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Anti-Gay Boy Scout Troop Adopts Nazi Salute (Original Post)
circlethesquare
Mar 2014
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RKP5637
(67,111 posts)1. Quite fitting IMO for what they represent. At least they are honest in exposing their
hatred for humanity!
riqster
(13,986 posts)2. It's even weirder than that:
fredamae
(4,458 posts)3. Remember about 2009
when Michelle Bachmann was running around yelling about PBO's "Re-Education Camps" for Kids?
This is eerily similar...
shenmue
(38,506 posts)4. Yeah, this doesn't look bad
Did they even remotely have a clue, or are their idiot adult overlords that evil?
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)5. There are pics of American school children pledging to the flag
using the same salute (pre WWII).
Suggests:
1) Somehow this gesture innately appeals to fascists
2) America is full of fascists
jollyreaper2112
(1,941 posts)6. Or it was appropriated
The nazis didn't invent the swastika though they certainly ruined it for everyone else. Same with narrow paintbrush mustaches.
Feral Child
(2,086 posts)7. 2nd time today that
RW Loonies have left me speech less.
dsteve01
(312 posts)8. It's called
A "mayday" salute. Americans used to do it all the time. Until the WWII. That kinda put a damper on the whole salute.
Too soon, tho. Gotta let it go. Sorry christian fundamentalist bros.