β² 1263 βΌ Loyalty to the flag (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by lawrence@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world 179 comments fedilink hide all child comments Author's website: www.piecomic.com
[β] Ephera@lemmy.ml 44 points 2 years ago (1 child) They really make it too easy to draw the parallels: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamy_salute permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] errer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean thatβs just an unfortunate coincidence given it predated the rise of naziism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Ephera@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago Oh yeah, it definitely is in that sense. The point is that patriotism is hard to discern from facism. That they happened to use the same symbol here is just a good illustration of that. Ultimately, the Hitler Salute also started out as a symbol of patriotism before it all turned to genocide. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] errer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean thatβs just an unfortunate coincidence given it predated the rise of naziism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Ephera@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago Oh yeah, it definitely is in that sense. The point is that patriotism is hard to discern from facism. That they happened to use the same symbol here is just a good illustration of that. Ultimately, the Hitler Salute also started out as a symbol of patriotism before it all turned to genocide. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Ephera@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago Oh yeah, it definitely is in that sense. The point is that patriotism is hard to discern from facism. That they happened to use the same symbol here is just a good illustration of that. Ultimately, the Hitler Salute also started out as a symbol of patriotism before it all turned to genocide. permalink fedilink source parent