I hate this law. Not because I think people should be saluting like Nazis, but because it was actually needed. We should be better than that. Have we learned nothing from 80-90 years ago?
this post was submitted on 21 Oct 2023
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My theory: there is basically no-one left who remembers WW2 first-hand, and a lot of people only know that the atrocities were commited by "evil monsters". And we're not evil monsters, right? We're sophisticated modern humans, not evil monsters, right? We are, therefore, incapable of atrocity or even mistake and it cannot happen here, right?
It’s super frustrating for people like me who are nerds for history and are extremely aware of exactly how fascism progressed last time it got popular.
There's a good reason "historian" is about the most left-leaning profession in existence.
The systematic dismantling of humanities education hasn't helped this either. That's why we needs arts / humanities just as much as science. The nazis had science but they didn't have any humanity.
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No it does not work like that. People have to be constantly reminded about stuff like this, only then can you even have the slighest hope that it won't happen again.
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All I really have to say about this is fucking good
Edit: typo
Swede here, I completely agree!
Let's just hope the nazis never learn about the Olympic salute...
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Good. There should be no room for hate, let Nazis rot in the bins of history where they belong.
That action: salute back
Hmmm. Between 1am and 9am on a fuckin' sunday this somehow gains an extra 39 comments
That's not suspicious at all.
I was very confused. This had 40 upvotes within 40 minutes of posting it in the middle of the night
Edit: God damn typos
You know time zones exist right? 1am where you are is 6pm somewhere else?
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Well, at least they will easily recognize it.
Gonna make police federation meetings awkward.
This is the way.
Except when it's other cops.
Also a quick reminder that swastikas drawn in permanent marker can be wiped off some surfaces with a solvent, such as by using alcohol based hand sanitizer on a tissue. Both come in travel sizes.
As for ones that cannot be cleaned off, well there’s absolutely nothing you can do about that. It cannot be helped. You wouldn’t want to get caught undoing a hate symbol by drawing over it in a hilarious but completely illegal way.
Such vandalism is reserved for your own belongings because graffiti of public property is a crime. ☝️
Report it in the Snap send solve app. It will alert the council and they'll remove it within a day usually.
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Excellent law. This should be adopted worldwide.
Please hold the next republican convention here.
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