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The Scout Snipers using these SS symbols and other nazi shit are (with the most charitable interpretation) praising the military prowess of a failed fascist state that famously lost a huge war. This is their 'look how badass we are' symbolism.

IMO part of it is the people who would speak out about this are cowed into silence due to how hard right-wingers (both parties) go after people who disagree with them. There's so many people who will try to have you fired or worse for sharing a lukewarm take on Charlie Kirk (rest in piss), they send death threats in the 100s to even the most long-shot Democrats in rural districts, etc. Stochastic terrorism is real and the right uses it every day. More people need to speak up about this because it must be overcome to gain any ground in burgerland.

Or as this user shows, simply too dumb to know or happy to lie about it

https://lemmy.world/comment/20105056

And yet, I've never noticed it. I thought it was only the bird symbol on the hat. I've never looked into their uniforms with any meaningful inspection. I had to google the hat because I doubted you were right, but you are. So I just learned something else.

Like I implied earlier, people can exist for decades without knowing something. Just because it is common to you, doesn't mean it is common to everyone.