Yuuup. I’m waiting for they stop pretending they’re not following the Hitler playbook.

And that's taking the connection to Roman Empire out of the equation

If only they'd done any other deliberately Nazi-esque things you could include to prove a pattern of behavior.

Fox News parents are already gone lol

If I had a hindu swastika outside a temple and wanted "do a modern redesign" I'd definitely avoid rotating it by 45 degrees, removing the inner circles, and choosing a red, black, and white color pallet.

If I happen to do that by mistake. I'd definitely absolutely understand when someone pointed out that my "modern design" just suspiciously made it look MORE like a Nazi symbol. Which would clearly be the opposite intention behind a symbol that already has a similar look.

Point being. If we have imagery or symbols from the past that are similar to a white supremacist genocidal state and we were doing a "redesign" there is no possible way a well intention person could accidentally make it "more Nazi looking".

It's on purpose. It's not gonna help your fox news parents. True. But anyone with a brain can understand what is being done here.

Agree. It's even right there on the flag two feet away, which they've been using since 1949.

Isn't this the stage that also says, "WE ARE ALL DOMESTIC TERRORISTS" above the stage and Viktor Orban spoke? Or was that ANOTHER RNC?

What is this from?

He had to block the swastika, they're not fully "out" Nazis yet.

Did they rename space farce?

That's sort of disturbing itself given the symbology of an olive branch.

Also, why did they change it from 13 stars (from the original colonies I think) to 5? Nazis are VERY image based people (so much so they would probably get classified as a personality disorder thinking about it, self-harm, cognitive dissonance, splitting) so they mean everything they show.

I was comparing Bush to Hitler twenty years ago and calling your soldiers Nazis ever since.

The original German Nazis were (partially) inspired by fascist (and racist and anti-semetic) movements in the USA.

They even visited America in the mid 1930s to gather some ideas.

Same in the UK. “Driving through Nazi Germany today- I mean middle England…. Outside Birmingham Airport. And this is what greets people arriving in Britain. Flags everywhere, not as welcome or pride, but as intimidation. Weaponised symbolism. A message that says exclusion before it says hello. Is this how we want to present ourselves to the world? The first thing visitors see is not culture, innovation, or hospitality, but nationalism turned aggressive and hostile. Tourism, trade, investment, students, business confidence. All of it relies on Britain looking open, stable, and serious. Turning national symbols into threats does the opposite. You do not strengthen an economy by making the country look angry and closed. You do not attract growth by signalling fear of outsiders. You do not build pride by turning identity into a warning sign. This is not patriotism. It is posturing. And it makes Britain look smaller, not stronger. So do the news reports of Brits falling off ladders while the country argues about flags instead of fixing what is broken. If you want a weaker economy and a poorer future, keep choosing distraction over reality. That is the path you are on. And when the consequences arrive, I hope those flags come in handy. You may need them for tents sooner than you think. Some councils have paid £75,000 for these flags instead of helping people out on the lead up to Christmas. We should replace them all with rainbow flags in June. I do also think we should start writing refugees welcome on them with permanent markers. A national campaign. Vote Reform to be poorer! Just look at the new reform councils. If you cannot grasp what is being said here, then pause. This is not about flags. It was never about flags. It is about the people holding them. The intent behind them. The way symbols are picked up sharpened and used to hit other people with. The way patriotism gets turned into a weapon and then pointed downward. If you are still arguing about bunting while missing the cruelty, the contempt then that is the point being made. If all you see is cloth and colour and not who is being targeted underneath it then you might be the problem. This shabby, yobbish, and offensive behaviour makes be ashamed of being British.”

"professional trolls".

Yes yes yes. Keep voting for the party that is so unlikable and ineffective that they COULDNT beat Nazis, twice.

You know what else is weird? They NEVER mention this and showcase the threat these Nazis actually are. They work WITH them AGAINST the working class.

WAKEUP

The problem with prison is we have over 100 million of these roaches infesting our nation. We simply don't have the room or the manpower. Plus, allowing conservatives to continue to live and breed will only result in more of them to deal with in the future.

Conservatives have been telling us "The south will rise again!" over and over since 1865. It sounds like they are begging us to finish the civil war. Let's do them that favor. Let's finish Sherman's work and bring us all some closure.

They won't. Elon Musk did a sieg heil and no one even blinked. The ADL even defended him.

I will be very enthusiastically elated if that happens

They needed to wake the fuck up and open their eyes when their country decided "The Department of Homeland Security" was a very normal thing. If they didn't then, or at Citizens United, or at masked agents shooting citizens in the street, they won't now.

They will do nothing. Americans will roll over, allow it to escalate, and accept the escalation as the new normal. Watch.

It's going to be a maze.

I mean the black cross really isn't a Nazi symbol. It is a Prussian symbol long predating the Nazi regime, derived from the cross of the German Order, still in use by the German Bundeswehr to this day and we all know how thoroughly Germany is in not using any Nazi symbols anymore (and also making their depiction a crime).

Especially since the Nazis stole our eagle first.

I'm pretty sure that Grok will write most speeches as Nazi speeches....

And there was no significant push-back.

Again.

America is already lost.

Anyone who thinks the mid-terms alone will fix everything is dreaming.

While I agree - Nazis are image focused. They have to look powerful, and look victimized, look successful, look like they know what they're doing.

It's not entirely a distraction - its a warning sign that they don't intend to ensure peace.

1: all humans are "symbol minded" it's how language works.

2: that's stupid and dishonest and you're stupid and dishonest for saying it