For those who couldn’t see what I was referring to about the dates: I know this one is a stretch, but alongside the lightning bolts that TPUSA doesn’t use literally anywhere else or have any campaign/slogan relevance, it’s suspect. Definitely minor in comparison but worth noting given the much more blatant surrounding context

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[–] Justice@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I'm a big "no, not all symbolism is a dog whistle..." party pooper type.

That said, in this case I have to lean heavily towards yes that's definitely some Nazi shit.

There's nothing about TPUSA that normally has lightning bolts on it. Maybe if the event was like "TP STRIKES BACK!" It would fit in context.

They just made the image and went "oh yeah. Needs more Nazi." They clearly were not originally part of the design. They clash with everything else. Even the blue part behind Kirk would make more sense to be the outline of a lightning bolt with him in the center. Remove the two bolts on the side in that case. I'm not graphics guy, I don't know shit, but that seems obvious enough if you wanted a more organic incorporation of a lightning bolt. Of course then you can only use one... one S doesn't quite do it.

[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

I also noticed that they have him on there with his arm raised. His right arm on the background image so as to not make it super obvious. And yeah, its not quite a Nazi salute, but close enough. And in combination with the lightning bolts its hard to ignore what they're trying to do.

[–] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’m normally pretty skeptical of that shit myself but yeah they literally aren’t using the lightning bolt anywhere else that I see

[–] Justice@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 months ago

Yeah. I also just noticed that the portion behind Kirk is a lightning bolt. It's hard to see, but it's there.

So someone already designed that portion in a way that fits the overall graphic. To my eye anyway. Not commenting if it's good or not. And then they or someone else added the bolts on the side. This doesn't change my original assessment. In fact it probably makes it worse for the designer(s). You guys already had the lightning bolt in there if you just think lightning bolts are cool. Why add the two out of place ones? Hmm.

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

The first thing I saw about the event was the shitpost on here about Spirit Halloween taking over the tent, and I was very confused, thinking "wow, there was a very fashy-looking thing going on".