cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/36849824
Republicans have a Nazi porn problem, again. Virginia Republican lieutenant governor nominee John Reid is facing mounting political pressure after a report tied him to a Tumblr blog that reposted Nazi-themed pornography and violent sexual content. The allegations, which Reid has denied, have fueled fresh calls for his withdrawal from the race.
Nazi…porn.
Huh.
Well, turns out I HAVEN’T seen everything yet. Quite honestly, I’m not even sure how that would work. Is it like nazi guards in uniform, but they’re fucking? Are there Jews being murdered here? Is it just guys doing the hitler salute, but not using their arms?
I guess I just don’t understand the core concept.
This is a good moment to also ask “do I want to understand the core concept?”.
This is a moment where I’m good with ignorance.
In a nutshell, it’s swastika tattoos.
This politician followed an account with a fetishized racial name (“obedient slur”) that that posted, among other things, shirtless men with swastika tattoos and comments about white power.
The politician re-posted a shirtless man in his underwear without any swastikas from that account.
Essentially, to me it looks like the openly gay politician was looking at fetish content and re-posting non-fetish content a long time ago and should have used a different username.
I haven’t looked, but I’m sure all the rest of what you mentioned exists, though. Plus all of them being furries.
Whoa, whoa, WHOA. Most furries are lovely humans who hate fascism more than average. Don’t lump them in with these freaks.
Oh yeah, I didn’t mean to indict furries as a whole, but to point out the crossover exists because it’s interesting.
Know Your Meme has a good breakdown of the culture, starting in 2005. Wikifur also has an article about it.
And it’s not hard for all of the things he described to be furry. That’s the joke.
There are explanations of some things in the article (unfortunately I’ve read them and I wish I had not)