Neo-Nazis in Germany fly the Confederate flag

[Cyrano]

It's illegal to display the swastika symbol in Germany. So neo-Nazis in Germany fly the Confederate flag.

A few minutes ago, on "The View," this was a statement made by Joy Behar.

I knew the swastika was outlawed in Germany, but I don't know if her statement is accurate -- although it sounds plausible. Does anyone here know if that's true?

I've always considered the Confederate flag to be a symbol of hatred and bigotry. Seems to me that neo-Nazis everywhere would love it and wrap themselves in it.

[packman]

1. Interesting-- And disgusting

Nazi flag=Confed flag=Nazi flag

Both losers in all respects

[moondust]

2. Much in common.

Just a few:

How American Racism Influenced Hitler

What America Taught the Nazis

Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law

[dalton99a]

3. +1

[Cyrano]

5. Wow

[dalton99a]

4. It is also used by racists in other European countries:

[Cyrano]

6. Wow. OMG!

[Celerity]

7. pic (and it being flown in Brazil)

Link to tweet

also


Deep, deep south: Brazilians proudly celebrate their Confederate ancestry

Few speak English and some are racially mixed, but 150 years later descendants of post-civil war emigrants see stars and bars as a positive symbol of their heritage

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/27/brazilians-celebrate-confederate-ancestry-deep-south



It had all the trappings of a down-home country fair somewhere well below the Mason-Dixon line: Lynyrd Skynyrd medleys, mile-long lines for fried chicken, barbeque and draft beer, and Confederate flags adorning everything from belt buckles to motorcycle vests to trucker caps.

But Sunday’s party marking the 150th anniversary of the end of the American civil war took place about 5,000 miles south of the south, in a rural Brazilian town that was colonised by families fleeing Reconstruction. For many of the residents of Santa Bárbara d’Oeste and neighbouring Americana, in Brazil’s south-eastern São Paulo state, having Confederate ancestry is a point of pride celebrated in high style at the annual Festa Confederada, or Confederate Party.

Thousands turn out every year, including many who trace their ancestry back to the dozens of families who, enticed by the Brazilian government’s offers of land grants, settled here from 1865 to around 1875. They are joined by country music enthusiasts, history buffs and locals with a hankering for buttermilk biscuits or a fondness for The Dukes of Hazzard.

“I don’t speak English and the only place I’ve been to in the US is Disneyworld, but I feel the heritage,” said 77-year-old Alcina Tanner Coltre, whose great-great-grandparents migrated from Mississippi with their 15-year-old son. “My great-grandfather married a Brazilian woman, so he integrated into Brazilian culture pretty quickly, but it’s really important to me to come out every year to remember where we come from.”

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[Cyrano]

8. Schmucks

[sop]

9. The second KKK of the '20s had much in common with Hitler and Mussolini.

The KKK not only shared its worldview with German National Socialism and Italian fascism, but also its organizing dynamics as a social movement in America.

All three movements grew in times of economic difficulty and class polarization. They enjoyed the active backing or toleration of important members of the establishment, gaining strength from their legitimacy. They appealed to the police and armed forces, who in turn gave aid and cover for the movements’ extralegal terror. And all three movements had similar organizational styles in their conscious emphasis on the irrational, on liturgical rituals, and on public displays of power.