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The photo of some 50 young men from the Baraboo High School performing the stiff-armed 'Sieg Heil' greeting quickly went viral online. The photo was taken during the students' junior prom, but resurfaced last weekend when it was posted to Twitter with the caption: "We even got the black kid to throw it up."
Twitter users were baffled by the image and wondered what could have prompted the suit-clad teens to extend their right arms in the air in the style of the infamous Nazi salute.
School District Superintendent Lori Mueller tweeted that the photograph was "not reflective of the educational values and beliefs" of the school - but Twitter was not entirely convinced, with many pointing out that the school district's logo was reminiscent of a Nazi eagle.
Some called for the students and any teachers present when the photo was taken to be expelled or fired immediately.
Others suggested that a visit to a nearby veterans hospital to speak to men who fought in World War II - or a day spent watching documentary reels from Nazi concentration camps - might set the students straight.
I try to think of what this would have meant back when I was in HS, before the internet, before cell phones, and before viral images and memes. What is the appropriate response? This could be used to basically ruin the lives of the entirety of boys in that class. They may not get into college, they may no be able to get jobs, if the SJWs have their way.
I'm absolutely not defending what they did. But what will happen to them in our outrage culture?