@gol_mia@SeventhDegreeUK@ShangoriGannos@Q_Review Nazi Germany stole the design...the design was an Imperial German design stolen by the Nazis...the Nazis stealing it doesn't change that the design came from imperial Germany.
@gol_mia@SOMEGUY7879@ShangoriGannos@Q_Review Of course there is. There is an argument that the flag can be both Imperial German and Nazi, and rather than investigating, you immediately said racist nazi white supremacist.
If these were real nazis they'd wear the swastika with pride, not cower behind a shitty meme.
@gol_mia@SOMEGUY7879@ShangoriGannos@Q_Review No, it's amazing how people can argue that blacks and asians would support a white supremacist movement. The WW2 discussion is a red herring.
@SOMEGUY7879@gol_mia@ShangoriGannos@Q_Review You're splitting hairs. They're close enough to cause confusion if you don't do your research properly, yes, but the point that this nonsense demonstrates is that there is plausible deniability, but people rather jump to conclusions than investigate properly.
@SOMEGUY7879@gol_mia@ShangoriGannos@Q_Review China and the British Raj, among many other "minority" countries fought on side the allies, with the Chinese losing the most out of every country in the war. The Japanese were Axis and the Arabs appeared equally split. It's almost as if race is beside the point.
@SeventhDegreeUK@gol_mia@ShangoriGannos@Q_Review The origin was it was an edgy bait, to demonstrate that the oversensitive left would shout Nazi, and then they could turn around and say, no, it's not, PC gone mad etc. Fact remains is that the flag is from imperial germany, and you take the bait if you call it so.
@iliaseen@gol_mia@ShangoriGannos@Q_Review The swastika is a Buddhist symbol. The Kaiserliche ensign and the Kekistan flag don't have them, only the Nazi one has the tilted swastika. The original design is wholly German though.
@gol_mia@ShangoriGannos@Q_Review And just because it's been seen at white nationalist rallies doesn't mean it's a racist flag. The US flag has been seen at white nationalist rallies. The Kekistan flag is just a dumb meme that some racists took to a rally. They didn't become racist because of a piece of cloth.
@PeterHoskinsTV@BBCRadioLondon @h_phillipson I could take a dump on the plinth and people would whine about it and you'd think it's a worthy piece of art then
@DonnerKebab6 @phoenix_7_9 @WarComTeam @philos_engineer If [brand] was not supportive of your political views, then you'd be upset. And since [brand] is pandering, people like me who are neutral feel irritated, because I want my hobby for destressing from shitty irl politics, not filled with it.
@DonnerKebab6 @phoenix_7_9 @WarComTeam @philos_engineer This is not raising awareness - BLM has been the only story in trad and alt media for the last few weeks, everyone is aware. What this is instead is [brand] is pandering to the current dominant pol. position. You're supportive because it's the same as yours.
@DonnerKebab6 @phoenix_7_9 @WarComTeam @philos_engineer Why is this about me? How would saying I was down at the Tiananmen vigil yesterday strengthen my argument? I was pointing out the inconsistency of having a [brand] claim to support a particular political view, when they should be pol. neutral and neither push BLM nor HK protests.