Why there's a Nazi 'SS' flag on display in DeKalb County? (IL)

[struggle4progress]

Thursday, June 23, 2016 10:02 a.m. CDT

There is a Nazi SS flag flying on a pole outside a house along Route 23 ...

“I’m in a motorcycle club, and that flag is always – all Nazi memorabilia has always – been like a shock thing,” he said. “We are not ISIS, I’m not a white supremacist. It’s just a shock thing.”

He went on to say that if homosexuals can fly the rainbow flag, he should be able to fly a flag of what he believes in, which to anyone who asks, isn’t about Nazism ...

The ADL goes on to say that because many people in outlaw biker gangs are racists and white supremacists, sometimes the symbol is about that, too, so it’s hard to determine what it means when used in the motorcycle community ...

http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2016/06/21/editors-desk-why-theres-a-nazi-ss-flag-on-display-in-dekalb-county/aptfqrn/

[onehandle]

1. Elwood: 'Illinois Nazis.' Jake: 'I hate Illinois Nazis.'

[47of74]

3. Yep, the late Henry Gibson

[47of74]

2. Isn't the area kind of infamous for Neo-Nazi activity?

[packman]

4. Old enuff to know - no matter where you go

you will always find an asshole desperate for attention.