Omaha PD giving away bulletproof gear to Nazi gun shop

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  1. matthunter

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    Whilst the Imperium of Man likes to keep it ambiguous:

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  3. matthunter

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    Shows for me but fine:

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    It just looks like a Phoenix to me.

    I've lived in Phoenix, Arizona for nearly 50 years. Literally everywhere here has some variation of a Phoenix in their corporate logos and such. I've basically seen every variation there is, and this looks like a perfectly normal and boring Phoenix.

    The "88" and "1488" stuff is a little on the nose though.
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  5. Chaos Descending

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    Not that obvious. What are the reasons?

    EDIT TO Add: Are we talking to the viewer's right / left or the eagle's right / left?
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    and not always, either.

    I'm not 100% certain, but I believe the difference was civil/military

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    I first came across the "88" thing back in the 90s when cops in Tampa (deputies actually, but whatever) busted one of those assholes. I vaguely remember that when he was arrested he was yelling "88!" and the deputy talking to the press explained that it was shorthand for "Heil Hitler", so I've known about for a while, but that doesn't make it common knowledge. :clyde:
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  9. Nyx

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    True, but thanks to the internet, far more light has been shed on the subject. Like I mentioned to @Jenee above, there has been significant major media coverage on it, especially after Trump's association with neo-Nazi groups and the whole "1488" and "blood and soil" bullshit started coming to light. Of course, it is important that such information gets shared, so I still talk to people about it. Sad to say, on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok, there are a metric fuck ton of Nazis. :/
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    "14 words" was well-known enough that it was used in an episode of The West Wing in 2000.
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    Ah, I see the problem. You've been baked.

    Should have gotten out of the oven at some point, friend :(
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    :yes:

    ISTR first hearing about it around the time of Columbine the year before and the 88 thing the year before that with American History X.
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    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    yeah, I've been running into both since the 80s from being involved with anti fascist/anti racist groups... know thine enemy and all that.
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