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The twitter account of Homeland Security is run by nazis (europe.pub)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by vga@sopuli.xyz to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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The capital letters imply "1488" and the post is 14 words long, both of which are well-known nazi dog whistles.

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[–] glimse@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What about the capitalized Defending?

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I mean this is closing towards Black Dynamite kind of logic, but ... A = 1, H = 8, H = 8, D = 4. Rearrange and it's 1488. Alone this would be silly, but together with the 14 words and that picture, it's a dog whistle.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Ohhh my mind immediately jumped up HH and missed the 1488 thing.

Yeah that's no coincidence

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

88 is also common shorthand for nazis for the phrase 'heil hitler'. Theres narry a shadow of doubt in my mind everything here is intentional just as you assume it to be.

Its also a lucky number in Chinese I think in part due to its symetry. It's important to know the context each example comes from, but in this context it's certainly exactly what you think it is.