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MrChupon (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 03:55 AM Original message |
Is the Iron Cross making a comeback??? |
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MadProphetMargin (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 03:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. The Iron Cross pre-dates Nazism. It was used as a military decoration |
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MrChupon (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 04:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. But hasn't it been co-opted? |
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MadProphetMargin (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 04:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Absolutely. Maybe it's a subconscious reflex by republicans? |
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Cogito ergo doleo (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 08:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Who's his accountant? |
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Vladimir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 04:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yes indeed... |
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ze_dscherman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 06:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. The Iron Cross was first used 1813 |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 09:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. imperial germany used the iron cross |
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Enraged_Ape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yes, I've seen a lot of these, but all white on a black background |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. Well |
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Kenneth ken (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. West Coast Choppers |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 04:32 AM Response to Original message |
8. It might have to do w/ West Coast Choppers - |
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Enraged_Ape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 04:33 AM Response to Original message |
9. Just a few of the many products you can buy with the White Iron Cross! |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 04:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Many would consider the shape alone to just be a Maltese Cross |
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Enraged_Ape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 05:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I've always heard the two terms used interchangeably |
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Quahog (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 06:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Don't give WCC too much credit |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
12. West Coast Choppers, Independent Skateboard Trucks, and |
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Nimrod (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 06:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Indeed |
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James T. Kirk (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
13. The German government is widely using the cross symbol. |
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Wonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
17. This was widely discussed in the blogosphere back in Feb 04 |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
18. Seen a lot of it also. Mostly amongst Rednecks. |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
20. Not lately. People have been using them for years. |
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GregW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
22. I've seen a lot of these iron crosses lately ... |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-24-04 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
23. its not a Nazi thing |
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