PugJesus@piefed.socialM to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 18 days agoBjorn, get the axe. The BIG axe.media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1216arrow-down10
arrow-up1216arrow-down1imageBjorn, get the axe. The BIG axe.media.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.socialM to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareunderisk@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up53·18 days agonazis have a strange preoccupation with coopting symbols and making them toxic by association. the swastika, for another example.
minus-squaretuff_wizard@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·17 days agoI mean it’s a good idea for a fringe groups looking for acceptance and/or to sow division. Take a somewhat popular symbol, market hard so people start to associate it with you. If the previous users hold onto it then they will be associated with you, even if they aren’t. Making you seem more popular. look at all the fuss made around the Pepe memes.
nazis have a strange preoccupation with coopting symbols and making them toxic by association. the swastika, for another example.
I mean it’s a good idea for a fringe groups looking for acceptance and/or to sow division.
Take a somewhat popular symbol, market hard so people start to associate it with you.
If the previous users hold onto it then they will be associated with you, even if they aren’t. Making you seem more popular.
look at all the fuss made around the Pepe memes.