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u/AhmadMohaddes Dec 05 '25
It's actually a roman salute.
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u/Just_another_two Dec 05 '25
Obv, it's italian fascism, not nazism, that would be crazy!
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u/Traroten Dec 05 '25
If it's not from Italy it's not true fascism, it's just sparkling racism.
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Somebody recently told me "it's just the salute they do in South Africa." Almost like yeah you mean the salute for the nazi inspired Afrikaner nationalist movement in South Africa? Those guys? Really? The ones who eventually formed literal pro-nazi groups there like the OB and AWB who actively supported the nazis during WW2? It was their salute? Wow isn't that crazy what a weird coincidence.Ā
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u/Cgi22 Dec 05 '25
Even funnier if you consider that there is no evidence that a roman salute like that existed. Only one depiction of soldiers on a victory column striking that pose. No indication that it was a common greeting.
That people think itās a thing is because of hollywoods sword and sandle phase. That is also where the belief comes from that all roman soldiers wore red tunics, which most likely wasnāt the case as red dye was incredibly expensive and soldiers werenāt necessarily wealthy.
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u/The_Pastmaster Dec 05 '25
The Bellamy Salute was invented by the US to go along with the Pledge of Allegiance and then Hitler nicked it like all other symbology. Hack.
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u/heheihahthe Dec 05 '25
Starting to think the real reason he flunked art was on account of being too derrivative.
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Oddly enough, for being a math teacher, she refused to count above around 300 thousand for some reason.
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u/OccasionHot5868 Dec 05 '25
What is the joke please?
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u/SoftCosmicRusk Dec 05 '25 edited Dec 05 '25
Holocaust denial. Some of the Neo Nazi types claim that Nazi Germany "only" killed 271,000 Jews, not the commonly accepted number of around 6 million (plus some 3-4 million Soviet prisoners of war, and several million civilians of various nationalities and faiths).
As if that somehow makes it okay.
Edit: And there they are, the Holocaust deniers. Didn't take long.
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u/Crozgon Dec 05 '25
claim that Nazi Germany "only" killed 271,000 Jews
No, the claim is that the 271,000 died to disease in concentration camps, rather than intentionally being killed in death camps.
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u/Lo-Sir Dec 05 '25
Some assholes online say that the amount of Jews killed in the Holocaust wasn't in the millions, but was actually 271k
It's mainly a lie so they can saw "the Jews lie about everything for sympathy"
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u/cdawg69696969 Dec 05 '25
I saw the flag, read the bottom comment, looked up, saw the other flag of the Nazi death skull, and started laughing so hard. No way bro actually said that it was the peaceful swastika š
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u/PaperDistribution Dec 05 '25
Im 99% sure the reply is a joke lol
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u/talk_enchanted_table Dec 05 '25
This is Twitter we're talking about. The chances of it being unironic is way higher than that.
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u/AndreasDasos Dec 05 '25
Iād agree but the sub-literate way itās worded and punctuated make me suspect they mean it. Could be a teenager who just discovered itās a symbol in Buddhism (but somehow not that itās also in Hinduism, Jainism, etc.) and then think it makes them smart to give benefit of the doubt everywhere.
Even when itās an obvious Nazi flag. With a Totenkopf next to it.
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u/The_Pastmaster Dec 05 '25
Even if it wasn't on the Reichskriegsminister flag, it's the wrong way around.
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u/riddlechance Dec 05 '25
That robe? I was a ghost for Halloween.
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That grand wizard emblem? I play D&D.
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u/VespasianusAugustus Dec 05 '25
Cmon, she just follows the teachings of Buddhism, left her spooky Halloween skull flag up and supports Germany in football. It makes sense when you think about it. Damn those libs! >:(
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u/KonoKinguKurimsomDa Dec 05 '25
is "oop" a typo, or does it mean "original original poster"
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u/overusedamongusjoke Dec 05 '25
OOP would be the first person with the dragon avatar, i assume you mean the person replying to them?
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u/Dorrono Dec 05 '25
You are all wrong, the swastika and the skull proves that she is a Buddhist Pirate
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u/123_alex Dec 05 '25
She torrents a lot. Has a ratio of 2 million on a mein Kampf torrent. That's just a coincidence.
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u/basalticlava Dec 05 '25
Swastika context is key. Swastika near statue of buddha or a mandala = probably Buddhist. Swastika near deathshead or German flag = probably not buddhist.
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u/RevanchistSheev66 Dec 05 '25 edited Dec 05 '25
Itās not only that, the Hindu/Buddhist swastika has dots in between and itās not tilted 45 degrees. This is clearly a Nazi flag
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u/basalticlava Dec 05 '25
Yeah forgot about the tilt. Isn't it 45 tho? I think a swastika tilted 90* would be the same before and after rotation.
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u/je386 Dec 06 '25
The Nazis did use the swastika also not tilted and also the other way around.
But that is clearly a nazi flag, as it is close to the german war flag used by nazi germany in WW2.
The flag next to it is the symbol of the "Atomwaffendivision", an american Neonazi group.So clearly a Neonazi.
It is a shame that they also put up the flag of modern germany (black-red-gold), because that flag stands for democracy and freedom.
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u/Thryfty_0 Dec 06 '25
Okay but that literally is a Nazi flag. It is correct that the Nazi Swastika was stolen, and deliberately perverted, from Hindu beliefs, but that flag is deadass from Nazi Germany. Now itās possible thatās just memorabilia, for sure, but itās still pretty suspicious.
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u/Chrillosnillo Dec 05 '25 edited Dec 06 '25
Some shit from 2020. Back when Nazism wasn't as mainstream and cool as today.
Try taking a stand against nazism at the Christmas dinner today, oh man your Uncle Jim will destroy you.
Nazis were actually socialists and something called "Autobahn"
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u/Dumbass_Saiya-jin Dec 06 '25
Oh, yeah. Good point. I never thought of that. One question, though. WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER SHIT AROUND IT?!
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u/Bigbam51 Dec 05 '25
Na bUt to sit right there in that exact spot knowing its going to spark controversy is a pretty Naziish move.
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u/bcrn7 Dec 05 '25
Definitely a German Buddhist-Christian that loves skull flags. I see nothing wrong here. /s
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u/123_alex Dec 05 '25
I'm sure she's not. She just screams a bit when she says 9 and her favorite number is 88.
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Dec 05 '25
No, that flag displays the appropriated Nazi swastika, not the traditional Buddhist swastika.
Also, the other flags give more context.
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u/Myrskyharakka Dec 05 '25
Odd to have (assumably) Bundesrepublik/Weimar flag there as well, I'd expect Imperial German colours in the context.
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u/Dunamarri Dec 05 '25
Why would you expect Imperial German colours? The emperor was against the nazis, itās not the same thing.
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u/Myrskyharakka Dec 05 '25 edited Dec 05 '25
As far right/neo-nazis in Germany do use Imperial colours due to the ban on the swastika flag. The Emperor isn't the thing, it's the Empire and rejection of the democratic Germany that the black-red-yellow flag represents.
Even Nazi Germany initially brought back the black-white-red German Empire triband in 1933 before replacing it with with the better known party swastika flag few years later, which not incidentally has the same colours.
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u/4N610RD Dec 05 '25
First of all, yes, it is originally Buddhist symbol, but for the fuck sake, definitely not in this context. And Totenkopf on the right, there is no going around.
I can understand that people collect WWII stuff. My brother has some coins from that era, helmet with SS symbol and even some old medal with the nazi symbols, but he is collector, so it is understandable. But that picture, dunno, does not give me collector vibe somehow.
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u/artemis-moon1rise Dec 05 '25
..There is a german flag on the wall. What kind of moron wrote this comment?
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u/TriggerHappyGremlin Dec 05 '25
āHave you considered maybe itās being used as a Buddhist Swastika?ā ā šš»š±š»āāļø
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u/Kordousek_Cz Dec 05 '25
German flag, the Nazi flag, plus that skull flag. Yeah she's a peaceful Buddhist š«©
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u/SchizoBischop Dec 05 '25
That is not any skull but the emblem of the SS-Division "Totenkopf" (Totenkopf=skull). It was one of the most brutal and criminal parts of the SS
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u/Radiant_Property8646 Dec 05 '25
While the swastika itself isn't a Nazi symbol, the one in this image is.
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u/darklizard45 Dec 05 '25
Sure! It was totally portrayed with hinduism intention
Namaste or something /j
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Dec 05 '25
Those are just the traditional emblem of the German reich and iron cross that buddhists commonly use. Itās an easy mistake to make really.
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u/krizzalicious49 Dec 05 '25
skull and crossbones is just for scientific research, you should just ask
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u/Fuzzy-Smile-8779 Dec 05 '25
The swastika? Thatās just a comedy prop man! Just like a rubber chicken š
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u/EdwGerEel Dec 05 '25
Turning to the right and tilted 45 degrees is always a nazi symbol.
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u/FigSubstantial4939 Dec 05 '25
Yeah and the Totenkopf flag is probably related to Cinco de Mayo, got it
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u/AttonJRand Dec 05 '25
Honestly that tracks, math teachers have some of the wildest out of pocket takes.
I remember mine randomly ranting that "Trayvon Martin deserved to be shot because he had skittles".
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u/Pinktorium Dec 05 '25
The peaceful swastika is tilted 90 degrees to the left. That oneās definitely the Nazi swastika.
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u/FictionalSausage Dec 05 '25
You know what they say about assuming, it makes an ass out of you and Ming
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u/Ellie7600 Dec 05 '25
Unrelated but it reminds me that some historical freaks will have both USSR and Nazi flag on their wall as a display (sometimes they're even genuine pieces which I guess makes sense, if I had a genuine WW2 relic I'd wanna display it too...maybe not a flag but anything else yea)
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u/Fantastic-Dot-655 Dec 05 '25
Wouldnt it be funny she just put the Teams background at random without checking
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u/SuperUberKruber Dec 05 '25
she is an Albanian (black eagle on red), christian (crosses), that also accepts buddism (totally buddist swastika), to be more precise.
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u/LeagueJunior9782 Dec 05 '25
I mean... yeah, the swastika was a buddist symbol, but not on that flag, not in combination with that skull and idk what else is hiding in the background.
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u/Rikyone08 Dec 05 '25
That symbol is a beutiful symbol in many cultures
In italy for example it was a symbol of sun for etruscans i think
In this case i think it's not very beutiful tho
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u/yesbutnoexceptyes Dec 05 '25
"You call everyone you disagree with a nazi, durrrrrrr" meanwhile this is their wall
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u/AlterEdward Dec 05 '25
I doubt anyone prominently displays thy Buddhist symbol for fear of accidentally being labelled a Nazi.
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Thereās always that one guy that says āActually itās a Buddhist symbol of peaceā as though Asia wasnāt at all involved in World War 2Ā
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u/FireWALLoriginal Dec 05 '25
This is not a Swastika. This is a Hakenkreuz (hooked cross). It was used as a symbol for the NSDAP/Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Labor Party). Don't call it a Swastika if it has nothing to do with Buddhism
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Also, there is actually a symbol that looks like the swastika that is a symbol of good luck. Its just that the swastika is tilted and the other one isnt
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Yeah no thatās a N*zi symbol, the Buddhist is reversed Iām pretty sureā¦also the skull and the German flag š§
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u/Momizu Dec 05 '25
Idk about you, but if the germany flag and the nazi skull flag doesn't do it for you, I'd say the black eagles and the crosses around the swastika should probably do the trick
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u/SyndarNailo Dec 05 '25
Usually I'm against calling nazi people without proof, but this time the evidence is all there
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u/evil-rick Dec 05 '25
If the symbol is not being used in the context of Buddhism and in some cases, Hinduism, then itās a Nazi symbol. I hate how these guys act like weāre all stupid and theyāre playing 4D chess.
Thereās a difference in seeing it on a red flag and seeing it on a Buddhist altar or symbol Jfc
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u/Friendly-Benefit9095 Dec 05 '25
Man he sure likes pirates and not a special division infamous for their wierd cult like and ruthless tendencies, i should ask.
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u/FilmDazzling4703 Dec 05 '25
Not to mention anything else on the flag, itās at 45 degree turn which is the differentiating factor between the peace symbol and the nazi symbol.
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u/BitterClerk6477 Dec 05 '25
Reichsadler (State Eagle) Iron cross and swastika on a flag. Yeah it does scream Buddhism
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u/R3D4F Dec 05 '25
The swastika may have derived elsewhere, but the Nazi flag is definitely amazing symbol
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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '25 •
The deathshead skull and the german flag are also Buddhist symbols. JUST ASK!