Nothing surprising given how terrible Trump is, but nonetheless.
He also was present at a Ku Klux Klan demonstration in 1927.
Nothing surprising given how terrible Trump is, but nonetheless.
He also was present at a Ku Klux Klan demonstration in 1927.
So did Hardy from the comedy duo Laurel & Hardy, or Charlie Chaplin.
It was a style of moustache that was very popular for a time until Adolf Hitler came along.
Just like the swastika was fucking everywhere for decades before Hitler usurped it. I’ve got an early 1900s Sears catalog with swastika watches, pins, clocks. All when Hitler was basically a tween.
Point being: Fascists always steal culture, they never create it.
The chuds stole Pepe from us
Was it the swastika? Or was it a mirrored swastika?
The mirrored one WAS a sign of peace and inclusiveness.
Then one asshole changed everything.
Wish I could double-check. It’s on the other side of the country from where I live these days!
How early? 1920s was when the fascists officially adopted the swastika. Prior to that the Ayran supremacists were using it in Austria.
The fact that it was in the Sears catalog in the early 1900s says more about how much fascism was popular in the US than it does about how innocuous the symbol was at that time.
I believe the catalog is from 1906. So not sure if early Austrian fascism had made it over by steam ship and spread thousands of kilometers across the country before the automobile.
But it was less than 10 years before the resurrection of the Klan, so that was certainly brewing.
I always hated that I’ve found the swatstika frustrating appealing as a shape. Why’d they have to ruin such an interesting geometric symmetry?
Are you the gay kid from Curb Your Enthusiasm?
Right? It’s such a great design, dead simple yet evocative.
That’s not entirely true, they created plenty of unique sigils too, the SS bolts for one.