People look at me like I'm crazy when I point out that that the clothing brand boy literally use the nazi eagle as their logo (hexbear.net)

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Actually what the fuck is going on in the west

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[-] Barabas@hexbear.net 29 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

"Ironic" nazi imagery used to be popular in certain parts of the 70s punk scene in London, which is where the brand originates from.

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 27 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Same with Fred Perry shirts, Lonsdale clothing and Ben Sherman jackets. Used to be the uniform for anti-racist, working class skinheads, rude boys and other kinds of cool people in London in the 70s. Now it's been co-opted by a bunch of nazi assholes or English geezers with the worst opinions you've ever heard.

[-] DickFuckarelli@hexbear.net 22 points 5 months ago

I still rock all those because boneheads and proud boys can all fuck right off. And I find delight when one tries to sidle up to me and I get to tell them to fuck off to their face.

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

rat-salute-2

SHARPs/RASH stay winning

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

That makes some kind of sense. Iirc the purpose was to piss off people who thought of themselves as being not-Nazis who were definitely de-facto Nazis.

But like it's 2024 now, WWII and the OG Nazis are not within easy living memory, this doesn't work anymore.