• underisk@lemmy.ml
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    18 days ago

    nazis have a strange preoccupation with coopting symbols and making them toxic by association. the swastika, for another example.

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      17 days ago

      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.