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Swasticars (lemmy.ml)

submitted 23 hours ago by [email protected] to c/politicalmemes

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Indeed. Most people don't know what a real Swastika is because of Nazi fuckheads. They don't deserve to be able to continue using the term.

[–] ThePyroPython 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

So yes that is all true.

However, the mental link of the name "Swastika" with the Nazis has had 90 years of reinforcement in popular culture.

If you want to perpetuate a meme that annoys Elon and damages the Tesla brand (because I think they still spend $0 on marketing) then:

"Swasticars" is a very good phrase because it's a portmanteau and everyone (in WEIRD nations) can work it out, have a little giggle, and then spread it as a meme.
Explaining that it's technically incorrect by going "well actually... (Pushes glasses up)" is not going to help spread the meme and is just being a bit pedantic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

By all means I encourage saying anything to pass off Elmo. Was just agreeing with the above point. I can do both.