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I figured it was something like this. The Nazis appropriated so many symbols from so many different cultures that some are definitely not well known.
Yes to be clear I had heard of the totenkoph or the deaths head before. But it took till this false controversy surrounding it and looking at it. That I realized that I'd seen it other places as well. But didn't know what it was even though I knew the name. Your average person knows far less than even that. Which is why, wherever mass media is reporting on it. Or whenever someone trying to manipulate people emotionally speaks of it. They always frame it as Nazi tattoo. Leaving people to imagine unambiguous or well known symbols like the swastika.
This is why education is important. We saw the Totenkpf in school for the first time in like the 6th grade here (northern Europe).
@andxz @Eldritch Education is important and in 6th grade, I was in a good school but in this country, I never heard of it (maybe it was my lack of hearing but I don't think so).
I just read about Totenkpf. Better late than never. I lost relatives in the camps but it was just not brought up with the kids.
Yep, here in the US it wasn't really touched on.
It's a fucking totenkopf, it's like the third most popular Nazi symbol after the swastika and the lightning bolt.
Well, a death's head is no good, I completely agree. I'm European, though, and so saw these in school relatively early on. I'm just playing the devil's advocate here, but would he have had access to the same level of knowledge?
I'm genuinely curious since I have no (or less, at least) skin in the game.
Maybe my opinion here is twisted because I grew up watching shows on the History Channel (back when it did history) about Nazis and WW2.
That said, I'm pretty sure I learned about Nazi symbols in high school, but I could be misremembering
Sorry we didn't all grow up as enthralled by nazi symbology as you apparently did.
I'd say the mustache is higher on that list than an otherwise generic looking skull and crossbones.
Today I learned that knowing something means that I'm in its thrall.
Good to know!
So disingenuous. It does not look generic at all. This is a generic skull and crossbones ☠️
The death skull is a very specific design