It’s a toothbrush mustache, and more than one historical person wore them, Charlie Chaplin who Hitler likely copied was one of them.
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So did Hardy from the comedy duo Laurel & Hardy, or Charlie Chaplin.
It was a style of moustache that was very popular for a time until Adolf Hitler came along.
Just like the swastika was fucking everywhere for decades before Hitler usurped it. I've got an early 1900s Sears catalog with swastika watches, pins, clocks. All when Hitler was basically a tween.
Point being: Fascists always steal culture, they never create it.
Was it the swastika? Or was it a mirrored swastika?
The mirrored one WAS a sign of peace and inclusiveness.
Then one asshole changed everything.
I always hated that I’ve found the swatstika frustrating appealing as a shape. Why’d they have to ruin such an interesting geometric symmetry?
That’s not entirely true, they created plenty of unique sigils too, the SS bolts for one.
And the Trump family business wasn’t originally real estate, no. Fred Trump made his fortune with brothels.
shitbirds of a feather.
In Fred Trump's defense, there were a lot of famous people with toothbrush mustaches back then, and Fred Trump simply wore a toothbrush mustache because he was a huge fan of Adolph Hitler.
In Germany we like to call it a "Rotzbremse," which translates to snot brake.
I mean this is unfair what time was this photo taken. Since he was alive before WWII. And then you have the point did people of that time call it Hitler mustache like did everyone just shave it off after WWII. Or was it newer generations who called it that?
I heard it was a WWI response to the necessities of gas masks, following a period of artistic facial hair
I’ve no doubt that this guy isn’t one of humanity’s greatest, but it’s not indicative of anything - well, beyond the war at least.
TIL people think Hitler invented the toothbrush moustache
Shit apples don't fall far from the shit tree
I'd say it's very on the nose, but this time it's arguably under it, not on.
Also evicted Woody Guthrie from his house, and got a diss track from him.
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