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Poll_Blind

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39. Not "any" use of SS. We're specifically talking about the two stylized...

Fri Feb 10, 2012, 06:13 AM

Feb 2012

...SS lightning bolts all by themselves either on a solid color field flag or as a tattoo. We're not talking about the S's in the old KISS band name and we're not talking about run of the mill Futhark runes: The SS Nazi symbols are a very specific design which you can learn more about here.

That specific "SS" design (the one those soldiers have on their flag) is outlawed in Germany because it is a clear, widely-known nazi symbol.

I think they should just fess up: They think it makes them more badass. 'Casue, ya know, nazis are badass...

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Marines posed with flag resembling Nazi SS logo in Afghanistan [View all] nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 OP

You beat me to it… nt Lost-in-FL Feb 2012 #1

Scout Snipers. MrSlayer Feb 2012 #2

I doubt the brass approved it nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #8

As do I. MrSlayer Feb 2012 #16

Oh agreed nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #17

yeah, right. and the confederate flag is about heritage, not white supremacy. provis99 Feb 2012 #22

I seriously doubt they are declaring themselves Nazis. MrSlayer Feb 2012 #24

I guess black people fly the Nazi flag then, too. provis99 Feb 2012 #29

Well, there were black soldiers in Vietnam... MrSlayer Feb 2012 #35

What a lot of idiots. Bluenorthwest Feb 2012 #3

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Bullshit. ellisonz Feb 2012 #5

A few have made it into the force nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #6

Racism is alive and well in America. ellisonz Feb 2012 #11

Yep, looks like this is real jsmirman Feb 2012 #12

I agree. Outside of the swastika, it's the most widely-recognized nazi symbol, IMO. Poll_Blind Feb 2012 #40

Yup. Even Kiss has to have an alternate logo for sales in Germany. JVS Feb 2012 #51

I'm more concerned about the beards alcibiades_mystery Feb 2012 #9

Nope, I'm pretty sure I'm more concerned jsmirman Feb 2012 #18

LOL RZM Feb 2012 #27

Indeed alcibiades_mystery Feb 2012 #49

The entire photo is SammyWinstonJack Feb 2012 #10

Maybe their saying America is Fascist lovuian Feb 2012 #14

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How dare you give a link to a rational zappaman Feb 2012 #25

Looks like their command disagrees: EFerrari Feb 2012 #34

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Americans who crossed paths with SS at Malmedy, France, December 17, 1944. Octafish Feb 2012 #23

I view it as a sign of mental distress. Rex Feb 2012 #30

There is...NO...way somebody "accidentally" copies a fucking SS flag. Poll_Blind Feb 2012 #26

*Any* use of "SS" = Nazi? Occulus Feb 2012 #32

That's not what he said. ellisonz Feb 2012 #37

Not "any" use of SS. We're specifically talking about the two stylized... Poll_Blind Feb 2012 #39

An issue we agree on! ellisonz Feb 2012 #41

These things happen from time to time and should not be cause for undue alarm, LOL! Poll_Blind Feb 2012 #43

I better break out my copy of Henry Kissenger's Diplomacy...*smash* ellisonz Feb 2012 #45

Given some of the other explanations RZM Feb 2012 #28

And they had their own army. pintobean Feb 2012 #50

I have to say I wouldn't have made the connection between this logo and the SS woolldog Feb 2012 #31

I'm disappointed in this thread. Occulus Feb 2012 #33

The Marines formally disapprove of the use of this symbol. ellisonz Feb 2012 #36

What made you think that? PragmaticLiberal Feb 2012 #48

Your're not alone. amandabeech Feb 2012 #38

anybody that has ever watched a WWII war movie knows what the double lighting bolts mean Baclava Feb 2012 #52

I don't understand Shankapotomus Feb 2012 #42

Been happening a lot over the last ten years and I'm sick of it. nt Poll_Blind Feb 2012 #44

Hopefully you have ties to the U.S. Military Shankapotomus Feb 2012 #47