Back in the EUSSR?

Back in the EUSSR? Notice anything about this European Commission poster? “For three generations, the badge of the Soviet revolution [the hammer and sickle] meant poverty, slavery, torture and death.” No, not that – we mean they left out the Nazi swastika. After all, they were socialists too.

This post was last modified on October 8, 2021

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  • More calls to socialism from the loonies in Europe I see. So how much is it going to cost up to bail them out this time???

    • If they want to retreat to communism, then so be it but not a penny. We better think about that potential reality because it could happen just as easily as a biracial dude with a funny name and a good grasp of reading speeches becoming president of this country.

  • Wait!...So is the left finally admitting that progressivism/socialism *IS* a religion? (with central planners being the alpha and the omaga)

      • so when the atheist crying about God's word on cheerleaders' banners sues, they want their religion to supplant the true one????

        Thank God there are some just judges left in Texas!

  • Not to show my ignorance but what's the little piano and Poseidon's trident represent? Cut me some slack, it's a small screen, looks like a piano.

      • OK, checked the link and I'll buy that, if they say so, about the tablepiano. And the Trident? Feeling lazy, if you don't know don't know don't go looking. More important things.

        • Oh that's in the same link

          it's called a Trishul (Hinduism)
          The three prongs of the trishul represents God Shiva as creator, preserver and destroyer

          • Knew I was screwing up, told you I was feeling lazy and quit after the first one, but the smack-down was GREATLY appreciated and proly won't leave a mark. ;)

          • NO! that was no smack down...I didn't know either until I stumbled upon that link. Here...*smooch* boo-boo all better now.

          • God, I love ya Doc. Thanks for no offense, and in my haste above I forgot, "thank you, Ma'am, may I have another.", about the smacking thing. Check the stars if it's clear out, quite a show.

            Nice to see Rose back, wasn't it? Now if we just knew KQueen was ok.

          • love you too Ghost.

            haven't checked your latest url, but i will.
            I look to the east and i have so much light noise, ugh, but i did see one streak, It's way too cold to go find a dark place to view from, but it's early yet (relatively speaking) so i maybe watching later, idk. be safe y'all.

          • Yeah, I'm glad rose is back, and I hope KQ returns soon, but she is known to take long breaks from this site. Oh, and I love you too...(along with a dozen or so other people around here.)

          • So your standard presumption is that everyone wants a smooch?

            If it's coming from drb, then the answer is an unequivocal YES!!!

          • No, but he was talking about a "crushed spirit" *after* I gave a smooch to another fella. So it's a reasonable conclussion. Is it not?

          • Thus in Shiva we find the unity of pre-Aryan, Aryan and post-Aryan religious development and an evolution of synthesis. here's your nazi tie in.

          • yep, the swastika

            It signifies peace and prosperity or at least that is what it was meant to be until Hitler adopted it.

          • hitler wanted peace and prosperity too. that's why he adopted it. but his peace and prosperity coincided with the muslim peace and prosperity, insofar as the only way they can achieve it is through the destruction of Israel, thus removing the real source of Peace and Prosperity.

          • Kinda knew that about the swastika, being ancient I mean, didn't they flip it? There's an interesting thing about the cross too, but it's late, and I have perlcat's guidance to follow. This damn infernal machine."

          • I was just signing off, but seriously? I can do a side by side real fast if you'd like to see, can't tell when you're yanking my chain sometimes. And have no clue what it's like but you amaze me at times.

          • The word swastika comes from the Sanskrit svastika, which means “good fortune” or “well-being." The motif (a hooked cross) appears to have first been used in Neolithic Eurasia, perhaps representing the movement of the sun through the sky. To this day it is a sacred symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Odinism. It is a common sight on temples or houses in India or Indonesia. Swastikas also have an ancient history in Europe, appearing on artifacts from pre-Christian European cultures.

            if memory serves, the navajo have a similar symbol, but it's lacking one crook, and I believe that is the one that is reversed from the swastika.

          • Busted again, flipped is kinda photoshop speak, meaning , aw jeez, it flips the writing on your shirt too, turned is called rotating. {not your fault, still wide awake BRB}.

          • It's ok Ghost, I'll take you're word on that one. Take care of your computer.
            Wait you mean it got "turned on point" rather than "flipped" right?

  • That poster is the logical outcome of moral relativism. Everything is equal, each to his own, no political system or religion is objectively superior to any other. Liberals have a lust for inclusiveness and despise rightness - don't even believe in rightness. So let's put the hammer & sickle and Muslim symbol higher than any other symbols. Why not?

  • To be perfectly honest, I'm shocked Daniel Hannan hasn't had a spot of radioactive tea already, if you know what I mean.

  • They really screwed up by not making it a red star. Comrade Putin ain't gonna be happy.

    Actually, considering the blue and gold perhaps it was designed by some Cal Berkeley educated commie from the People's Republic of Berkeley, CA.

  • Hard to fathom, until you think about who these people are. Soviets murdered their millions of Hebrews, too, but it's much more fashionable to be a socialist than a Nazi.

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