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Trump supporters flying the Nazi flag (Bloomsburg, PA) (Original Post) Capt. Obvious Sep 2016 OP
HC ought to bring that picture to the debate. n/t Raven Sep 2016 #1
Yeah right. Debates are very strict. She'd never be allowed. yeoman6987 Sep 2016 #7
This is beyond deplorable. It is sickening. tonyt53 Sep 2016 #2
I am ashamed that this happened in Pennsyvania. femmocrat Sep 2016 #3
No surprise there. I bet Trump has Swastika embroidered towels in his home. SummerSnow Sep 2016 #4
"Heritage, not hate" I bet! anoNY42 Sep 2016 #5
They are beyond merely ignorant BSdetect Sep 2016 #6
Way beyond that workinclasszero Sep 2016 #43
I posted this on facebook and it was removed ebbie15644 Sep 2016 #8
That's why we got to keep Coolest Ranger Sep 2016 #12
I asked them why it was removed as it's an actual thing that happened, we'll see if the answer ebbie15644 Sep 2016 #14
Don't hold your breath waiting Coolest Ranger Sep 2016 #16
Of course workinclasszero Sep 2016 #44
this is when mercuryblues Sep 2016 #52
god bless america, 2016 heaven05 Sep 2016 #9
and what do we do IF they come in to power? Missn-Hitch Sep 2016 #24
fight back tooth and nail heaven05 Sep 2016 #38
Hear, hear!! Missn-Hitch Sep 2016 #39
Coke and Pepsi. n/t Orsino Sep 2016 #10
This might be against the law BlueInPhilly Sep 2016 #11
There is no hate speech exception to the First Ammendment. Gore1FL Sep 2016 #13
And so it requires the right actions of good people Maru Kitteh Sep 2016 #47
I agree. Gore1FL Sep 2016 #51
Coincidence? Liberalagogo Sep 2016 #15
oh my!! riversedge Sep 2016 #26
A somber documentary on the Third Reich bucolic_frolic Sep 2016 #17
Smithsonian Channel has been running a show called Missn-Hitch Sep 2016 #25
Where's the display of the American flag for these proclaimed 'so called' patriots? Chicago1980 Sep 2016 #18
Yes, it looks bad, but it also seems that the guy is selling those flags. **Maybe** he's just doing FailureToCommunicate Sep 2016 #19
I can't imagine anyone selling those without also being sympathetic to its message. progressoid Sep 2016 #22
I agree. Appears to be a vendor. sarge43 Sep 2016 #29
Maybe he's just doing both... LanternWaste Sep 2016 #33
What does the Hillary flag next to the Trump flag state? This looks like a simple vendor selling... xocet Sep 2016 #34
Where exactly was that taken at? Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2016 #20
Bloomsburg PA county fair progressoid Sep 2016 #23
*sigh* Oh Pennsyltucky... arithia Sep 2016 #21
I think this is just a flag-seller, look on the far-right, it looks like a Hillary banner Tarc Sep 2016 #27
No - RWers are also wearing Hilliary shirts made to appear as her campaign logo. blm Sep 2016 #30
Specifically, that's the Hitler Youth Flag (Hitlerjugend) Brother Buzz Sep 2016 #28
Is this what America has become? world wide wally Sep 2016 #31
I think this van belongs to a flag peddler, and shows a variety of banners. Shoonra Sep 2016 #32
Several have said this angrychair Sep 2016 #35
I couldn't agree worth you more... WiffenPoof Sep 2016 #37
You can find DUplorables SwankyXomb Sep 2016 #40
Hold on a second. No one here is "defending" a vendor, just pointing out that the OP may be FailureToCommunicate Sep 2016 #45
Like I said... WiffenPoof Sep 2016 #46
Please take note angrychair Sep 2016 #36
vendor DeminPennswoods Sep 2016 #41
My Dad and all of my uncles put their lives on the line to defeat Nazism in WW2 workinclasszero Sep 2016 #42
Capitalism beat Nazism in WWII phallon Sep 2016 #48
The only thing we know is that over time BootinUp Sep 2016 #50
Deplorables is not strong enough in reality. BootinUp Sep 2016 #49
The Right Has A History With Nazis colsohlibgal Sep 2016 #53
He's a convicted sexual predator Patiod Sep 2016 #54

BSdetect

(8,998 posts)
6. They are beyond merely ignorant
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 10:54 AM
Sep 2016

Their ideas are totally hateful and vicious.

These fools are deserving of a treatment equal to their own vision of dealing with their "enemies".

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
43. Way beyond that
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 02:04 PM
Sep 2016

These people mean to do harm to those who do not look the same as them or think the same as them.

Coolest Ranger

(2,034 posts)
16. Don't hold your breath waiting
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 12:17 PM
Sep 2016

My main profile I use, I got put in facebook jail for 30 days because I offended a thin skinned white woman who didn't like that I called her out over her racism.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
44. Of course
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 02:10 PM
Sep 2016

The MSM has been running cover for the republicans and trump all along.

They sure as hell don't want the American public to know that nazis and the KKK make up the base of Trump's republican base.

mercuryblues

(14,531 posts)
52. this is when
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 04:27 PM
Sep 2016

you make a meme out of it saying

Facebook keeps removing this post

Share and make it go viral.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
9. god bless america, 2016
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 11:59 AM
Sep 2016

I been sayin it and sayin it, these ARE the foot soldiers of the new fuhrer of the New Nazi Party of amerikkka. They will, IF, be the worst of the worst of the trumpshirts. America, will you ever recover from this opened box of Pandora's hate and racism?

Missn-Hitch

(1,383 posts)
24. and what do we do IF they come in to power?
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 12:46 PM
Sep 2016

Write a letter to the editor? Peacefully protest?

I can only think of one fate for nazis.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
38. fight back tooth and nail
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 01:47 PM
Sep 2016

by all means possible and no protests, they do no good in these times anyway.

Missn-Hitch

(1,383 posts)
39. Hear, hear!!
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 01:52 PM
Sep 2016

On a different thread which is similar to this OP, all I see are DU'ers dismissing these people as harmless. I don't understand this.

Gore1FL

(21,132 posts)
13. There is no hate speech exception to the First Ammendment.
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 12:09 PM
Sep 2016

Despite being offensive, it is protected under the Constitution.

Maru Kitteh

(28,340 posts)
47. And so it requires the right actions of good people
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 02:40 PM
Sep 2016

to serve as the conscience of a nation, to rebuke the clear evil that shows itself to us, to ensure those hatreds are not elevated through the election of their greatest advocate.

Gore1FL

(21,132 posts)
51. I agree.
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 04:24 PM
Sep 2016

The people in charge of the fair made them take it down. It makes me wonder why anyone thought it was a good idea to put it up in the first place.

Missn-Hitch

(1,383 posts)
25. Smithsonian Channel has been running a show called
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 12:54 PM
Sep 2016

"Apocalypse: The Second World War". Footage I had never seen before. Excellent watch.

Chicago1980

(1,968 posts)
18. Where's the display of the American flag for these proclaimed 'so called' patriots?
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 12:29 PM
Sep 2016

I'm betting that the confederate flag is right behind the Nazi one.

These are the same fools who're mad because of Kaepernick's stance.

Treasonous and traitorous bassturds.

progressoid

(49,990 posts)
22. I can't imagine anyone selling those without also being sympathetic to its message.
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 12:39 PM
Sep 2016

I'd wager you'll find a lot more nazi paraphernalia in those glass cases too.

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
29. I agree. Appears to be a vendor.
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 12:59 PM
Sep 2016

That said, anyone who would sell a Nazi flag probably would sell his mother's eyes. They may not be Trump supporters, but they certainly behave like ones - whatever turns a profit.

xocet

(3,871 posts)
34. What does the Hillary flag next to the Trump flag state? This looks like a simple vendor selling...
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 01:35 PM
Sep 2016

stuff - i.e., not a Trump supporter, just a vendor.

arithia

(455 posts)
21. *sigh* Oh Pennsyltucky...
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 12:36 PM
Sep 2016

I love my home state. I really do.

I just wish it wasn't so full of hateful idiots.

Tarc

(10,476 posts)
27. I think this is just a flag-seller, look on the far-right, it looks like a Hillary banner
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 12:56 PM
Sep 2016

Let's dial it back a few here.

blm

(113,061 posts)
30. No - RWers are also wearing Hilliary shirts made to appear as her campaign logo.
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 01:02 PM
Sep 2016

This would be a Hilliary flag. See how FUNNY they can be?

Shoonra

(521 posts)
32. I think this van belongs to a flag peddler, and shows a variety of banners.
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 01:14 PM
Sep 2016

I don't know the precise circumstances of this photo or this open van, but it looks like a peddler's van, selling all sorts of stuff - including flags of various styles, and by chance (or very bad taste) both the Trump flag and the American Nazi flag ended up on top. But there are other flags for sale immediately behind them.

angrychair

(8,699 posts)
35. Several have said this
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 01:39 PM
Sep 2016

I fail to see how it matters.

they are selling a Nazi flag. That symbol has meaning. It has a vile history. It is about death and hate.

Though he is a merchant does not preclude him from common civility. If you are selling a Nazi flag, you are aligning or at the very least ignoring or condoning those actions by the act of spreading their message through their propaganda tools.

WiffenPoof

(2,404 posts)
37. I couldn't agree worth you more...
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 01:45 PM
Sep 2016

How people here can even come close to defending this person based on the fact that he/she is just trying to make a buck. Disgusting.

FailureToCommunicate

(14,014 posts)
45. Hold on a second. No one here is "defending" a vendor, just pointing out that the OP may be
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 02:12 PM
Sep 2016

jumping to conclusions about any association of Trump supporter also being Nazi sympathizer.

The guy may just be selling crap to people willing to buy crap.

Not defense, just context.

angrychair

(8,699 posts)
36. Please take note
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 01:41 PM
Sep 2016

Of the small child in the bottom, left corner.
Hate and bigotry is learned, we are not born that way.

DeminPennswoods

(15,286 posts)
41. vendor
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 01:55 PM
Sep 2016

This is a vending truck. It probably follows the campaign around. Like any good merchant, they're selling what the event attendees evidently want. They're just making a buck of the deplorables.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
42. My Dad and all of my uncles put their lives on the line to defeat Nazism in WW2
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 02:02 PM
Sep 2016

And here it is again. Right on our doorstep.

The barbarians are at the gate thanks to the republican party, Vladimir Putin, the US news media, Jill Stein, shitposting reddit bros, Palmer Luckey, libertarians, the Green party, Susan Sarandon, Ralph Nader and the denizens of JPR just to name a few.

I'm glad those boys who became my father and my uncles decades later didn't live to see the horrible evil they vanquished for sadly just a season, come roaring back to life in this capitalist paradise we are all trying to survive in these days.

Will we repeat the terrible mistake the German people made in the 30's and invite the poisonous viper into power?

That couldn't happen here right?

Uh...right??

phallon

(260 posts)
48. Capitalism beat Nazism in WWII
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 03:33 PM
Sep 2016

Social/Capitalism that is. But I share your outrage about these Putin lovers

BootinUp

(47,146 posts)
50. The only thing we know is that over time
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 03:37 PM
Sep 2016

things do improve in human society. That doesn't mean there won't be some horrible bumps along the way.

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
53. The Right Has A History With Nazis
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 10:15 PM
Sep 2016

It is a no no I guess on MSM but the original Bush fortune came about because Prescott Bush, Poppy's dad, was a banker for Adolph and got to keep dirty Nazi money.

Trump's core support is a right wing and racist as Uncle Adolph's crowd.

Patiod

(11,816 posts)
54. He's a convicted sexual predator
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 09:50 AM
Sep 2016

and he was asked to take down the Nazi flag "as soon as the fairgrounds management became aware of it". Bitched about his 1A rights, of course.

http://www.phillymag.com/news/2016/09/26/nazi-flags-at-bloomsburg-fair/

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