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[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Basically party thugs. Go around harassing people

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Ah ok? Is that specific to a region? I never heard of this.

Edit: I meant region, not reason. Autocorrect.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Kinda. It’s a reference to the SA. It’s become a shorthand for fascist paramilitaries that haven’t seized power, so like one could call the proud boys brownshirts.

But it’s regional because they only wore brown in Germany. Italy had the blackshirts and Americans wore silver.

[–] festnt 1 points 7 months ago

i read twice and still though "region" was "religion"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes and no. Read some WWII history

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Other users were kind enough to point out that they are a Nazi group. That's all I needed to know.