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Nazi Airplane lands on Georgia Highway

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TatteredHat

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I mean, someone with better judgement would have probably left the swastika out of the final design.

So either the guy is a dumbass, or a dumbass and a Nazi sympathizer.
 
Lamel

Lamel

Banned
If it's not the guys plane I dunno what to think really. Swastika could be left off, so whoever designed this could have been smarter. Good on him for being able to land it on the highway.
 
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Geist-

Member
dpunk3 said:
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LMAO, is that photoshop or a Trump look-alike?
 
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Divvy

Canadians burned my passport
I kind of feel like people assuming you are a Nazi is just the risk you run when you choose the Nazi skin option
 
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L Thammy

Member
Neo_Geo said:
TIL: The NeoGAF Hivemind does not approve of authentic replicas.

I don't approve of what the symbol means, but I am thankfully smart enough to not force myself to equate any visual of it as a negative bar none.
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Does it count as an authentic replica if it's just a Nazi paint job over a different kind of plane?
 
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Imperfected

Member
Call me crazy, but if you ask me to drive your truck with a "Make America Great" bumper sticker on it through a state with a huge minority population that still has problems with the KKK marching/demonstrating in full regalia, I'd probably just go ahead and tape something over the fucking bumper sticker.

Then again, I'm not an expert on the deep traditions of WW2 Nazi fandom, so I probably don't know about how a swastika sears through any attempt at covering it like the Eye of Sauron or something. Please, educate me.
 
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willy_2

Neo Member
Imperfected said:
Call me crazy, but if you ask me to drive your truck with a "Make America Great" bumper sticker on it through a state with a huge minority population that still has problems with the KKK marching/demonstrating in full regalia, I'd probably just go ahead and tape something over the fucking bumper sticker.

Then again, I'm not an expert on the deep traditions of WW2 Nazi fandom, so I probably don't know about how a swastika sears through any attempt at covering it like the Eye of Sauron or something. Please, educate me.
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swastikas are pretty standard on ww2 german militaria. even most surplus mausers that were imported to the u.s from that era have them.
 
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Imperfected

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willy_2 said:
swastikas are pretty standard on ww2 german militaria. even most surplus mausers that were imported to the u.s from that era have them.
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Okay you thoroughly missed the entire fucking point so I'm going to just ask you to read the post you're replying to again. Do it better this time.
 
Business

Business

Member
The guy painted the plane like a Bf-109, Hartmann style black tulip in the nose.

Personally when I used to play WWII flight simulators I flew with the swastika, as did pretty much everyone else and not because it's a far right community, but because people appreciates historical accuracy and censored planes stick like a sore thumb.

If this had been a Bf-109 replica I'd totally understand the swastika. Not being one I can see why it may feel a bit gratuitous, but I want to think the guy is more of an aviation buff having his poor man's version than a national socialist sympathizer.
 
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Kilrogg

paid requisite penance
SpeedOfNuts said:
The guy painted the plane like a Bf-109, Hartmann style black tulip in the nose.

Personally when I used to play WWII flight simulators I flew with the swastika, as did pretty much everyone else and not because it's a far right community, but because people appreciates historical accuracy and censored planes stick like a sore thumb.

If this had been a Bf-109 replica I'd totally understand the swastika. Not being one I can see why it may feel a bit gratuitous, but I want to think the guy is more of an aviation buff having his poor man's version than a national socialist sympathizer.
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It's one thing to display such a loaded symbol within the virtual confines of an online game where everybody is on the same page and necessarily knows about the game and the make-believe nature of it all. It's another to have your real-life plane sport it in broad daylight for everyone and their mother to see. You don't live in a world of plane hobbyists and history buffs, so you shouldn't expect people to be perfectly fine with this.

[FAKE EDIT] Like most things, it's another case of "context matters", really.
 
Chuckie

Chuckie

Member
What a Kawaii Chibi Messerschmitt! <3


Seriously though. Don't put nazi symbols on a thing like that. If it was a accurate replica I could accept it, but not this abomination.
 
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PlayALLtheGames

Banned
E92 M3 said:
Not the same thing at all. Seems like you're not applying any logic. Are you saying all history buffs are nazis or sympathize with people that commit genocide? Are people that drive BMWs Nazis because the company once supplied Nazis?

Someone painted his plane because he thought it looked cool and likes history. It's not the end of the world.
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I'm not applying logic but you're equating BMWs to swastikas. Alright.

Not sure how to explain this to you. Well, let me try it this way: BMWs aren't swastikas.

Painting swastikas on your plane, or anything, isn't cool and it has nothing to do with "liking history."

Never said it was the end of the world either. Just that this guy is likely a white trash piece of shit who doesn't think Nazis were all that bad. That's the logical conclusion about someone who said he put a swastika on his plane "for fun."

I mean wtf we have a defense force for swastikas now? You're fine with people putting swastikas on their property because they think it's "cool"? Or dressing up as Hitler for Halloween because they "like history"?
 
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E92 M3

Member
PlayALLtheGames said:
I'm not applying logic but you're equating BMWs to swastikas. Alright.

Not sure how to explain this to you. Well, let me try it this way: BMWs aren't swastikas.

Painting swastikas on your plane, or anything, isn't cool and it has nothing to do with "liking history."

Never said it was the end of the world either. Just that this guy is likely a white trash piece of shit who doesn't think Nazis were all that bad. That's the logical conclusion about someone who said he put a swastika on his plane "for fun."

I mean wtf we have a defense force for swastikas now? You're fine with people putting swastikas on their property because they think it's "cool"? Or dressing up as Hitler for Halloween because they "like history"?
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A dude strapped for cash trying to replicate a German airplane is not offensive. Are you Jewish? Have you had family in the Holocaust? How about you saving the "defense force" name calling for something that actually matters.

This is about as innocuous as it gets. If it wasn't by accident, we wouldn't have even seen this plane. The pilot wasn't advertising it like the KKK or other groups.
 
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4Tran

Member
A lot of WWII aficionados are crazy about the smallest details, so a swastika on the tail wouldn't be out of the ordinary. However, a lot of WWII aficionados are also Nazi fetishists so the guy's not in the clear! Anyways, the plane looks like it's designed to replicate the Me-163, and I'm not sure why anyone would want to build something like that. Those things were absolute deathtraps so it's just courting bad karma. Offhand the only thing that would be worse is a replica of the MXY-7.
 
QuantumZebra

QuantumZebra

Member
Apdiddy said:
It's Gwinnett County, they are harder right than Hannity/Limbaugh combined.
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You must have lived in GA years ago or not at all.

Almost all of the North Metro Atlanta area (essentially everything within an hour of ATL to the north) is turning blue or blue already. Those also happen to be the most highly populated and diverse areas.

Combined with Athens and Savannah, GA will turn blue in the next 2 elections.
 
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Flo_Evans

Member
I think leaving the swastika is fine on an actual historic plane.

But if you are building a kit in your garage that doesn't even look anything like the real plane IDK if I buy the "historically accurate!" excuse.
 
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