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minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 months ago88 isn’t just an American thing. I’ll agree it’s unlikely, but it’s not because it’s only an American thing. The number is banned on Austrian license plates due to its association with “Heil Hitler [and] where H comes in the alphabet”. In June 2023, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) and the Italian government announced that the number 88 would be banned from use in Italian association football, as part of a joint initiative to combat antisemitism. This followed an incident in March of that year in which a Lazio supporter wore a club shirt bearing the name “Hitlerson” and the number 88, which led to the supporter receiving a lifetime ban from attending Lazio matches.
88 isn’t just an American thing. I’ll agree it’s unlikely, but it’s not because it’s only an American thing.
The number is banned on Austrian license plates due to its association with “Heil Hitler [and] where H comes in the alphabet”. In June 2023, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) and the Italian government announced that the number 88 would be banned from use in Italian association football, as part of a joint initiative to combat antisemitism. This followed an incident in March of that year in which a Lazio supporter wore a club shirt bearing the name “Hitlerson” and the number 88, which led to the supporter receiving a lifetime ban from attending Lazio matches.