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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe "America First" tee being sold by the Trump campaign has a design like the Nazi Iron Eagle
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Ran across that thanks to this tweet from David Cay Johnston:
Link to tweet
Editing to link to the ADL page on this design, which explains that "Following World War II, the symbol was appropriated by neo-Nazis and other white supremacists worldwide, with many variations. "
https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/nazi-eagle
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The "America First" tee being sold by the Trump campaign has a design like the Nazi Iron Eagle (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Jul 2020
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White supremacists will recognize it. I've edited the OP to link to the ADL's page on that symbol,
highplainsdem
Jul 2020
#5
Makes one wonder. Are they just not bothering to pretend anymore? Or do they
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jul 2020
#7
empedocles
(15,751 posts)1. Blatant - though many buyers would be unaware.
highplainsdem
(48,993 posts)5. White supremacists will recognize it. I've edited the OP to link to the ADL's page on that symbol,
which has been used by neo-Nazis and white supremacists all over the world.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,719 posts)2. Just as a matter of design,
the Nazis did it better. Trump's design is not only quasi-Nazi, it's really cheesy.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)3. Which Reich are they working on, now?
Is Hair Drumpf doing the fourth?
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)4. From
red caps to Nazi shirts easier to see them in a crowd.
highplainsdem
(48,993 posts)6. Lincoln Project tweet about this:
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)7. Makes one wonder. Are they just not bothering to pretend anymore? Or do they
think they're being cute because they're "trolling the libs"?
Are they signaling to these guys?
Does it even matter anymore?..........
highplainsdem
(48,993 posts)8. Raw Story article:
ElementaryPenguin
(7,800 posts)9. Good grief!! What sick bastards!!
Blue Owl
(50,391 posts)10. Fuck the Nazi Toddler
n/t