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A hugely popular right-wing Croatian singer and hundreds of thousands of his fans performed a pro-Nazi World War II salute at a massive concert in Zagreb, drawing criticism.

One of Marko Perkovic’s most popular songs, played in the late Saturday concert, starts with the dreaded “For the homeland — Ready!” salute, used by Croatia’s Nazi-era puppet Ustasha regime that ran concentration camps at the time.

Perkovic, whose stage name is Thompson after a U.S.-made machine gun, had previously said both the song and the salute focus on the 1991-95 ethnic war in Croatia, in which he fought using the American firearm, after the country declared independence from the former Yugoslavia. He says his controversial song is “a witness of an era.”

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[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 month ago

How is a "pro-Nazi salute" different from a "Nazi salute"?

[-] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 month ago

I've always wondered what the difference is between a "nazi sympathizer" and a nazi

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago

Maybe they're only a Nazi if they're a card-carrying member of the NSDAP, otherwise they're only a sparkling fascist.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

None .... it's always OK to punch a Nazi ... and its also OK to punch a Nazi sympathizer

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Well Finland and some Ukrainians joined the Axis because Russia (USSR at the time) was their enemy

And

Thailand joined the axis to reclaim land from Britain and France

They weren’t Nazis but maybe they were sympathetic?

[-] whostosay@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

One of them shows you that the media is complicit

[-] Mihies@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

It's an ustaše salute, they were buddies with Nazis.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Good point, but unless the ustashe independently invented it, I'd consider it a Nazi salute.

[-] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

unless the ustashe independently invented it

They did, they weren't instructed by German nazis on what words to use. Not that it makes any difference, ustašas were just the local variant of fascists.

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[-] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Thank you for asking the important question. I came here to up-vote your comment.

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

pro-Nazi salute?

You mean ehhhh

A Nazi salute?

[-] brown_guy45@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 month ago

"what's the difference between a nazi sympathiser and a nazi?"

[-] HenryDorsett@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

What do you have when a person sits down at a table with 3 nazis?

4 nazis.

[-] derry@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago

They're the same picture.jpg

[-] Karrion409@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

This shit really is just on the rise globally huh ? Time to bust out the Ole M1 Garand

[-] Redex68@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

It has been equally present here since independence basically. The concert just drew them out of the woodworks more than usual

[-] Sektor@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

You probably can only bust a nut. Right wing conservatives are on a rise and nobody with a playstation, Netflix subscription and a plan to have no kids so they can travel is going to take on the streets.

[-] Karrion409@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well i don't have Netflix i have a media server. I dont have a Playstation i have a pc. And I dont like traveling. So what now ?

[-] Sektor@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Oh, than by all means, take M1 and headshot some nazis.

[-] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So, can't support Palestine in the EU, but Nazi salutes and support are good.

[-] Redex68@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I mean, it's technically illegal here, just that the government turns a blind eye when it's popular

[-] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Its fine, netanyahu gave them the "H-Word Pass" (its like the "N-Word Pass" but for "heil hitler") /s

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

fucking Nazis.

edit: whoever downvoted this sentiment, fuck you too, Nazi sympathizing scum.

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[-] itisileclerk@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

80 years later, the number of Ustasha supporters exceeded the number of Ustasha victims in World War II. People really do have short memories.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

right wing

Nazi

You don't have to say it twice...

[-] Redex68@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

While I know it won't happen, it would be so fucking funny if they arrested all of the like 500k attendees for the salute

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

the salute focus on the 1991-95 ethnic war in Croatia, in which he fought using the American firearm, after the country declared independence from the former Yugoslavia.

Ah the old reliable anti-communist gotta fascist rule.

[-] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There was little to no actual anti-communism at play at that point (although it was still relevant symbolically). Both sides were already capitalist. Yugoslavia had been on the path of liberalisation for quite a while before the breakup.

Btw, that excuse that Thompson and his fans regularly use is bullshit, the phrase was picked by Croatian extremists (especially the paramilitary HOS) in the 90s because it was used by ustašas (fascists) half a century earlier in the first place.

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
[-] Redex68@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Fucking clowns, I hate Thompson so much

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Shit like this should have been rooted out before they became a full member of the EU. This will only embolden Nazi in other EU nations.

[-] romantired@shibanu.app 2 points 1 month ago

What if it's just an ancient Roman salute from the heart to the sun?

[-] Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Napalm is a problem solver. Just sayin.

[-] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 0 points 1 month ago

If your problem is “too many Vietnamese children aren’t on fire” then it’s a problem solver, yeah.

[-] M137@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Nothing about napalm says it only needs to be used for that. What it has been used for before says nothing about someone's wishes for what it can be used for now. Your comment is dumb as fuck.

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[-] rumimevlevi@lemmings.world 1 points 1 month ago

Real antiaemitism is not critisized by the.governments and pro israel people but condemn anti occupation people

[-] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 0 points 1 month ago

So this means their visas are being checked and converts are being cancelled... Right...? Riiiight???

[-] eistari@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

They are croatians in Croatia, what visas are you taking about?

[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Right wingers and Nazism is not too different from each other now.

[-] tfm@europe.pub 3 points 1 month ago
[-] gwilikers@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

*reverse astronaut-with-gun meme

[-] breecher@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Nazism has always been a right wing ideology.

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