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canetoad

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21. Don't forget

Reply to Uncle Joe (Reply #2)

Sun May 31, 2026, 09:08 PM

May 31

Blue, in the rest of the world, is the colour of Conservatives - blue bloods. Right wingers adopting blue is a relatively recent event brought about by media entities using blue during the 2000 election.

Why is the Democratic Party associated with the color blue?
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The idea of using colors to denote political parties was popularized by TV news broadcasts, which used color-coded maps during presidential elections. However, there was no uniformity in color choices, with different media outlets using different colors. Some followed the British tradition of using blue for conservatives (Republicans) and red for liberals (Democrats). However, during the 2000 U.S. presidential election—and the lengthy battle to determine the winner—prominent news sources denoted Republicans as red and Democrats as blue, and these associations have persisted.
https://www.britannica.com/question/Why-is-the-Democratic-Party-associated-with-the-color-blue

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The History of Skulls in Tattooing: A Symbol of Life, Death, and Everything In Between [View all] Uncle Joe May 31 OP

"So you take on symbols as a form of emotional armor" WhiskeyGrinder May 31 #1

That's the point of the OP, those symbols aren't exclusive to the NAZIS Uncle Joe May 31 #2

The totenkopf is. WhiskeyGrinder May 31 #3

That's just a German word for skull and bones. Uncle Joe May 31 #4

It means 'death's head'. nt Celerity May 31 #12

No it is not, that's a false claim. The Totenkopf was used in the German military almost 200 years before the Nazis. Celerity May 31 #11

Eh, I got sloppy. WhiskeyGrinder May 31 #14

Non sequitur. My rebuttal was addressing your claim that the Totenkopf symbol was exclusive to the Nazis. Celerity May 31 #15

As one who leans toward facts, logic and reason, Abolishinist May 31 #20

ty Celerity May 31 #22

This ought to be it's own post luv2fly May 31 #23

Factually correct sarisataka May 31 #25

Don't forget canetoad May 31 #21

Lovely... justifying NAZI tattoos WarGamer May 31 #5

We're talking about skull and bones which is universal. n/t Uncle Joe May 31 #6

taht's not the tattoo in question re: the candidate WarGamer May 31 #7

Skull and crossbones is what we're talking about. Uncle Joe May 31 #9

Not that skull and crossbones. That one is very specific to the Nazis. Iggo Jun 1 #27

I hope we see the same effort sarisataka May 31 #8

We will see a blue tsunami so Uncle Joe May 31 #10

It takes more to win an election sarisataka May 31 #16

That's true but you can't ignore a dysfunctional system that profits Uncle Joe May 31 #17

My wife is diabetic sarisataka May 31 #18

Well with her stock holdings, the more you pay, the more money Collins makes, Uncle Joe May 31 #19

You can have a skull tattoo Boo1 May 31 #13

Where's your paragraph on nazi use? stumpysbear May 31 #24

Okay. Now do the swastika. jmbar2 May 31 #26

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