I don’t buy this. Turn on the discovery channel at any hour of the day and it’s probably WWII programming, where you will see by osmosis the regalia of the third reich and most likely the death’s head staring you right in the face.
Same, he was in the military, they teach people about extremist symbols in there, the skull is not just some random pirate skull or whatever, it’s the third most well known neo-nazi/nazi symbol. He could have got literally any other tattoo, even a cringe US flag, but he decided on a Nazi one, and he wasn’t a dumb teenager he was an adult.
Just because the information is AVAILABLE doesn’t mean most Americans internalized it. I mean there are a lot of Americans who can’t find their own country on a world map. This is the same country that refused to wear masks during a global pandemic.
I get where you’re coming from that most americans are historically illiterate but I’m just pointing out that a lot of pop history about wwii had been out there for decades.
Yeah for sure. I just think they guy in the tweet is 100% right that the average American saw that story and was like “A toten what now?” so it fell flat. If it had been a Swastika they’d have reacted very differently.
in my experience, americans recognize that the nazis had a skull and crossbones symbol but don’t pick up on there being a particular nazi version that we know as the totenkopf. they don’t necessarily see a totenkopf removed from the context of a nazi uniform in a wwii setting and recognize that it’s a totenkopf and not just a pirate symbol.
Exactly. Do these people want us to believe that this 40 year old man had the 2nd most recognisable nazi symbol tattoed on his chest for 20 years and never knew about it? For this to be the case all of the following needs to be true:
Nobody in his life ever told him or asked any questions about it.
He never tried researching what this symbol meant.
He never watched a WW2 movie or a documentary film.
He hasn’t played any video games featuring the nazis.
He hasn’t… used the internet I guess? Never seen “are we the baddies” skit???
the innocence of treatlerism must be protected at all costs and voting for career killer is natural outcome of that, i’m just a neutral observer from left wing magazine, and bear no responsibility for this, just calling balls and strikes.
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I don’t buy this. Turn on the discovery channel at any hour of the day and it’s probably WWII programming, where you will see by osmosis the regalia of the third reich and most likely the death’s head staring you right in the face.
Same, he was in the military, they teach people about extremist symbols in there, the skull is not just some random pirate skull or whatever, it’s the third most well known neo-nazi/nazi symbol. He could have got literally any other tattoo, even a cringe US flag, but he decided on a Nazi one, and he wasn’t a dumb teenager he was an adult.
Just because the information is AVAILABLE doesn’t mean most Americans internalized it. I mean there are a lot of Americans who can’t find their own country on a world map. This is the same country that refused to wear masks during a global pandemic.
I get where you’re coming from that most americans are historically illiterate but I’m just pointing out that a lot of pop history about wwii had been out there for decades.
Yeah for sure. I just think they guy in the tweet is 100% right that the average American saw that story and was like “A toten what now?” so it fell flat. If it had been a Swastika they’d have reacted very differently.
in my experience, americans recognize that the nazis had a skull and crossbones symbol but don’t pick up on there being a particular nazi version that we know as the totenkopf. they don’t necessarily see a totenkopf removed from the context of a nazi uniform in a wwii setting and recognize that it’s a totenkopf and not just a pirate symbol.
Exactly. Do these people want us to believe that this 40 year old man had the 2nd most recognisable nazi symbol tattoed on his chest for 20 years and never knew about it? For this to be the case all of the following needs to be true:
Nobody in his life ever told him or asked any questions about it.
He never tried researching what this symbol meant.
He never watched a WW2 movie or a documentary film.
He hasn’t played any video games featuring the nazis.
He hasn’t… used the internet I guess? Never seen “are we the baddies” skit???
This story is 100% bullshit
Not disagreeing with your point, but I’d say it’s 3rd after the swas and the SS bolts
the innocence of treatlerism must be protected at all costs and voting for career killer is natural outcome of that, i’m just a neutral observer from left wing magazine, and bear no responsibility for this, just calling balls and strikes.