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[–] 11 points 1 year ago* (19 children)

Gonna be real, I don't think that's got anything to do with Nazism at all and isn't nazi style.... Probably a relationship he has or something or a different affiliation.

It's just a normal lightning bolt. Too pointy.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    Gothic gemanic lettering + lighting bolt?

    That's nazi shit.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

    It's not Gothic Germanic, and even then, that's not necessarily nazi either. 1000091322

    Note how the "N" is not the same as the N in the picture which is more akin to what we use

    I think the Nazi lightning bolt was a lot different, but I'm not so sure.

    To be honest, I think it's more of him and his s/o's initials. That's the first thing that comes to mind when I see it. But could be another Nazi dogwhistle. Who knows. Saw someone else call this "Temu Nazi"

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    You see British Blackletter being used by right wing extremists often as a replacement for Gothic German Fraktur. Nazis often have no sense of typography.

    The actual NSDAP Nazis actually discouraged use of Fraktur, because it was thought to be related to Hebrew writing and pushed Grotesque and Antiqua fonts instead.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    You sure are going out of your way to excuse things here

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    You're wrong on this one and splitting hairs. If the symbology is representative of Nazis to the masses, it's Nazi.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    If enough people assume something about you, it's true

    Great life lesson for the kids.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    That's how language works. It's an agreed upon schema. A red stop sign means stop because most people agree that's what it means.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    perhaps, but as a scuba instructor, I am tired of people saying the underwater sign language for "OK" means white power. Context matters. There still should be some effort to understand the intent of the sender, and not just assume the preconceptions of the receiver are the intent. Somone deciding a word or symbol I have been using for my lifetime suddenly means something else does not change my intent. When a Hindu puts a swastika on their house it clearly does not mean the same thing as when a Nazi does. When a spanish art teacher refers to black paint...etc, etc.. In cases like this, I think we have enough context that the font and details of the symbol are irrelevant. It is clear what his intent is. If the guy did not share those beliefs, given what he does for a living, I would think he would be more careful about using anything that could be mistaken for Nazi symbology.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    at this point ppl point out everyrhing. it doesnt even slightly look like a ᛋ

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    And ᛋ doesnt look exactly the same as s, nazis use the ⚡ emoji all the time, a nazi doesnt care about the specifics

    next youll be telling us elon musk didnt throw a roman salute

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Oh, “Roman salute” was the excuse. Where they’re silent is if asked which notable groups of people in the 20th century used the “Roman salute”. Strangely, they go even quieter if you give them the hint that they were based in Italy and Germany in the early part of the 20th century.

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