“Honestly, Hans, am I to be held personally responsible for verifying the provenance of every last Jolly Roger I stumble across in a tattoo parlor?”
If you’re too fucking dense to be able to tell the difference then you should be working in a role that has nothing to do with politics or media.
All skull military symbols are nazi because glorification of war is fascist
Take it from someone who has fought in em, the term war is hell is not hyperbole.
If you can’t tell than you should quit your job, loser
not sure how you’re supposed to tell if a given skull insignia is specifically a Nazi skull.
Buddy, you put images side by side and use your eyes. Literally Wikipedia has a list.
This dog whistle of a post is malice trying (poorly) to hide behind ignorance.
The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert.
Evidently Matthew Yglesias has made it this far in life without discovering the concept of the dog whistle, among many other concepts.
Like people who dismiss hesgeth tattoos. You don’t even have to read between the lines for this one
Yeah, one would assume that a reasonable person who was somehow unaware of the well documented history of that specific skull definitely being the Nazi skull would still consider that generic-seeming symbols still have uses as signals for certain groups, but then you have Mr. Yglesias, a man who’s every pronouncement reveals him to be utterly bereft of reason.
somehow unaware of the well documented history of that specific skull definitely being the Nazi skull
Yeah I’m not going to act like I’d heard of the Totenkopf before this Platner stuff because Texas education but I also wouldn’t tattoo it on myself, defend someone doing that, or make disingenuous remarks like OOP after it has been called out quite clearly.
Another Hexbear user put it quite well:
The benefit of doubting whether a given skull insignia is specifically a Nazi skull is that now I have no doubt that you’re a Nazi apologist.
This is the same way these disingenuous fucks play dumb about language too.
Imagine the meltdown the same people would be having if it was a hamsic.
By not being a worm brained dumbass with a toddler’s knowledge of history Matt
The benefit of doubting whether a given skull insignia is specifically a Nazi skull is that now I have no doubt that you’re a Nazi apologist.
if it’s not surrounded by flames and motorcycles it’s most likely a nazi skull
It’s not like it’s the fucking One Piece logo, Matty. It’s a goddamn totenkopf.
Damn, if the NYT certified “smartest dude around” doesn’t know then I guess none of us lowly proles should be able to discern either. Shucks!
