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Abravnel's pictures show two bearded men wearing sunglasses and three other men wearing face coverings on board the boat. One of the men on board appeared to be holding an image of Mike Lindell, CEO of the My Pillow company. Lindell, who is a well-known Trump supporter, recently hit back against claims that his product pricing was inadvertently linked to neo-Nazi propaganda.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (6 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

FL 2205 TD. I wonder who that's registered to?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I mean I have a tiny bit of respect for Beardy McNazi in the back there, not afraid to show his facist face. A tiny bit. Maybe an iota.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Yeah, all our products cost 14.88 but that's just a coincidence.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

They're Buddhists.

If there's one thing we all know about Neo-Nazis, it's that they never, ever, ever fuck up the swastika and these ones are clearly right-facing. So, namaste.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

FYI, it's not just a Buddhist symbol, but a general Asian symbol. My wife's family is Hindu—she she most of her family were born in India. My family is Jewish, we'd moved from Poland to the Americas as a result of growing antisemitism/the Holocaust.

For our wedding weekend, we printed programs that included information about each other's cultures to help our families mitigate any culture shock. Part of it was asking her family to refrain from using swastic symbols due to the negative connotation my family had associated because of Nazi appropriation. It also had notes informing my family of the history of the swastika and asking them to not be offended if they come across one. That anyone using swastic imagery is doing so out of love and is wishing peace upon us.

I realized this was a potential problem at an engagement party we'd had during Ganesh Chaturthi when the pundit drew swastikas on the Ganesha murti during their pooja. The only thing more shocking for me than seeing a house with 30+ people embrace a swastika was seeing a house with 30+ people casually embrace a swastika. (As pointed out, swastic symbols, since the direction and angle was different)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

The Swasitka shows up in a lot of places throughout history. Not just Asia.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

No, but of the left and right-facing, these are the most known. Especially with that specific simplicity.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (11 children)

How is it that Trump followers are pro Nazis and pro Israel at the same time? Or is it because Israel is starting to follow Nazis' footsteps?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They're different subgroups

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

there is that, but I think also many republicans have a weird cognitive dissonance where they're antisemitic in general, but still very pro-israel/zionist because of fundamental christianity, and/or they are even more islamaphobic than antisemitic.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Honestly I could see some of them being stupid enough to think Isreal is majority Christian. Like they'd be "ethnically Jewish" but Christian religion.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I think that they are pro-Israel because they want all the American Jews to move there to rid them of "the problem" of American Jews. Think of them like national segregationists - they don't mind Jewish people existing as long as they are "over there". And it's also in Israel's interest to project themselves as the only place in the world where Jews can be safe.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

The actual mid-20th century German Nazis wanted to create an Israel, although they intended on it being in a different place. It was basically their way to "justify" deporting every Jew

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They only support Israel because they hate Muslims more.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And because the religious sect believes they need the Jews to bring Armageddon/the rapture.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Conservatives aren't actually Christian, you realize? It's all virtue signaling to disguise being vile snakes out to enrich themselves and their families, while actively fucking over the rest of the country/world to get there.

Dont fall into the rhetoric, those arguments are a distraction.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Not all conservatives are the same. I know plenty of the staunchly religious type. Two things can be true at the same time.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

It’s all virtue signaling to disguise being vile snakes out to enrich themselves and their families, while actively fucking over the rest of the country/world to get there.

Those republicans use identity politics and religion to control the votes of evangelical/fundamentalist christians.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You're mistaken. While I would agree that most conservative politicians, pundits, and mouthpieces are con artists who don't actually believe most of the religious bullshit they pander, the average conservative voter does trend significantly more religious. This is true practically everywhere in the world. Religion is the primary source of conservative beliefs and ideology.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

"The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy, but we'll tolerate them while they kill the right people."

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

They're both far-right ideologically, and it turns out the idea of "never again" to Zionists means "Never again to us"

...and the best way they believe to make sure of this, is by genociding other peoples.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So at the end of the day it's Dominionism amd The Book of Revalations. It's the idea that once the Jews take control of the holy land the apocalyptic prophesies in the Book of Revelations will be set into motion and God will come down from heaven and separate the 144,000 good holy people from the sinners who didn't belive in God and take them into heaven, probably rapture style.

Being Pro Israel and a conservative isn't really about caring about the history of prejudice the Jewish people have faced throughout much of history, it's about using the Jewish people as a pawn in fulfilling a ~2000 year old prophesy.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Yuuuup.

I find it equal parts infuriating and hilarious... These motherfuckers want to pull some "Jesus hates this one trick!" type shit to trick their lord into appearing sooner than would "naturally" happen and they don't think the all knowing all powerful God wouldn't realize they had millions of people killed purposely for this? Their meddling and enabling is what would have that region in the state of war "required" for Armageddon...

Like what?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I believe in their view, it's presented as 'god can't come back until conditions are right, don't keep him waiting'

The answer to why god needs their help when he's all powerful is some mumbling about tests of faith and the unknowable nature of the divine

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And literally multiple times in the gospels Jesus literally says none of us will know the day or the hour of his return. And so many people take the Book of Revalations at face value rather than understanding it as more of an encoded hit piece against most likely Emperor Nero who very much ramped up persecution against the early Christians. Basically saying, this Nero guy is a piece of shit but don't lose faith.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm encouraged that this is becoming more well known

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

It has to do with what they believe is predicted in Revelations, which is to say in order to bring about the Second coming they need a mountain of dead Jews. Best way to ensure that outcome is to vehemently support Israel as their genocidal wars spiral out of control. That's why Trump moved the US Embassy to Jerusalem, it's symbolic to the Christian Nationalists

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's a place created as a home for jews pretty much by antisemites, with the main idea being "we're okay with jews but only if they're not in our country".

There's a lot of fascinating history about the creation of Israel by antisemites that you can find, but the gist is that zionism and antisemitism often go hand in hand, and it seems this has not really changed.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Nazis love the idea of a single state for each group of people. They love it as a destination for deportations fulfilling their short-term bigoted plans.

Of course their long-term bigoted plans are invasion, stealing resources, and mass murder.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why? Are Confederate flags too passé for them now?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

No, they just ferl that they don't have to hide their identity anymore

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

No need for dog whistles anymore, they've moved on to airhornes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

IANAL, but it sounds a lot like treason. Charges when?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Someone I know who isn't me wants to know how illegal it is to go and spray paint a swastika on Trump signs or the houses/driveways with a Trump sign.

He says it would be a good idea to remind everyone of who these people are and it would be visible for a bit longer.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

IANAL but I looked into it -

In the US, political signs are considered private property so you could get arrested and charged with vandalism (if you get caught).

It's unlikely you would be charged with trespassing (since that usually requires multiple repeat offenses on the same property).

It's probably something you could beat in court as long as you don't talk to the cops during your arrest and pay good lawyers.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Not legal at all, but legal and moral aren't always the same. You just have to choose to accept the consequences.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Are the Swastika flags black because they are "dark MAGA" like Elon? /s

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Guarantee that guy is a power bottom that simply cannot accept himself.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It is amazing how open they show their colors even before the election. Maybe, just maybe some potential voters read this as a warning sign.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

the boat has to have a registration usually, why not use that?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A vote for Trump is a vote for Nazis. Always has been but now they’re showing faces so you know its true.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Props to the guy that soaked them. Even fascists have some standards.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not because they disagree with them, but because they accused them of being Antifa plants to make them look bad.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Florida? Swastikas?… wait- yeah, that tracks.

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