• Alamutjones
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    5 hours ago

    these rallies are anti-nazi too.

    That may have been the goal originally, but I’ve definitely seen more swastikas than I would like…

    There’s some bad actors who have latched on, maybe

    • Aradina [She/They]@lemmy.ml
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      Nazis aren’t really going to rallies where the chants include “always was, always will be!” “Aboriginal land” or “no justice, no peace, no racist police” because they support the cause. But they might rock up to agitate and divert media attention away from them.

      Any amount of swasticas are too many though. I got a cheapo kogan thermal printer so I can cover them on the fly with pictures of my cat. Haven’t actually had to use it for that yet though.

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        5 hours ago

        I’ve seen them. Remember I live in the CBD, so I see basically any protest that occurs.

        It’s not many, but since (like you) my preferred number of Nazis would be zero, I find it a tad concerning