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    And yet all the totenkopfs and SS runes will continue to be ignored. Sorry, “punisher skulls” and “really cool lightning bolts”

    Still. Good to see that there is A line. Even if it is one mostly built around decorum rather than actually caring about white supremacy.

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      Tbf even if it IS the punisher skull that’s still a massive dogwhistle.

      I have yet to meet someone showcasing that that also wasn’t showing fascist tendencies…

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    I commented on the previous story how I was surprised that they did the Nazi symbols at the same time as the Confederate symbols, essentially admitting that they have almost the same meaning. A racist with even the tiniest shred of intelligence would do the Confederate symbols first and the Nazi ones later.

    And now here we are, the Nazi symbols are back on the list, but nobody is talking about the Confederate symbols.

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    “We’re going to allow Nazis into the U.S. military unless there’s enough pushback.”

    Could our federal government be more pathetic? Is it even possible?

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      Well they already have increased their employment opportunities by allowing them in ICE…. this was just further expansion.

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    I think it bears mentioning that the Coast Guard is the only military service branch organized under Dept. of Homeland Security, rather than Dept. of Defense.

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      Right? The blowback will be minimal though it makes you wonder what other kinds of initiatives they’re playing around with behind the scenes… It’s great they reversed it but why the fuck did they ever make it ok in the first place?!

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    The fact that this was even entertained is proof we’re in deep into Nazi land. Guillotine for president 2028!

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      Exactly. Trump is not the source of our problems, he is the inevitable result of policies that bush started and Obama/Biden did nothing to scale back. DHS is one example out of many.

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        Gotta go further back to Regan and Nixon…the Republicans were pissed they couldn’t do the things they are doing now…Regan’s lawyers were Bush’s lawyers are supreme court justices now

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    “Lol you guyz! J/k of course, it was a prank. The look on your face right now lol. You really should lighten up and learn how to take a joke…”

    I’m envisioning a Nazi goose-stepping at someone who has their back to them, but every time they turn around to see what the goose-stepping and weird chanting/singing is all about, the Nazi acts completely oblivious and innocent. Once their back is turned it starts up again, coming closer and closer until the goose-stepping Nazi is breathing down their neck.

    Eventually we’re going to have to choose between pretending we don’t know there’s a goose-stepping Nazi breathing down our necks until after he stomps us into the ground, or we’re going to have to turn around, and demand he takes off his uniform before we accidentally “overreact,” and punch him in the face.

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    When they first banned the swastika in australia (2023?), nazis posted photos of them holding shields with 30 different nazi symbols on them.

    Classifying these things as hate sumbols does nothing, but it will shortly turn around and outlaw communist symbols.

    lol did i just say at first they came for the swastika? But seriously the people who initially pushed for these laws are racist cretins who want nazis marching beside them, under national flags.

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      What it does in this context is make it a criminal act to get tattooed under ucmj. If they get caught with patches or drawing it or whatever they get enhanced punishments because of what it is.

      What taking away the classification did is make it so it was no longer illegal to decorate military property with swastikas and such.

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      What a take from the .mler — don’t you know not to speak unless Cowbee is already in the room? You should figure that out.

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        I think you’re right about everything you’ve said, I think you’re wrong to associate this with what the .mler said.

        They would be perfectly fine with blanket censorship under communist rule.