Keep an eye out for symbology used by far right extremists. Fortunately for us, many extremist tools love to identify themselves to each other with such symbols (via tattoos, clothing, etc.) which in turn makes it easier for us to identify them.

Originally Posted By u/Badmojo68 At 2025-06-05 07:27:25 AM | Source

  • PhoenixzEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Mmmm, you do understand that a LOT of these symbols are used by large swaths of people who have nothing to do with right extremism for reasons having nothing to do with right extremism, right?

    There are obvious ones, say Elmo making the heil Hitler salute, but most of these are all over the place (swastika included). The cross, for example, is still used by the German military, that particular skull is part of countless tattoos that have nothing to do with right extremism. To this day I use that “ok hand sign” when someone asks me how their food was, yet I still have to develop a hatred for those different than me.

    Just saying, since so many people are self professed eager to punch or murder Nazis, maybe you’d want to be sure what and who you’re dealing with before you go nuts

    • zagaberoo@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      13 days ago

      I find it so funny that pepe is the only thing on the list that has any suggestion of co-existing with benign use.

      • PhoenixzEnglish
        2·
        12 days ago

        Is it?

        Even the basic swastika is a religious symbol that you’ll find over pretty much all of asia. Only with the angle and colors would it be the Nazi swastika

        Almost all of these symbols have benign uses and aren’t by definition automatically bad.