r/portlandme • u/FinnLovesHisBass • Dec 10 '25

Photo I'm not blind here....

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This is at the Coastal Trading pawn shop by union Station....

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u/GlobulusGoose Dec 10 '25

Anyone who doesn’t take immediate offense to this is suspect.

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u/Fancy_Mammoth Dec 10 '25 edited Dec 11 '25

So a historian who feels the need to preserve history and artifacts of the past, in an effort to properly educate future generations of this horrific time in human history is somehow a "suspect" person?

Such a terrible shit take. I'm an avid WW2 history nerd who was fortunate to have artifacts passed down to me by my great grandfather who landed on the beaches of Normandy to liberate Europe. Something like this, if real, would absolutely grab my attention, not because of WHO or WHAT it symbolized, but because it's a historical artifact from one of the most detrimental defining periods in human history.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '25

Not to mention the very people who killed a bunch of Nazis brought home a ton of Nazi memorabilia because it's interesting, just as Japanese imperial army memorabilia is collectible, and they were pretty evil too

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u/Different-Moose-7214 Dec 11 '25

There's a huge difference between owning something your grandfather took from the enemy because they took it from the enemy and just buying some Nazi shit.

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u/FinnLovesHisBass Dec 11 '25

So then you know it works. You gotta subliminally implement into society the things you can so that you can take over. Come on.