• twistypencil@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    To be fair, I only learned what a totenkampf is by reading these comments. I do know a few Nazi symbols more than just the swastika too

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      2 days ago

      That’s true, but I’m guessing that you haven’t had it tattooed on your chest for 18 years.

      I’m sure you’ve seen the totenkopf symbol before plenty of times, in a nazi context (are we the baddies, literally every wwii movie ever made, literally every wwii video game ever made, anytime you saw an ss costume). And none of those times you would’ve recognized it for the thing you see every morning when you brush your teeth. Because if it was, all those times would be a lot more memorable to you.

      You probably never went to the public beach or pool with your friends, and had someone ask you if you know what that thing on your chest means. Because in a situation like that, you will find out what the totenkopf is.

      I feel like people who think you can spend 18 years of your adult life wearing a nazi tattoo on your chest without ever learning that it’s a nazi tattoo suffer from a severe lack of empathy.