Now I'm seeing Nordic Runes?

[AKwannabe]

Last edited Sun Feb 28, 2021, 04:21 PM - Edit history (1)

Yesterday I was at a Marina in Seattle. There is a Windemere real estate business on property.

The logo stood out because I had seen the CPAC stage earlier in the morning. Wish I could post a pic but here is a link. It definitely has all the characteristics but is shaped a little backwards.

Caught my eye!

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2018/04/25/windermere-real-estate-set-to-launch-new-logo.html

And here is an article from Slate where the “CPAC Organizer Vehemently Denies Stage Was Designed to Look Like Nazi Symbol”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/02/cpac-organizer-denies-stage-nazi-symbol-odal-rune.amp


Edited to change title of OP.
Did not intend to imply anything about Windermere’s intentions. The change to OP title should indicate this. Nuff said.

[left-of-center2012]

1. The link to biz journal requires a subscription

[AKwannabe]

2. Hmmm

Not for me. I’ll see if I can find another.

The bizjournal article is about the adoption of the new logo for Windemere in 2018.

[left-of-center2012]

22. Tried it again

My ad blocker stopped it and Bizjournal put up an ad.

[AKwannabe]

4. Here is just the google results

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&channel=iphone_bm&source=hp&ei=0eA7YL2oEOWg_Qau36KICw&q=windermere+logo&oq=windemere+logo&gs_lcp=ChFtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1ocBABGAAyBAgAEAoyBAgAEAoyBAgAEAo6AggpOgUIKRCxAzoICCkQsQMQgwE6CAgAEOoCEI8BOggIABCxAxCDAToLCC4QsQMQxwEQowI6CAguELEDEIMBOgIILjoOCC4QsQMQgwEQxwEQowI6DgguELEDEMcBEKMCEJMCOgUIABCxAzoICC4QxwEQowI6BQguELEDOgIIADoFCAAQyQM6EQguELEDEIMBEMcBEKMCEJMCOggIABCxAxDJAzoFCAAQkgM6CAguEMcBEK8BOhMILhCxAxCDARDHARCjAhAKEJMCOgcIABDJAxAKOgoILhDHARCvARAKOgQILhAKOg0ILhCxAxDHARCjAhAKOg0ILhDHARCvARAKEJMCOgoILhDHARCjAhAKOggIABAWEAoQHlDiM1iWTGDWWGgCcAB4AIABmwOIAckbkgEKMC4xLjEwLjIuMZgBAKABAbABHg&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-hp

[lapucelle]

3. Isn't it just a stylized "W"? N/T

[AKwannabe]

7. Could be

It just really caught my eye.

Isn’t it like the rune but in the (sort of)shape of a w?
Arguments both ways...

I am not implying anything. Just stands out since seeing the other. I don’t study this stuff but can’t unsee this “stylized w” myself.

[Ms. Toad]

29. It has two extra bends and arms.

The rune has a two L- shaped arms coming off of the square

Windemere has two "U-shaped arms coming off of the square.

[Brother Buzz]

23. It's more than just a stylized "W"

The graphic artist attempted to marry the stylized 'W' with an image of unity; if you squint and have a good imagination, you can see interlocking arms signifying some sort of implied cooperation.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar

[Ms. Toad]

28. Agreed.

I was about to post the exact same thing.

[Brother Buzz]

5. The Windemere logo might be a stretch

[AKwannabe]

8. Not implying anything about Windemere

But this logo looks a lot like the symbol to me.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. "In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way."- FDR

Link to tweet

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[gratuitous]

9. Once you notice it, you can't Nazi it

Too clever by half, you fucking anti-American fascists.

[AKwannabe]

11. I can't nazi either!

[dalton99a]

32. +1

[ismnotwasm]

10. Windermere. lol

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2018/04/25/windermere-real-estate-set-to-launch-new-logo.html

[AKwannabe]

12. So I forgot the r

Lol

[ismnotwasm]

13. Heh

[WhiskeyGrinder]

14. Is Windemere a neo-Nazi real estate business?

[AKwannabe]

16. Idk

And I am not implying anything about that.

The logo looks like the rune in question for cpac stage. Close the square in the middle...

[WhiskeyGrinder]

18. Here's the thing. We know CPAC are neo-Nazis, whether they use runes or not.

Focusing on the runes makes you see runes everywhere.

[AKwannabe]

19. Yes teacher

This is a general discussion.

I am generally discussing this.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

20. Pretty sure that's what I was doing, too.

[lapucelle]

25. Here's the "about" page on their website.

https://www.windermere.com/about

[paleotn]

15. Like Freud once said...sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

It depends on context. Is Windermere just a run of the mill real estate outfit or is it run by reich wing whack-o-loons? Probably the former and not the later. The GQP on the other hand IS chock full of authoritarians, white supremacists and actual Nazis. Plus, authoritarian types love their symbolism. One of the few things they expend brain power on, other than figuring out who to hate next, is symbolism. So, I'm more apt to think the CPAC bit was intentional. Windermere is just a stylized W.

[AKwannabe]

17. And once you buy

A white Toyota. You see all the white Toyota’s on the road.

I get it. But stood out like a sore thumb after seeing the cpac stage. Not implying WindeRmere is neo nazi

[torius]

21. The Twin Peaks Owl Cave rune

from the newer Twin Peaks was quite similar to the SS one. But, different.

[GeorgeGist]

24. The legend accompanying the pic explains ...

Windermere's new logo, to be revealed on May 1, features interlocking arms signifying connectivity within the company and with its agents and their clients.
COURTESY WINDERMER

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[AKwannabe]

26. Yes

That is in the article I posted a link to.

I saw the cpac stage in the morning and the W logo a few hours later. Really stood out and I looked it up. Gonna change my OP title I think. May suggest what I do not want it too. Even tho I keep responding that I am not implying.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

27. From the Hoarse Whisperer

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

30. Neo-Nazis and white supremacists have been using it as an alternate symbol to the swastika

[Celerity]

31. False pattern recognition fuelled by cognitive bias. Give your mind a hammer and soon far too many

things start to resemble nails.