• Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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    8 days ago

    So norse runes are nazi symbols now?

    Can we make a list of symbols that aren’t associated with nazis? How much of the Latin alphabet can we keep?

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      6 days ago

      So norse runes are nazi symbols now?

      Yeah, Nazis have been coopting our shit since the 1930s and we’re sick of it.

      Sincerely

      Far left anti-authoritarian pacifist from Denmark who likes Norse mythology.

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      7 days ago

      The SS symbol is two norse runes meaning the sun and reinterpreted as victory. The nazis wanted to replace religion in their territory with an SS / Nazi based religion using pure aryan symbols instead of praising a jew. The norse symbolism is found throughout Nazi symbolism.

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      8 days ago

      Nazis have borrowed Norse symbology since like the beginning of Nazis. Their most recognizable symbol is also borrowed from other cultures.

      Unlike the swastika, Norse symbols aren’t so strongly associated with Nazis that they’re now completely unacceptable, so some Nazis use them as a way to broadcast their interests while keeping some plausibly deniable “I just think they’re neat” shit.

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        7 days ago

        Don’t forget they also called themselves Aryan despite the Aryans being from central/south Asia. They’re generally considered to be Indo-Iranian based on where they ended up and where they started. But it flows off the tongue better to put the former first.

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      8 days ago

      The Nazis were super into Norse runes. Hitler legitimately thought that they held magical powers.

      I’d say I’m surprised you didn’t know that, but honestly, I’m not because there’s a lot of those kinds of things that they don’t mention when teaching about WW2. Plenty of skinhead dog whistles that I didn’t learn about until later on.