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Pony Aryanne with Armbinder doing a Sieg Heil salute, drawn by an 8chan Anon.

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  • acrusader said:
    Believe it or not, before Hitler started using it, this was a roman salute. Also what the fuck? For what reason does this need to exist?

    The swastika was also a symbol of peace used by another culture prior to Hitler reincorporating it as the emblem for his reich.
    Also, I wish I could answer your question.

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  • acrusader said:
    Believe it or not, before Hitler started using it, this was a roman salute.

    It actually wasn't; the earliest reference was a 1784 painting, and even then it was more an "all-for-one" between bros than a ritual symbol. Of course, nothing trumps fact-checking like a zesty art meme, so when the Fascists swept Italy they adopted it as part of the PR claim to the Old Empire (and Hitler made up a "German" tradition to pretend he wasn't cribbing it from Benny). Ironically, the closest actual salute then in use was the original American Pledge of Allegiance.
    (All citations derived from this article )

    krovi said:
    The swastika was also a symbol of peace used by another culture prior to Hitler reincorporating it as the emblem for his reich.

    Wrote this up elsewhere, but it's a fun little factoid. :3

    acrusader said:
    Also what the fuck? For what reason does this need to exist?

    Vets from the last war are dying off; if at first you don't succeed..? :/

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