I don’t usually do “nuance”—I find it usually it’s a term for, “I refuse to take a principled stand”—but in this case, I can see a little bit on both sides of the issue. On one hand, seeing “Nazis” casually dining at your local restaurant would be jarring; on the other, I would note that you would have to be shockingly stupid not to quickly conclude what was going on. The so-called Nazis were sitting near imagined U.S. service personnel dressed in period uniforms—it should have taken someone all of about five milliseconds to realize that there was some sort of reenactment at foot, especially since battle reenactments are common to the area.
Nevertheless, it’s created quite a kerfuffle, and the restaurant even had to close for a day after receiving threats from triggered snowflakes.
Kith and Kin, a Hudson restaurant, has reopened after shutting down for a day in…
