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Seems like ignorance of the implications, not any desire to a tie themselves to a political stance. I think the “assume positive intent” principle needs to appl
by jdlshore 2y ago
Seems like ignorance of the implications, not any desire to a tie themselves to a political stance. I think the “assume positive intent” principle needs to apply here.
- lexandstuff 2y agoAlso, if you're not from the USA, you're more likely to associate it with the beloved Rowan Atkinson sitcom.
- OJFord 2y agoOr the non-politically-loaded phrase that the sitcom is named for.
- o11c 2y agoThere's a difference between "not politically-loaded decades ago" and "not politically-loaded now". We still let people use the Swastika if they had a harmless tradition of using it beforetime. But if anybody new uses it, we assume it's because of the murder.
- OJFord 2y agoThere's also a difference between 'the USA' and 'the rest of the world'. I don't know how Tso was using it and don't care nor have any reason to defend him, don't mistake me.
- defrost 2y ago> the non-politically-loaded phrase You mean its popularisation and heavy use by William Henry Parker III, Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (from 1950 to 1966)? He very much used it in a loaded manner to portray police as bastions of good and the last defence against "the criminal element". From his wikipedia page: Parker himself was known for his "unambiguous racism". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Parker_(police_officer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Parker_(police_offi...
- o11c 2y agoOf the key members of this drama though, almost all of them live in the USA.
- posting3fasy 2y ago[flagged]
- GlacierFox 2y agoIt's surreal how some people can go from "thin blue line" to swastika in a micro-second. What the f is going on here? Where are you pulling this crap from? haha.
- account42 2y agoIt's the "everyone I don't agree with is a literal nazi" mindset.