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Hold on I'm a fool, the more I think about your point of context the more I realize I missed the point. There's no indication this is normalizing the language, but rather a mockery or a parody of the language and by extension the ideology of a "master race" in general. Which is honestly a great way to combat racist ideology, apply them to some inconsequential to display its absurdity.
The only real challenge, and what I think needs to be considered, is the same thing you mentioned in your second comment; failure to recognize the joke is on ideology not in support. So, the responsibility comes in recognizing when the context shifts to support for these values and shutting that down or separating yourself accordingly. If the community is able to uphold it's parody without lending support it may be beneficial to continue using these terms only to turn the language itself into a joke. Thanks @joba2ca@feddit.de I wouldn't have gotten here without your solid points. I'm leaving my above responses so people can see how I walk through this reasoning, but I wanted to be sure you saw that your points reached me and made a difference. Thanks again.