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Saw a nazi today (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For explanation: Boogaloo movement, "Neo-Nazis use the number 88 as an abbreviation for the Nazi salute Heil Hitler.[11] The letter H is eighth in the alphabet, whereby 88 becomes HH.[12] "

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[–] Ookami38 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Not used to be. Still are. Symbols can represent a lot of things, and it's an ignorant person to assume that they MUST represent the bad one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's exactly what the Nazi's say. These two lighting bolts? It's nothing bro! I just like the number 88! 14 is my lucky number! Etc etc

[–] Ookami38 2 points 5 months ago

See it's funny you say that. My neighbor had a pumpkin that I SWORE was two lightning bolts, til I looked at it properly and it was the KISS logo. And say what you want about being a KISS fan, it's a lot better than the conclusion that was initially reached. Benign explanations for things exist, and you have to look at more than a license plate to get an idea of someone's beliefs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

it's an even more ignorant ass person who ignores cultural context. i see a white person in the us waving around swatstikas and 88 i'm not going "well, in india and china..."

[–] Ookami38 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sure sure. Unfortunately, this photo doesn't have any of them. We have a license plate, with the words "BOOG88" from Indiana. Sure, it COULD be a reference to the two things OP alludes to. Or it could be someone born in 88 who loves the movie Open Season, or any of a dozen other rational explanations that don't lead to blind hate. Innocent until PROVEN guilty and all that jazz.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

or we could like, NOT enable obvious dogwhistling by bending over backwards to give people the benefit of a doubt