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Justin Barrett, leader of the National Party (Irish fascists) praising the einsatzgruppen
(hexbear.net)
he is going mask off Adolf Hitler mode recently (since a few years) and apparently it's causing a split in the party with most preferring to remain cryptofascist lol. they don't have any real mass support yet thankfully but still, sucks that nobody has killed this guy yet and the state just lets him do this shit.
what mask? that logo is the most nazi shit i've seen outside of a swastika
These complete goobers are probably using it for visual symmetry with swastikas, but the symbol itself is a shield knot, which is like, a super common and basic knot that's been around for ages. It's a ward knot, and was often used to decorate, you guessed it, shields.
Unfortunately (and this is true outside of Ireland as well), a lot of fascists love Celtic knotwork (almost as much as they love Norse motifs).
There's also the Brigid's cross that's a popular Irish/Celtic symbol during Imbolc and uhhhh
Obviously in Ireland this is still super popular and not even remotely associated with swastikas but I was still slightly apprehensive about my sister in law posting a cocktail with one in the foam because that woulda looked REALLY sus if it landed outside its target group