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Newsweek was unable to independently verify at the time of publication whether the people on the boat were from the antifa movement.
Oh, fuck off. I'm unable to independently verify whether the people on the boat were Newsweek employees.
So they did publish the name of a Neo-Nazi identified on the boat with the Nazi flags, who's the founder of a Neo-Nazi group.
But going as far as to say these known Neo-Nazis are not antifa would be too far.
Cause Neo-Nazis are so often also antifascist...
chances are some of them were
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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?
They only support Israel because they hate Muslims more.
And because the religious sect believes they need the Jews to bring Armageddon/the rapture.
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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.
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?
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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Fun fact: Kelsey Grammar (Frasier) is a proud Trump supporter and Christian who also publicly supported Roseanne Barr after she was fired from her show's reboot for tweeting that one of Obama's advisers was what happened when the "Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes had a baby".
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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.
They're different subgroups
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.
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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.
Some of it is rooted in xtian zionism, and it's not because they have any special regard for Jews other than as pawns for their dopey eschatological notions. They just think the Jews have to be in Israel to fulfill prophecies that involve a magical Jewish carpenter coming back (and killing most of the Jews, by the way).
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.
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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They wrote: "I was in the parade today. Just like on J6 [January 6], those are not Trump supporters. They were antifa scumbag imposters and were treated accordingly as you'll see in the video." Antifa is a term for far-left groups that resist facists and neo-Nazis.
LOL, they are still going with this BS for J6? Why would dementia donnie pardon a bunch of "antifa", then?
Antifa is a term for far-left groups
Antifa is a term for the monsters under conservatives' beds.
Yeah, all our products cost 14.88 but that's just a coincidence.
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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Why? Are Confederate flags too passé for them now?
No, they just ferl that they don't have to hide their identity anymore
No need for dog whistles anymore, they've moved on to airhornes.
They love Neo-Nazis. What they don't love is when they get too loud or conspicuous, because it costs them PR points (sometimes). This is the only reason the right wing will ever so much as give lip service to thinking these people might be anything less than "very fine people".
They're Buddhists. You can tell by their flags.
These are Nazis.
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)
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the boat has to have a registration usually, why not use that?
Props to the guy that soaked them. Even fascists have some standards.
Not because they disagree with them, but because they accused them of being Antifa plants to make them look bad.
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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.
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.
Not legal at all, but legal and moral aren't always the same. You just have to choose to accept the consequences.
Are the Swastika flags black because they are "dark MAGA" like Elon? /s
Guarantee that guy is a power bottom that simply cannot accept himself.
One of the men on board appeared to be holding an image of Mike Lindell, CEO of the My Pillow company.
Ok, I was mad until I read this and then I was full of chuckles. What a dumbass stunt and I love that this former-and-soon-to-return crackhead was inadvertently brought into the conversation.
Also, show your faces, nazi fucks. If you’re so proud, why are you hiding?
If you’re so proud
Do you really expect consistent thinking from a bunch of neo-Nazis who named themselves after a song from Disney's Aladdin?
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