"Arbeit macht frei"???

[DonaldsRump]

There are no words to describe how disgusting it is for an anti-lockdown protester to take this phrase from Auschwitz:

Link to tweet

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[Grasswire2]

1. AP says the photo was manipulated.

There was a protest, but the sign has been altered, reportedly.

[nsd]

4. The plot thickens.

The AP was debunking a tweet about a Pittsburgh protest, not the photo from the Illinois protest.

https://www.mediaite.com/online/associated-press-says-protesters-viral-nazi-sign-was-faked-but-they-identified-completely-different-original-photo/

ETA: Further proof the Illinois photo is legit: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213379271#post30

[stillcool]

5. that is fascinating...

and the photo-shopped one was in English.

On Friday, a registered nurse named Dennis Kosuth shared a photo of a woman holding a sign that said “Arbeit Macht Frei,” which translates to “Work sets you free” and was a slogan used at Nazi concentration camps.

Kosuth wrote “This was one of the signs at the ‘Re-open Illinois’ event today. She assured those that she was not a Nazi, and stated, ‘I have Jewish friends.’ Thank you for representing yourself and your ‘movement’ for what it is.”
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And Kosuth also posted the image to his Facebook page, where he also shared video from the protest.

Confederate flags and signs bearing Nazi slogans and imagery have been documented at other anti-lockdown protests as well.

[Mariana]

9. No, the AP does not say that. Please self-delete. nt.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. What's to be expected at the next rally? A hearty sing-a-long of "Tomorrow Belongs To Me?"

[COLGATE4]

14. No. They prefer the Horst Wessel Lied

[leftyladyfrommo]

3. In this case Arbeit can make you dead. nt

[agingdem]

6. I'm very familiar with that "sign"

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my parents were Holocaust survivors..Auschwitz... to paraphrase George Santayana: those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it...those who do not read history are doomed to repeat it...good people on both sides???...there are no words...

[0rganism]

8. getting a real strong vibe that these MAGAts would be delighted to repeat history

they want some redo's
a WW2 where the nazis win
a Spanish Flu-like epidemic that disproportionately kills off urban and minority opposition populations
a Civil War where the south wins
a Salem witch hunt where the killers are deemed justified
a new slave trade

and they might just get one or two of 'em

[agingdem]

11. absolutely..

and doesn't that define the GOP as a whole?...trump and his kind want the virus to "wash" over the United States taking with it hispanics, blacks, asians, muslims, jews, native Americans, and the poor...think Manifest Destiny...that's how far back this goes...

[Newest Reality]

7. Sturmabteilung!

[The Magistrate]

10. As Near As Any Meaning Can Be Extracted From Her Waving That Sign, Sir

She seems to be urging the governor to put others to work in an extermination camp, or asking that she herself be put in an extermination camp and worked to death. It is possible she intended to convey a request to be freed to work, lest she perish in durance vile equivalent to an extermination camp, namely her own home, but judging by her clothing and generally fleshy condition, that seems something of a stretch.


"Don't write naughty words on walls that you can't spell."

[Progressive Jones]

12. Unfortunately, there are a lot of lower class racist whites here in Chicago.

It can be just as bad as the Deep South, especially on the South Side, and the far suburbs.

[keithbvadu2]

13. Trump supporters were marching in Charlottesville yelling anti-Jew slogans like 'Jews will not repla

Trump supporters were marching in Charlottesville yelling anti-Jew slogans like 'Jews will not replace us' and mentioning the ovens.