I don't think Gen Z can appreciate what a cultural taboo this was. You mentioned support for fascists before 2016 and the revision and cultural blowback is something they can't appreciate now when it's normalized and media outlets call it a "controversial gesture". - ThreadSky

3fecta.bsky.social • 2 days ago

I don't think Gen Z can appreciate what a cultural taboo this was. You mentioned support for fascists before 2016 and the revision and cultural blowback is something they can't appreciate now when it's normalized and media outlets call it a "controversial gesture".

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heckinhound.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeaaah...back when I was a kid doing a Nazi salute "even as a joke" would result in you losing your job, being socially ostracized, and possibly even get you arrested or put on a gov watch list.

The fact that this shit is getting normalized is scary as all hell.

bluewarriorva.bsky.social•2 days ago

Media outlets ... it's a nazi salute. It's not that hard to type, say. Stop normalizing this shit, and stop forfeiting your 1st Amendment rights.

scottdagostino.ca•2 days ago

Once the kids started to see Indiana Jones solely as “the old guy who appropriates Indigenous relics” and not “puncher of Nazis,” we lost a big bulwark 🫤

3fecta.bsky.social•2 days ago

Makes me feel old(er) but just realized that Schindler's list came out 4 years before the oldest Gen Z'ers were born.

hazyjay.bsky.social•2 days ago

I was in the punk scene in the late 80s, early 90s. I have literal scars from confrontations with Nazis.

I also have part of a Nazi tooth I pulled from my knuckle, so the good with the bad.

aminhnow.bsky.social•2 days ago

When we said Nazi Punks Fuck Off we meant it. Then the skinheads donned blue and brown suits like we always knew they would.

millerscave.bsky.social•2 days ago

The ever-depressingly relevant Dead Kennedys...

j3t.bsky.social•2 days ago

Same, without the tooth. Las Vegas in the 80’s. Knew one guy who had an American History X experience in prison and reformed, but all the rest just got jobs.

kingobeer.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hey remember Johnny Bangs? Kind of a weird arc.

j3t.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes, he was the person I was referring to. Never knew him personally but I was and still am friends with Danny. @dannyfsp84.bsky.social

elirothman.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank you for your service

subtlefire.bsky.social•2 days ago

I hadn't thought about Kids These Days not getting that it's *bad* bad, like repeatedly screaming the n word in public knowing cameras are on

finnydotca.bsky.social•2 days ago

Like, the plot of The Producers would go just whoosh over their heads.

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