Lot of venting here, when the original poster has neither displayed the dio he is referring to, or any reaction to it, or why the reactions if in fact they exist, "ridiculed" it. And if those "ridicules" were somehow PC.
Short of accusing them of trolling, I would say that going into the old PC argument over such thin stuff is a little premature.
I went back and dug it up. This was a Dragon kit marketed as "German Mountain Troops", all three terms not really factual. It was discussed on many modeling forums, not only this one. I found two here. The more recent, by Model Maniac, got a negative reaction from yours truly about a complete lack of taste, and insensitivity. But as Stikpusher said at the beginning, disgust for the Waffen SS (which these guys are only even marginally affiliated with) is a legitimate obsevration, and an utter disgust for Muslim civilian murderers, which these guys were, were created to do and focussed on Catholics and Jews, certainly is something that needs to be said. In particular because the original poster of that older thread has a habit of commissioning builds from others and throwing them up, without any idea what they represent. I got pillow pummeled a little , but wasn't accused of being PC, just thin skinned.
The earlier thread I found did contain a fair amount of silliness, by others, to the effect that Shriners have RED fez'es, not Feld Grau ones, and where are the clown cars. That's just humor.
The absurdity of the whole culture of accusations of "PC" are that first of all, most opinions labeled as such, left or right, are fundamentally legitimate ones. In other words, besides being "PC", they also happen to be "C". Life is full of gray areas, which I wouldn't expect a 19 year old to understand, and shouting down people for what they advocate is a bad trend, though our poster here has not done so.
Anyone wishing to understand or debate why Germany outlaws the display of the Swastika should start by reading the excellent Wiki article on the subject, and then perhaps reflect a little on why that group of people, subjected to what they were, need us to tell them how to self govern.
And last, my observation of Stikpushers service was only slightly off- same conflict, different era. And the man humbles himself where no humility is necessary. Anyone who risks their life in a foreign country to insert themselves between the forces and counterforces of ethnic cleansing is in my opinion a hero. That's my point.
These forums are FULL of Waffen SS, IJN, Fascist Italian and whatever else subjects that people enjoy modeling and knowing about. Most go unremarked on, and rightly so. People model that, it's their right of course. I was tempted to compare the subject referrenced to a dio of an ISIS guy standing behind someone on their knees, but that's unfair so I won't. But do read up on the history of the 13th SS and consider that it might be beyond the reason of someones stomach to take here. There are forum rules after all concerning such things, in order to have a more inclusive readership.