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What do they hate?

masswerk 4y ago
I guess, the Warsaw Pact – as Helmut Schmidt (German chancellor 1974 - 1982) had been a strong supporter of NATO's Pershing II rearmament? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Schmidt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Schmidt
- braingenious 4y ago
  I genuinely have never heard of this hate symbol, to clarify: the people that use three arrows in a logo hate signatories to the warsaw pact?
  - masswerk 4y ago
    This was rather a historical joke, in order to provide some cognitive dissonance. (Assuming, the background of this "hate symbol" interpretation is something like Prager U. I really can't think of any other source for this than the developing culture wars and certain talking points by certain institutions, i.e., "we hate them, hence, they must have hated us first, thus, this has to be illegal".) Historically, the three-arrows symbol emerged in 1932 as a symbol of resistance against the NSDAP and was adopted as the official symbol of the German social-democratic party (SPD) that same year. It symbolises an equidistance from the NSDAP, the communist KPD, and monarchism. In this context, it was decried as a symbol of a "social fascist terror organisation" by the KPD, while conservative parties hedged fears of a people's front at that very same time. It was also adopted by social-democrats in other countries, e.g. by the SPÖ in Austria (also 1932). Wikipedia cites a slogan "neither Stalin's slaves nor Hitler's henchmen" in the context of this symbol. This is as much "hate" as you may get from this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Arrows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Arrows BTW, the social-democrat three-arrows symbol is three parallel arrows pointing downwards left inside a circle, while the Three Arrows Capital logo is three arrows fanning out and pointing to the upper right, intersected by a quadrant of a circle. Where the former is blocky and in uniform color (most often white on red), the latter is multicolored and drawn in fine lines. The two symbols have about nothing in common.
    - braingenious 4y ago
      Thank you for your explanation! That’s fascinating!
      - masswerk 4y ago
        I really wish, certain groups would leave European history alone, instead of twisting it for the purpose of their talking points. (Compare, "Hitler was a socialist", "Hitler was an atheist", etc – but this is really as off-topic as it is disgusting.)

What do they hate?

I guess, the Warsaw Pact – as Helmut Schmidt (German chancellor 1974 - 1982) had been a strong supporter of NATO's Pershing II rearmament? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Schmidt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Schmidt

braingenious 4y ago
I genuinely have never heard of this hate symbol, to clarify: the people that use three arrows in a logo hate signatories to the warsaw pact?
- masswerk 4y ago
  This was rather a historical joke, in order to provide some cognitive dissonance. (Assuming, the background of this "hate symbol" interpretation is something like Prager U. I really can't think of any other source for this than the developing culture wars and certain talking points by certain institutions, i.e., "we hate them, hence, they must have hated us first, thus, this has to be illegal".) Historically, the three-arrows symbol emerged in 1932 as a symbol of resistance against the NSDAP and was adopted as the official symbol of the German social-democratic party (SPD) that same year. It symbolises an equidistance from the NSDAP, the communist KPD, and monarchism. In this context, it was decried as a symbol of a "social fascist terror organisation" by the KPD, while conservative parties hedged fears of a people's front at that very same time. It was also adopted by social-democrats in other countries, e.g. by the SPÖ in Austria (also 1932). Wikipedia cites a slogan "neither Stalin's slaves nor Hitler's henchmen" in the context of this symbol. This is as much "hate" as you may get from this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Arrows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Arrows BTW, the social-democrat three-arrows symbol is three parallel arrows pointing downwards left inside a circle, while the Three Arrows Capital logo is three arrows fanning out and pointing to the upper right, intersected by a quadrant of a circle. Where the former is blocky and in uniform color (most often white on red), the latter is multicolored and drawn in fine lines. The two symbols have about nothing in common.
  - braingenious 4y ago
    Thank you for your explanation! That’s fascinating!
    - masswerk 4y ago
      I really wish, certain groups would leave European history alone, instead of twisting it for the purpose of their talking points. (Compare, "Hitler was a socialist", "Hitler was an atheist", etc – but this is really as off-topic as it is disgusting.)