A hugely popular right-wing Croatian singer and hundreds of thousands of his fans performed a pro-Nazi World War II salute at a massive concert in Zagreb, drawing criticism.

One of Marko Perkovic’s most popular songs, played in the late Saturday concert, starts with the dreaded “For the homeland — Ready!” salute, used by Croatia’s Nazi-era puppet Ustasha regime that ran concentration camps at the time.

Perkovic, whose stage name is Thompson after a U.S.-made machine gun, had previously said both the song and the salute focus on the 1991-95 ethnic war in Croatia, in which he fought using the American firearm, after the country declared independence from the former Yugoslavia. He says his controversial song is “a witness of an era.”

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[–] 173 points 1 year ago (11 children)

How is a "pro-Nazi salute" different from a "Nazi salute"?

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

    I've always wondered what the difference is between a "nazi sympathizer" and a nazi

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Well Finland and some Ukrainians joined the Axis because Russia (USSR at the time) was their enemy

    And

    Thailand joined the axis to reclaim land from Britain and France

    They weren’t Nazis but maybe they were sympathetic?

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

    It's an ustaše salute, they were buddies with Nazis.

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

    Good point, but unless the ustashe independently invented it, I'd consider it a Nazi salute.

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  • [–] 77 points 1 year ago

    pro-Nazi salute?

    You mean ehhhh

    A Nazi salute?

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

    "what's the difference between a nazi sympathiser and a nazi?"

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    [–] 19 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Real antiaemitism is not critisized by the.governments and pro israel people but condemn anti occupation people

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    This shit really is just on the rise globally huh ? Time to bust out the Ole M1 Garand

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

    You probably can only bust a nut. Right wing conservatives are on a rise and nobody with a playstation, Netflix subscription and a plan to have no kids so they can travel is going to take on the streets.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

    fucking Nazis.

    edit: whoever downvoted this sentiment, fuck you too, Nazi sympathizing scum.

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

    the only good Nazi is a dead Nazi.

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

    But what about Zombie Nazis? Have you considered Zombie Nazis?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    technically they are undead and thus are still dead.

    great target practice though.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Yes, but that's my point! You said, 'The only good Nazi is a dead Nazi.' However, Nazi Zombies, while being dead, are still evil. And therefore not good.

    I didn't spend a year of my undergrad studying Logic for nothin!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I know it's a popular saying, but idk if it cancels shit out.
    Like, try taking about dead Nazis & how good they are - feels weird bcs of all the bad shit they did.

    So no, perhaps just no good Nazis.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    So, can't support Palestine in the EU, but Nazi salutes and support are good.

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

    So this means their visas are being checked and converts are being cancelled... Right...? Riiiight???

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Napalm is a problem solver. Just sayin.

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

    If your problem is “too many Vietnamese children aren’t on fire” then it’s a problem solver, yeah.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Nothing about napalm says it only needs to be used for that. What it has been used for before says nothing about someone's wishes for what it can be used for now. Your comment is dumb as fuck.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    80 years later, the number of Ustasha supporters exceeded the number of Ustasha victims in World War II. People really do have short memories.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago*

    While I know it won't happen, it would be so fucking funny if they arrested all of the like 500k attendees for the salute

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Shit like this should have been rooted out before they became a full member of the EU. This will only embolden Nazi in other EU nations.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    the salute focus on the 1991-95 ethnic war in Croatia, in which he fought using the American firearm, after the country declared independence from the former Yugoslavia.

    Ah the old reliable anti-communist gotta fascist rule.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    There was little to no actual anti-communism at play at that point (although it was still relevant symbolically). Both sides were already capitalist. Yugoslavia had been on the path of liberalisation for quite a while before the breakup.

    Btw, that excuse that Thompson and his fans regularly use is bullshit, the phrase was picked by Croatian extremists (especially the paramilitary HOS) in the 90s because it was used by ustašas (fascists) half a century earlier in the first place.

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

    Right wingers and Nazism is not too different from each other now.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Fucking clowns, I hate Thompson so much

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    What if it's just an ancient Roman salute from the heart to the sun?

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago

    Hey, be wary of a ban in case you dehumanize Nazis in some Lemmy communities.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago

    When scrolled past this post i assumed it was news about some gay party somewhere, then I noticed the women aren't dressed for that, than i noticed the headline was about something nazi happening at the party and only then i realised the gay part was only in my head because of the shirtless dude doing the nazi salute the headline is talking about. How is it possible all these right wing conservative people are so against anything gay but then decide to look like that and how are all of their likeminded people so ok with it? If i showed up to a pride somewhere they'd beat me up for it. So strange.

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  • [+] -11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I’m not a fan of him at all, but I have to say that every information in this article is misleading. Of course that the small minority of retards did the salute, however, this for sure is not a representative of the whole event. Marko did not perform this salute. This is a lie. I hope they get criminally prosecuted.

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