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minus-squarethedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down7·1 month agoand the swastika is ancient. that doesn’t mean people using it in the West aren’t usually dickheads.
minus-squareriodoro1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down8·1 month agoD… did you just compare pepe to a swastika? Is everything ok?
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down5·1 month agoSeems like an apt comparison to me. The frog has been used by hard right extremist groups almost religiously, I say let it croak.
minus-squarethedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·1 month agoyes, i did. and no, things are not ok. there’s way too many outright Nazis and they love this stupid frog
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·1 month agoYeah its clearly more similar to the iron cross
minus-squareToxicWaste@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoThe nazi symbol is always drawn in one way (卐). while the religious symbol can be drawn any direction, i usually see it the other way around (卍). could be that religious users want to distance themselves from shaved morons…
minus-squarethedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agomost of the people that use it hatefully don’t know that and don’t care. it’s used both ways for hate, makes it really hard to differentiate.
and the swastika is ancient. that doesn’t mean people using it in the West aren’t usually dickheads.
D… did you just compare pepe to a swastika?
Is everything ok?
Seems like an apt comparison to me. The frog has been used by hard right extremist groups almost religiously, I say let it croak.
yes, i did. and no, things are not ok. there’s way too many outright Nazis and they love this stupid frog
Yeah its clearly more similar to the iron cross
The nazi symbol is always drawn in one way (卐). while the religious symbol can be drawn any direction, i usually see it the other way around (卍). could be that religious users want to distance themselves from shaved morons…
most of the people that use it hatefully don’t know that and don’t care. it’s used both ways for hate, makes it really hard to differentiate.