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The poster says; "We protect our children"

The extended arm i guess shapes a roof over the children?

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[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 4 points 36 minutes ago

It's pretty gross that nazis are willing to sell out their own children to grab power. In character, though.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 9 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] wabafee@lemmy.world 3 points 46 minutes ago

Can't you see it's a house? /s

[–] wabafee@lemmy.world 4 points 45 minutes ago (1 children)

AfD logo looks like an erected penis

[–] AntelopeRoom@lemm.ee 4 points 43 minutes ago

Its also like a Nazi salute

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

What do you call a dog whistle when it's screeching this loud?

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 23 points 6 hours ago

a nazi salute

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 11 points 5 hours ago

"Aryans" keep calling themselves the master race yet continuously show off the dudes with the most disgusting hairlines.

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 12 points 6 hours ago

Rush Limbaugh taught us all that evil always disguises it's intent by saying it's protecting "the children".

[–] okamiueru@lemmy.world 66 points 16 hours ago

I don't see what the big deal is. This is just a Roman roof shape.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 25 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Also the swoosh logo is a sieg heil

[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 17 points 15 hours ago

Looks like a WikiHow graphic on how to do it, that's crazy

[–] blady_blah@lemmy.world 36 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

How did they manage to make the family look soooo white? Even before I processed what the topic of this post my mind recognized how white that family looks. That and the nazi salute they were doing. So weird.

[–] A_A@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago

The Nazi salute is worse than weird : it's horrifying. People creating such propaganda are obviously racists ... which is also very bad.

But skin color, would it be extremely white-pink or extremely black, is never weird. You would see a lot of such impossible-to-tan-skin in some Nordic countries 😋 !

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 15 points 16 hours ago

It is like they photoshoped out all the healthy red color out of this children faces.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 68 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Besides the not so subtle gesture, Nazi propaganda often emphasized an idealized family like this.

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 31 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Midsommar is an excellent film about exactly how this type of back-to-basics all natural anti-modern vibe can be a vehicle for fascism. I recommend going in without learning more if you haven't seen it, but there is a lot of symbolism, foreshadowing and deeper meaning in easy to miss moments.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

I think there’s also something to be said about fascism as a comfort. There are many people I’ve seen argue that it’s somewhat of a happy ending for Florence Pugh’s character. These also seem to be the types of TERF radical feminists who are more likely to be in lockstep with the current administration based on its treatment of transgender people.

When you have been hurt in that way, burning it all down can make sense. The movie does make you feel comfortable with the deaths of the characters I think - they all very much come across as more “deserving” of what happens to them than is typical in most horror films. I think that’s another amazing aspect of that movie - you don’t feel bad about them dying and maybe that should concern you?

Hereditary is another movie that has so many layers to it. The problem there is that it’s basically impossible to watch more than once to form a proper analysis of it lol

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[–] oyo@lemm.ee 25 points 17 hours ago

Just to be clear about the timeline... This was going around the internet months ago and it is guaranteed Musk saw it before he decided to do his little socially awkward gesture.

Very aryan family

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 169 points 1 day ago (5 children)

They're trying to normalize the "Sieg h*il" in the public. Very basic Propaganda strategy but highly effective.

[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 96 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And punishable by prison in Germany

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 67 points 23 hours ago (29 children)

Yeah, watch that go away after the coming election.

Check out https://fragdenstaat.de/ to see that germany is not as democratic as it seems.

It is "vote hard left or die" in germany now. Otherwise we have more blood on our hands.

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[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 33 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Maybe the parents are just socially awkward and autistic

[–] braxy29@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

please don't. this is the second time i have seen this today. yes, i know it is /s, but it's still reinforcing an association with the potential to hurt people.

lately i have been thinking about the notion that one way to fight fascism is not to use their language. every day i read comments on lemmy that are intended to mock fascists by repeating their narratives, and i fear they are only feeding it.

didn't we learn anything from the fact that internet shit-posting played a part in putting fucking 47 into power in the us?

but yeah. please stop conflating autism with nazism, regardless of what idiot felon-fans say to try to downplay it.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com -1 points 5 hours ago

What other wonders can we blame on shit-posting?

[–] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 20 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe those are the people my grandfather was killing in WW2

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

He was a great man!!

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 106 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

"We protect your children"

Some nazi giving a kid an iron cross medal, illustrating use of child soldiers in the Third Reich.
Sometimes they even decorate them!

Fourteen wording pieces of shit.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 40 points 21 hours ago

President Musk recently did a thing too...

I feel like the Facism is in the room with me, doc

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 15 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

There are so many fucked up layers to this, like using the term "Schutz," as in "Schutzstaffel."

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 8 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

doesn’t Schutz mean protect? And in the case off the SS doesn’t it mean “guard”?

AfD are neonazis but im not sure the word choice is that odd.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 9 points 16 hours ago

Yes, Shutzstaffel means "protection squadron." Maybe deliberate, maybe not, but combined with the Nazi salutes and blond-haired, blue eyed kids it's not great phrasing IF you aren't trying to invoke Nazi imagery.

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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 60 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Gotta admit, that's a clever dog-whistle.

I mean, it's horrifying, but I appreciate the level of guile behind it.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 16 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

I dunno, "Hey, you two make sieg heils while I take a picture" isn't very guileful, it's pretty much right out there. There's no mistaking the hand gesture.

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[–] PolyLlamaRous@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

The poster actually says "we protect your kids".

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[–] illi@lemm.ee 73 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Mildly interesring? More like mildly horifying

[–] peto@lemm.ee 38 points 23 hours ago
[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 24 points 20 hours ago

This isn’t a seig heil, it’s a seig home.

[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 17 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Minor correction: We protect your children

[–] janNatan@lemmy.ml 10 points 18 hours ago

Technically is the multiple-you form. So, if you're southern: "y'all's kids"

[–] p3e7@lemm.ee 9 points 18 hours ago

Is there any news on this ad? It is from September last year. Has there been any statement?

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