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In reply to the discussion: Strafgesetzbuch Section 86a - Important reason why it exists. Time for the US to wake up. [View all]marylandblue
(12,344 posts)16. Here is the problem with that approach
Below is a link to a list of 178 symbols use by alt-right groups. Most don't have swastikas. Some are just boots. Some are numbers. And what about Pepe the frog? He started out as just a regular cartoon. No matter how many symbols you ban, it won't change their minds. These groups will find something else. If Germany has not returned to the horrors of the past, it is because they are far more vigilant about these groups than we are. On the other hand we are just now waking up from our comforting delusion that it can't happen here. Hopefully we have not woken up too late.
www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols?page=1
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Strafgesetzbuch Section 86a - Important reason why it exists. Time for the US to wake up. [View all]
Pachamama
Aug 2017
OP
And yet far right white nationalist parties have more electoral success Germany than in the US
funflower
Aug 2017
#18
I've long argued that this country needs a serious discussion about destructive propaganda
Oak2004
Aug 2017
#25
"I believe the US Congress should pass a law that bans these symbols and salutes from being used"
PoliticAverse
Aug 2017
#26
I sure agree with you about how very fast things in this country have gotten worse.
PatrickforO
Aug 2017
#29