This should be the sticking point to invoke the 25th. Officials need to be loud and make a stink about how Trump can’t tell fact from clear fiction and therefore cannot perform the duties of the office. Make the people of America see the image on the news everyday and make those on his side say out loud if they think it’s fake or real. Half of the masses will never be convinced that he lacks the morality to lead until they’re already in his camps. This is the earliest clear as day moment to act on that which cannot be held to subjective scrutiny or partisanship.
Aw, cute wall of text. Thanks for providing nothing of value. Now do the swastika.
I know the context. It’s still a lie. People with that cross on their chest don’t give a shit about its actual history. Dog whistles involve barely plausible deniability, like the distant origins of nazi symbols.
Enjoy defending fascists though.
None of those tats are neo-nazi affiliated lmao
If you think that the army patch and the slogan “Ne desit virtus” are Nazi affiliated, you’re an idiot.
“We the People”? It’s in the preamble in the constitution.
And because he has Christian symbols, that makes him a fascist Nazi?
Wow. And you think maga is a cult.
Aw, cute. Pretending that he can hide behind patriotism.
It’s all nationalism. All of it. This fucker, his boss, and every single member of this administration are wiping their asses with the constitution, so don’t give us this bullshit.
You know which tattoos I’m talking about. You don’t get to say “oh, what? The "patriot” tattoos? Let me list them out! The “christian” tattoos? Let’s gloss over those!"
He doesn’t have a proper cross or a goddamn christian bone in his body. He wears the Jerusalem cross because he loves the crusades because he wants brutal genocidal war with muslims. He literally wrote a book calling for the “American Crusade”. That hasn’t been fucking Christian since the church collected tithes, crowned kings, and executed scientists.
He is a fascist, and he proudly wears symbols of hatred and violence on his skin.
Edit - btw, pay attention to what people respond to! Hellsfire chooses not to acknowledge anything about Hegseth writing a fucking book called the American Crusade. Just more “context”. There’s always more “context”
“It’s called the Jerusalem cross. It’s a historic Christian symbol. In fact, interestingly recently I attended briefly the memorial ceremony of former President Jimmy Carter, on the floor of our national cathedral, on the front page of his program was the very same Jerusalem Cross. It is a Christian religious symbol,” Hegseth said.
Yea, definitely a fascist Nazi. This is from an interview posted on PBS.org
Yes, definitely a fascist. Once more for everyone in the back! Yes, it’s a real symbol from christian history! Sure, it’s inlaid on the floor of a church!
No, Hegseth doesn’t wear it because of his faith!
He wears it because he wants brutal genocidal war against muslims… you know, like an “American Crusade”. He is a fascist who proudly wears these symbols of hatred and violence on his skin.
What a coincidence! This was also from an interview posted on PBS.org.
I’m not defending fascism, I’m talking about symbolism and how it’s perverted and misconstrued. How about you supply evidence for YOUR argument instead of just pointing fingers and calling people names like a child?
Oh dear, I’m sorry if I hurt your feelings. Exactly what names did I call you?
Fascist? I didn’t call you that. I called him that. And he is, regardless of the cross on his chest. I know he is, on account of the everything.
You’re just the one defending him, by pretending that there’s a defensible reason for him to have a neo-nazi dog whistle on his chest. There isn’t. Just like there is no defensible reason for Musk to do two nazi salutes on stage.
They’re fascists blatantly doing fascist things, and pretending otherwise is defending fascism.
Just because a group of degenerates (neo-nazi’s) want to hijack a symbol, does not mean they get to do so.
That’s true. But when a neo-nazi fascist puts one on his chest, we don’t have any reason to pretend it’s anything but a dog whistle. He’s the one doing the hijacking.
I’m not defending him at all. I’m talking about a symbol that people don’t seem to know anything about other than some vague associate with nazism that no one can seem to actually provide evidence for.
Here, before the evidence and scholars, let’s play a quick game. Let’s give the good faith. Let’s say he’s just super enthusiastic about the crusades.
Why? Why is a modern day conservative so obsessed with a brutal, genocidal war between christians and muslims? Is it the aesthetic? Is it the armchair analysis? Or is it because he’s a fucking fascist who loves the idea of a primitive war of brutality against muslims?
> He then writes: “We are just fighting with one hand behind our back – and the enemy knows it … If our warriors are forced to follow rules arbitrarily and asked to sacrifice more lives so that international tribunals feel better about themselves, aren’t we just better off winning our wars according to our own rules?!”
> “It is this bloody, militant intent that comes first when seeking to understand its current usage as a symbol for those pledging their allegiances in contemporary politics — and this is why it has been appropriated by the so-called ‘alt right,’” Hill said.
> White supremacists using Crusaders’ crosses and other medieval imagery on their homemade shields say the time period is an ideal of a white Europe. But medieval scholars say the white supremacists are wrong and the scholars are fighting back.