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Post by Tiger on Dec 15, 2009 13:35:11 GMT -5
OT for a moment. Why the hell would any supremacist group have the Kriegsmarine standard as their flag? I think Eric Raeder is spinning in his grave right now. 'cuz it looks cooler and still has swastikas on it. What I want to know is how that hurts their cause in the same way a confederate flag does.
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Post by discoberry on Dec 20, 2009 17:26:16 GMT -5
Can you say WIN?
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Post by secretsquirrelsock on Dec 22, 2009 5:10:57 GMT -5
Things that win are correctly apostrophed.
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Post by dasfuchs on Dec 22, 2009 5:28:48 GMT -5
OT for a moment. Why the hell would any supremacist group have the Kriegsmarine standard as their flag? I think Eric Raeder is spinning in his grave right now. 'cuz it looks cooler and still has swastikas on it. What I want to know is how that hurts their cause in the same way a confederate flag does. I guess to a few of us it just screams stupidity when they'll grab an image that represented something that had very little to do with anything they think it did. The only thing the German navy did really that affected anything was sink ships all over the Atlantic...and that was only for a few years before the Allies made it near impossible for a U boat to return home Though the Bismarck and Tirpitz did do a hell of a lot of damage in the psychological areas
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Post by MaybeNever on Dec 22, 2009 7:52:04 GMT -5
Actually, as I understand things the U-boat campaign seriously hurt Britain until mid-1942 or so, like it had done in World War One. It didn't have anything to do with white supremacy, granted, other than the swastika on the naval ensign.
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Post by dasfuchs on Dec 22, 2009 9:48:02 GMT -5
Actually, as I understand things the U-boat campaign seriously hurt Britain until mid-1942 or so, like it had done in World War One. It didn't have anything to do with white supremacy, granted, other than the swastika on the naval ensign. Exactly, right during their peak of power, the Kriegsmarine U boats were sinking allied shipping right off the US coast
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Post by Vene on Jan 13, 2010 1:24:28 GMT -5
Necromancy!
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Post by Thejebusfire on Jan 13, 2010 1:34:20 GMT -5
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Post by Undecided on Jan 13, 2010 1:53:12 GMT -5
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Post by wattsaman on Jan 13, 2010 2:54:04 GMT -5
First off, thank you for once again stealing my schtick - I was just about to point out your necromantic tendencies. Second, is that the Dogma protest - the one Kevin Smith attended and trolled a news crew?
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Post by Tiger on Jan 13, 2010 11:23:23 GMT -5
'cuz it looks cooler and still has swastikas on it. What I want to know is how that hurts their cause in the same way a confederate flag does. I guess to a few of us it just screams stupidity when they'll grab an image that represented something that had very little to do with anything they think it did. The only thing the German navy did really that affected anything was sink ships all over the Atlantic... Which, if I'm not mistaken, is the entire point of a navy...
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Post by Vene on Jan 13, 2010 16:41:14 GMT -5
First off, thank you for once again stealing my schtick - I was just about to point out your necromantic tendencies. You're welcome. Yes, it is, but I think it's much funnier if the sign is posted devoid of context.
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Post by tygerarmy on Jan 14, 2010 8:26:56 GMT -5
From my friends Facebook album of the No Pants Subway Ride 2010 Argh! I wish I wasn't working!
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Post by objettrouve24 on Jan 14, 2010 10:59:14 GMT -5
Best campaign Peta ever came up with (people remember naked girls, and most people at least TRY to get a second glance. Also a bit more friendly than the usual "OMG KFC IS LIKE THE HOLOCAUST!!1" stuff). I actually brought lunch to a peta group protesting a circus... not cause I agreed with them, but because I met the girl who would be naked while working for a local news station, and she was hot. I was much less political back then, thus, if seeing a hot naked girl meant contributing in some way to a political campaign I disagreed with, the choice would be made without a second thought. (not the same girl, but it's the same concept): blog.peta.org/archives/shackleddemo1.JPG
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Post by objettrouve24 on Jan 14, 2010 11:04:20 GMT -5
At first I was mesmerized, then I saw the sign. It's a Petard, ugh... You know if you tried to go out with her, you'd be scrutinized for everything that you do, specially if you're a meat lover. Yup. I dated a peta girl (not the same as the previous story) for about a week. She got mad if I even joked about it. So I did. A LOT. Like showing up wearing a shirt that said "I ♣ baby seals". I thought it was over the top and goofy enough that she wouldn't get upset. I had to do some serious apologizing after that (I still don't regret it though. It was hysterical. I miss that shirt). The apology ended with "I don't think we're right for each other", no hard feelings, we just went our separate ways.
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