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definitely believe an AI person who says she listens to Luddites is acting in good faith

got thrown out of the party because of my costume: Trump's degradation of the rule of law (sexy)

Not sure what that is either, but most obvious counter example would be Moral Majority, where conservatives made electoral gains by appealing to a group that previously refused to participate in politics, and whose concerns have dominated since, but I *am* sure that doesn't count for reasons.

no, in omar's case it was just a complete lie, not even a "misunderstanding" to ground it

*revolutionary expropriate

lmao also STOP PLAYING THAT GAME

substitute playing with watching

maybe people don't want to elect a "flawed, complicated, and sometimes contradictory human being whose political views don't always fit neatly into a box" to be Senator. they find it concerning that they might think they're electing a progressive only to get a fetterman or sinema

I scanned the article. My favorite part is where they laud him for rejecting fascist symbology and saying to give fascists "no quarter" then immediately say we should therefore forgive his fascist symbology and give him quarter. It is a "Platner is a land of contrasts" level essay

the lion cares not for those who criticize his majestic mane

heh. you find this surprising? I wish I could. I am completely inured to novelty and whimsy.

A large gaudy room, empty except for a sad inflatable ball pit in the middle

these renderings of the planned white house ball room are ridiculously tacky

here you go

Symbols that are most commonly associated with Nazism: the swastika, the doppelte Siegrune, and the SS Totenkopf

if it makes you feel better - it helped ground me - every single law I looked up banning nazi symbols, if they mentioned individual symbols, would explicitly mention the SS totenkopf. It's not obscure or crypto. Heck, look at the top of this wikipedia page

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bans_on...

a guy who apparently makes it a big part of his identity that he was a marine and enjoyed combat

I thought I was joking about hitting the character limit, so I checked that post and it was exactly 300 lol

it's why they're called mutuals

not hitting the character limit is an inefficient luxury. you know a better way to say "america is inherently fascist"?

the beliefs and stories I held were very bad. but the culture I adopted them from? That culture is very good

I could buy a marine being dumb as hell, but when his reaction was disgust with the people telling him it was an explicit nazi symbol, then put out a statement saying the nazi symbol might be misinterpreted as a nazi symbol and really this is the establishment's fault, I knew he was full of shit

Symbols that are most commonly associated with Nazism: the swastika, the doppelte Siegrune, and the SS Totenkopf

hell, look at the wikipedia for "bans on nazi symbols" and it's right there at the top of the page

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bans_on...

as for "universal recognition," if you look up laws that ban common nazi symbols, if individual symbols are detailed, the totenkopf is *explicitly* mentioned. Further, despite people's objections that it could apply to any skull design, German law recognizes specifically only the 2nd SS design

I feel confident in saying anyone who says they know something about wwii history but claim to have never encountered that symbol are a liar, either lying about the extent of their own knowledge or lying that they've never seen it.

"not my place to educate you" I assert after I demanded you listen to me and you agreed

Wal-Mart pulls T-shirts with Nazi skull logo Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is pulling a skull-and-crossbones T-shirt from its shelves after a Maryland blogger complained that the image was identical to a Nazi SS emblem from World War II.

And if a store does sell them, they pull it when someone points out "hey that's a nazi symbol"

When it came out in 2009, I noted how the violence was extreme and visceral, robbing it of catharsis. How the climax cleverly broke the 4th wall to contrast us watching nationalized, glorified violence upon our enemy with the nazis watching the same on theirs.

Now I whooped and hollered.

I rewatched Inglorious Basterds. So many hats with inexplicable jolly roger / grateful dead symbols got what was coming to them.

it's wild (and minimizing, intentionally or not) that people are acting like it's limited to a single division when every single SS cap had it.

Himmler with the totenkopf on his cap

13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian), wearing fezzes with the totenkopf

It's not limited to the 3rd Panzer division, though they also used it as their insignia. It symbolized the SS as a whole, and every SS cap had it.

disgusting how politics has become so divisive that you can't even defeat a 100% hitler by supporting a 100% hitler