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Saw a nazi today (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by abbotsbury@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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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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[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

Don't underestimate fascists. Bigotry is pretty ignorant, but these people do what they do for a reason. Dog whistles allow them to find each other, but claim plausible deniability about their affiliation.

Like every single person you encounter who insists on writing "friends" as "frens" will tell you that they are just being cutesy, but everyone in-the-know understands that it means "Far Right EthnoNationalist". Bring that up, they they throw their hands up and act like you're crazy. If you're one of them, you've found your people. If you're not, they will gaslight you while insisting that you're just looking for reasons to be offended.

People will use 14/88, "kek", "OK" hand signs, and other little things that you can just write off as innocuous without much push back, but it's all just a way of networking with each other. "Virtue Signalling" as they call it.