Mat TL;DF MacShane on Nostr: Because it's inauthentic, dishonorable, and ignorant to go that route. If your cause ...

Because it's inauthentic, dishonorable, and ignorant to go that route. If your cause purportedly represents NS, Tradition, and Identity, going that route renders it self-refuting and reflects a complete lack of self-awareness. It's arguably not just a "bad look," but the worst look, and constitutes a 'diss' on yourself as well as the people you think you're honoring. The practice resembles intellectual property theft and can be considered cultural appropriation or misappropriation at the very least. Anglos and Americans especially already take flak for rootlessness and assuming artificial identities; even the 'Irish thing' or "Irish Pride" can be referred to as plastic paddy syndrome elsewhere. It's one thing if someone else calls you "Nazi" or "The Nazi," it's another thing entirely and laughable when people who cannot speak German fluently or even read German documents call themselves one. Even in corny American sub-cultures, it's the most disreputable practice - you're the ultimate "poser" in a music scene, or the ultimate "farb" among historical re-enactors. It also mirrors the behaviors of individuals with no true sense of self, negotiable fluid identities, and the most detested personality disorders: borderlines and narcissists. And so on.

In theory, there are other versions of the swastika or Hakenkreuz that could be used. Anglo-Saxons had the fylfot cross which isn't very different, and quite old. Many people like the triskelion or "triple 7," and while some 'fringe' South African nationalist party used it, practically no one knows who they are. There are other variations, as well as other symbols; it's not exactly hard work. We also have many artistic and creative types in the Movement, men and women, if folks want to take a new way. The easiest path of least resistance is for a different kind of people.