there and done that and will never go back there. And, I am not alone...

[dalton99a]

1. It's also a name that's easy for college admissions officers to remember

"Yeah, our incoming class needs more Nazis"

[Soleta]

2. What sort of punishment

for making a joke of Nazi behavior is appropriate?

Or do we believe that the entire Baraboo junior class has serious Nazi political beliefs?

[Stuart G]

3. Those in the picture with their arms up need to be punished..

The photographer needs to be punished.
The person who hired the photographer needs to be punished

What type of punishment? Some kind that will somehow connect that salute with what that salute means.

Here is my solution to this problem...There is a horrific 36 minute film on the Nazi concentration camps.:
Night and Fog.. Another film, one hour, "The Twisted Cross" the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, also needs to be shown to those who saluted. Every one of those who saluted needs to watch those films twice. It will take about 4 hours to watch them twice.. One day assignment, then one day of community service of some kind. In a moment a link to these films..

Night and Fog : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048434/

The Twisted Cross :https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211081/