Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 23 hours agoSS style lightning bolt "N⚡S" on an ICE agents helmetlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1727arrow-down138
arrow-up1689arrow-down1external-linkSS style lightning bolt "N⚡S" on an ICE agents helmetlemmy.worldSine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 23 hours agomessage-square119fedilink
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-27 hours agoThey’re using the wrong symbol: the rune ᛋ is not a lightning bolt ⚡. That old Norse symbol for sun ☀️ inspired theirs. Nazis need to get their symbols right. We also need to defend our thunderbolts ⚡ from confusion.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 hours agoSo the ss were or weren’t the sun suns? We have to get this sorted.
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-26 hours agoIt’s pronounced [s] or [z], so ᛋᛋ can stand for SS. German mystic revisionism associated it with victory instead of sun.
They’re using the wrong symbol: the rune ᛋ is not a lightning bolt ⚡. That old Norse symbol for sun ☀️ inspired theirs.
Nazis need to get their symbols right. We also need to defend our thunderbolts ⚡ from confusion.
So the ss were or weren’t the sun suns? We have to get this sorted.
It’s pronounced [s] or [z], so ᛋᛋ can stand for SS. German mystic revisionism associated it with victory instead of sun.