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[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Some of those that work forces
Are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces
Are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces
Are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces
Are the same that burn crosses
Uh!
[...]
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me

When the first eight lines are true, but then government is still surprised_pikachu.png when the result is the last line. Smh

Anyway woop woop people! Woop mother fucking woop!

The overseer rode around the plantation
The officer is off, patrollin' all the nation
The overseer could stop you, "What you're doing?"
The officer will pull you over just when he's pursuing
The overseer had the right to get ill
And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill
The officer has the right to arrest
And if you fight back they put a hole in your chest

[–] mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Username@feddit.org 2 points 2 hours ago

Yes, "Killing In the Name"

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 39 points 12 hours ago

he basically turned his arm into this flag

[–] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 24 points 12 hours ago

Never forget what really started the Ferguson riots. After a peaceful candlelight vigil, Ferguson police let a K-9 piss on the memorial to Michael Brown then ran over it with their police cars

[–] frezik@midwest.social 59 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

This tat is an artistic representation of "scratch a cop and a fascist bleeds".

[–] aidan@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Were the confederates fascist? Racist oligarchies exist before fascism as a concept existed(like the confederacy). But I think fascism also requires certain economic and political policies that idk if the CSA had.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 4 hours ago

If the Confederacy existed today you'd call it a fascist state with zero mental conflict, but Orwell actually addressed a similar situation with criticizing Kipling that he resolved by simply calling him a pre-fascist.

No, they do not meet a technical definition of the term on a policy level, but if they'd been around in 1930 you bet your ass they'd have been babbling about Autarky and such.

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

There is also a huge emphasis on military worship in fascist societies, sometimes even trying to make civilians dress and act like the military does. Which, once again, confederates didn't do.

[–] Hamartia@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

A big problem with how people conceptulise fascism is that they only look at a couple of full grown animals. This causes them to overlook the nascent stages and to discount regional variances caused by the different environments they grew up in.

Whether they have been propagandised to frame this perception this way because most Right Wing movements utilise fear, anger and devisiveness in a discomfortingly similar way, is worth pondering.

[–] Edgarallenpwn@midwest.social 26 points 16 hours ago

Got a warning for a tail light being out about 15 miles from Ferguson last month. The douche had a similar tattoo to the first one. Instead of Monster can logo it was a sweet tribal design with parts of the Confederate flag mixed in. Stay classy St Charles Police department

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 56 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)
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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 28 points 19 hours ago (11 children)

Its absolutely awful, but I do like how they utilized the blue in the flag for the stripe. Very symbolically fitting, in a way.

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[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 93 points 23 hours ago (9 children)

Reminds me of the time somebody in r/nursing asked if they would run into any problems having tattoos. Most places don't care too much these days and especially since they wanted to work psych which is pretty in-demand but I commented that if they're gang related or look similar to gang related symbols there could be trouble because there's a lot of crossover between the psych and corrections patient populations.

They told me "oh they're just some norse runes." Bruh. I thought you were gonna tell me it was a butterfly on your wrist or something you gotta be kidding me. They stopped responding before telling me which runes specifically but if an internet stranger clocked them from a few message board responses maybe they rethought some things.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 20 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

Norse runes rule.

They don't belong to nazis, and everybody saying otherwise is an ally of the nazis and an enemy of the people.

Norse runes rule.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 48 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I just really like Thor. It’s totally a coincidence that this looks like nazi shit.

[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 88 points 22 hours ago (7 children)

Ok, legit though, a friend of mine started going bald in his mid 20’s. Tried growing his hair out but was eventually convinced that shaving his head was a better look.

Then he started to really get into Melodic & Power Metal and similar sounding music.
Then Amon Amarth. Which lead him to Norse mythology. So he gets a Mjolnir necklace. And he likes leather jackets.

Perfectly innocent!

And he visits some friends in Germany. Coincidentally there is an anti-nazi protest going on. This huge German dude takes one look at the pasty-white, skinhead, Norse symbol, leather jacket friend of mine and gets RIGHT UP I HIS FACE. Very intent on kicking his ass until the people he is visiting defuse the situation.

I think it’s a funny story, at least.

P.S. Fuck Nazis. 🖕

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[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 22 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

I just want to put this out here because it happened to me. I've had a deep interest in Norse mythology since I was a child and have several tattoos featuring runes and Norse mythological imagery. I knew that Othala was a common white supremacist symbol as well as things like the sonnerad, triskele, and valknut so I avoided them.

However, my most visible piece is a raven skull with 3 runes running down the middle. 2 of them are apparently associated with Nazi shit. Thankfully they're obscure enough that normal people don't assume I'm a white supremacist, but it's dog-whistley enough that I've had Nazis assume I was also a Nazi and try to strike up conversations with me.

For anyone considering getting runes, be very careful with which ones you select and how you present them. Here's a decent list of Norse symbols that have been associated with white supremacist movements

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 31 points 21 hours ago (10 children)
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

Also the full star of chaos sometimes gets you an anarchist, sometimes a Nazi, and most likely a warhammer player. It’s a weird symbol

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

I’d love to see an anti fascist Viking type get “kill Nazis” transliterated into runes as a tattoo

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 25 points 20 hours ago (10 children)

I hate how these bastards ruined Norse art and mythology imagery

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[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 100 points 23 hours ago

Scared traitor piggy

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 42 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 24 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

A racist cop. But I repeat myself.

[–] match@pawb.social 11 points 15 hours ago

hey! not all racists are cops

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