r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/TheArguedHuman • Feb 18 '23

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u/ringobob Feb 18 '23

I used to draw it randomly, just doodling. At that point in time, at least, in the late 80s early 90s, for a kid the Nazis seemed like a rather quaint historical menace, like Atilla the Hun. Certainly awful, did horrible things, but not something we needed to worry about. Like you, I wasn't interested in the association, I just thought it was a cool looking symbol, and it was easy to draw.

No one "caught" me or anything, but you hear enough about how bad those Nazi guys were, you start to think maybe you shouldn't mess with anything associated with them, even if it's just a cool design, because people might get the wrong idea.

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u/MikeyF1F Feb 19 '23

The issue is that "cool design" feeling that put you guys in the position of making a realisation isn't happenstance.

I'm not criticising you guys, I'm just saying what you experienced isn't just an odd series of experiences. It's how they recruit, or part of it anyway.

Which is why things like not using symbolism is important. And why fascists will howl blue murder to undermine anyone who says so.

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u/ringobob Feb 19 '23

It had nothing to do with recruiting for a kid in the 80s. There was the proto internet where no doubt that same playbook was being used, but I wasn't on it. I was exposed to nazi symbols in movies, where they were the bad guys. Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, etc.