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[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 hour ago

Please put an NSFW tag on that image, it can get you in trouble if you accidentally show it in public in many countries, for good reason.

[–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 28 minutes ago

In the us, the default country ofc

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 3 minutes ago

"Opinion is divided on the subject. All the other captains say it is. I say it isn't."

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 13 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Literally the defining symbol for the term 'hate symbol'.

Hey, what's a hate symbol? Oh, you know, like a swatztika. Ohh, right of course, how could I be so fucking dumb? Jesus CHRIST. Dude, calm down, it's-- NO. PUNCH ME IN THE FACE, I'M TRASH.

[–] 6stringringer@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Did nazi that coming?🙁.

[–] mriormro@lemmy.zip -5 points 1 hour ago

Please shut the fuck up

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 17 points 2 hours ago

What the fuck‽

[–] TheMilk 23 points 4 hours ago (5 children)

I'm still wondering when time travelers are gonna fix this timeline.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Maybe something worse happening in the future has them occupied

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Or when the simulation we live in will be declared a failure and we'll get rebooted. Every morning I wake up disappointed.

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Nazis from the past used the Nazi time machine to travel to the future and destroy our society here in 2025.

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 1 points 35 minutes ago

I hate how everything about this is makes sense including the fact that if Nazis made a time machine it would just move forward through time at a rate of one day per day.

[–] Medic8teMe@lemmy.ca 0 points 58 minutes ago (1 children)

Yea cause 'muricans organizing and standing up for themselves is certainly not a good idea.

[–] Mr_WorldlyWiseman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 50 minutes ago* (last edited 49 minutes ago)

muricans standing up for nazis. Seditious behavior, as the glorious leader would put it. Seems overall very anti-american to me.

[–] ettyblatant@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

I've thought about it, and I'm fairly certain that time travelers had to call it quits and agree worldwide to stop it. Like, every outcome was worse than the last. . And, that means that our current trajectory is somehow the least destructive.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago
[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 50 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNTIED STATES IS CALLING FOR LAWMAKERS TO BE EXECUTED FOR UPHOLDING THE LAW! WTF IS GOING TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS SHIT?

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

NOTHING AT ALL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE EITHER CONTENT WITH THIS OR TOO COWARDLY TO DO ANYTHING!

[–] PissingIntoTheWind@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

This will be changed after Trump is removed.

[–] missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I actually don't think Trump is behind this one. hear me out:

there are two factions emerging within MAGA. the Evangelicals and MAGA-leaning neocons are heavily Zionist, so there's no way they'd let this happen. the second faction are the alt-right/groypers/white nationalists, who simp for Nick Fuentes and Laura Loomer. Gen Z belongs overwhelmingly to this second camp, as illustrated by the Young Republicans discord leak.

Trump himself has no political views other than his own power and personal vengeance, but I'd still put him closer to the first camp since he's a Boomer, and he's in Bibi's pocket. so I think whoever pushed for this is probably part of the same cabal that posts Nazi dogwhistles on DHS's Twitter - part of the second camp.

and that second camp will become the future of the Republican party, unfortunately.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 1 points 16 minutes ago

Trump is merely the vehicle being used by the likes of Thiel. As soon as he croaks or becomes too much hassle, JD will take the reins. There's others, too.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I'm floored we are getting pro zionist nazis this go around.

[–] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 2 points 59 minutes ago

The original Nazis were Zionists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haavara_Agreement

They wanted Jewish people gone from Germany, and Palestine was far enough away to make them happy.

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 hours ago

Good! MORE Swastikas LESS Rainbows!

-NOT Nazis!

[–] asg101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 50 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Following the double negative rule: Anti Anti Fascists leaves you with

Fascists

The USA is dropping the mask for all the world to see.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 32 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (7 children)

AND STILL PEOPLE ARE ACTING LIKE EVERYTHING IS NORMAL! AT THIS POINT I WANT TO SEE MASS PANIC SO I KNOW I'M NOT CRAZY! AND I'M IN CANADA, I WANT MASS PANIC IN CANADA! I AT LEAST WANT THIS SHIT TAKEN SERIOUSLY ENOUGH THAT CANADIANS STOP FUCKING GOING TO THE STATES AS IF EVERYTHING IS NORMAL!

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

AND STILL PEOPLE ARE ACTING LIKE EVERYTHING IS NORMAL!

Nope, we'rs not. But I, like many people, am in a marginalized/bum-fuck town. So, my opinion doesn't matter until the polls open. We voted against this evil, and we will again. But, our government wants to embrace the evil.

We can see it wants to. We don't want it to. But, most of us don't matter to the government. We're not big-dollar donors, so our politicians will ignore us. They've minimalized most people so all that we can do is vote against it.

But, with where the Overton window is, we have one party running with regular evil while the other suggests a diet version of evil.

I AT LEAST WANT THIS SHIT TAKEN SERIOUSLY ENOUGH THAT CANADIANS STOP FUCKING GOING TO THE STATES

With how dried up tourism is, it would seem like they're already doing it. Yet, the government is still going down this path. So, it's not that big of an impact.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

You say that, but the US is full of people still just going about their business. The country is operating fairly normally, all things considered, and the best you’ve got are sanctioned protests that are great for showing that people don’t love the situation but aren’t actually doing anything that couldn’t be responded to with an AI video of king Trump shit bombing everyone. Oh, and a Californian conservative who makes memes mocking Trump but is himself pretty shit.

Maybe for a nation of cowards this is action, but really it’s just sad. You’re taking it lying down, and half of you are even fighting to make sure that ya’ll get completely fucked.

[–] missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

personally, I'm trans and I'm just trying to survive while I build an exit plan. damn right I'm laying down - I'm laying low.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Right?

Like, the best thing a member of a loathed and marginalized community can do is to have an escape plan. They're foaming at the mouth with rage and drooling at the opportunity for a hated group to put up an ounce of resistance so they can round them up for the camps. What kind of opposition can one transgender person in a one bedroom at night put up against an armed SWAT team?

It'll be someone else's job to resist with an organized force. The trick isn't surviving long enough to be rescued from Auschwitz. The trick is knowing when and how to get away before Auschwitz becomes a thing.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world -1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 52 seconds ago)

but the US is full of people still just going about their business.

Because we aren't important enough for politicians to pay attention to. Our calls just go straight into an answering machine that gets ignored because we're not big-dollar donors like Musk. Musk probably has a direct line.

the best you’ve got are sanctioned protests that are great for showing that people don’t love the situation but aren’t actually doing anything that couldn’t be responded to with an AI video of king Trump shit bombing everyone.

Yeah. We are in poverty. We have had stagnant wages for like 40 years, but rampent inflation. This is the second gilded age like it was in the 20s and earlier. The rich have everything and direct lines to politicians, and the poor need 3 gig jobs and a regular job just to afford rent and food. In a work heap like this, we need foreknowledge to schedule our protests around. We can't afford the privilege of just taking off and protesting.

Maybe for a nation of cowards this is action, but really it’s just sad. You’re taking it lying down, and half of you are even fighting to make sure that ya’ll get completely fucked.

Again, you're conflating poverty and desperation in a backdrop of political corruption as aquiesence.

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