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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

Sunday

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 Sunday OP

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

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

The totenkopf is. WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #3

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

It means 'death's head'. nt Celerity Sunday #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 Sunday #11

Eh, I got sloppy. WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #14

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

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

ty Celerity Sunday #22

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

Factually correct sarisataka Sunday #25

Don't forget canetoad Sunday #21

Lovely... justifying NAZI tattoos WarGamer Sunday #5

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

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

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

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

I hope we see the same effort sarisataka Sunday #8

We will see a blue tsunami so Uncle Joe Sunday #10

It takes more to win an election sarisataka Sunday #16

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

My wife is diabetic sarisataka Sunday #18

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

You can have a skull tattoo Boo1 Sunday #13

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

Okay. Now do the swastika. jmbar2 Sunday #26

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