In Which Godwin's Law Finally Comes to the Occupy Protests

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Nazi comparisons have most definitely jumped the shark.

Westside forever on October 17, 2011 at 3:39 PM

Don't they realize that the Nazis were also PEOPLE who were DOING THINGS in COLLECTIVE FASHIONS? Don't they realize that HITLER also had GOALS and PURPOSES? Don't they know that MANY Nazis were also MEN AND/OR WOMEN?!??!

balderdash on October 17, 2011 at 3:40 PM

Congratulations Flying Monkeys!

THIS JUST IN:

Cheerleader To Remain Off Squad Statement released by AHS Principal Lucy Munoz at 3 p.m. Monday: [OCTOBER 17]

The Alice I.S.D. has recently reviewed the recent removal of a student from the Alice High School Cheerleading Squad. After reviewing the Alice I.S.D. Student Code of Conduct and the Cheer Program Handbook, the removal will stay in effect. The student’s parents are in agreement with the district’s decision.

The student code of conduct and cheer handbook are designed to improve conduct and encourage students to adhere to their responsibilities as members of the school community. The student and parents are clearly aware that the student was not removed from the squad for kissing another student at school. While the student is free to discuss certain aspects of his discipline in the media, the District cannot discuss the specifics of this incident and must respect the privacy rights of the students involved in this matter.....

on October 17, 2011 at 3:45 PM

The final conclusion is correct.

They are freaking out, and are starting to realize their day in the sun is ending.

Will in Seattle on October 17, 2011 at 3:46 PM

Nazis wore pants too.

giffy on October 17, 2011 at 3:50 PM

AND they put them on one leg at a time - just like (gasp!) these protesters!

I mean, what MORE proof does one need?

COMTE on October 17, 2011 at 3:58 PM

I don't know, no matter how innocent its origin, I find the rotated hashtag arm thing kind of creepy also, if only because it invites this kind of reaction.

rejemy on October 17, 2011 at 3:58 PM

I don't now which is creepier -- Pajamas' swastika allusion, or OWS's move to own the hashtag symbol.

RonK, Seattle on October 17, 2011 at 4:07 PM

I pried the 3 key off my keyboard and threw it away. It had a hashtag on it and I don't need that Nazi shit on MY American computer hardware!

Zebes on October 17, 2011 at 4:08 PM

@9 -- you should probably also get rid of H, I, T, L, E, R, N, A, Z, and maybe S, just to be safe. And the +/= key, as a plus symbol is really just a swastika waiting to happen.

Dexter on October 17, 2011 at 4:19 PM

Conservatives are not "freaking out". Most of them are barely aware that OWS exists, and when they do think of it, they think it's mostly ignorable. Which it is. The kooks at Pajama Media get something to fulminate breathlessly about for a few minutes, but it's not really making that big an impression, other than to confirm some prejudices that were already there.

Fnarf on October 17, 2011 at 4:30 PM

>:-#(

sirkowski on October 17, 2011 at 4:35 PM

Is it even true that Nazis were anti-capitalist? I thought they liked capitalism just fine as long as industry coordinated its efforts with the state.

piminnowcheez on October 17, 2011 at 4:56 PM

@12 - we should add that to charles' list of slog-post-decoding emoticons. angry nazi!

AmyC on October 17, 2011 at 4:58 PM

@13 Capitalism implies a free market, which they certainly did not promote. But they were not communists in that they did not want 'the people' owning things, nor did they want equality of wealth. They wanted state control of the economy though.

giffy on October 17, 2011 at 5:05 PM

Ah, Wikipedia tells me that I am wrong. Nazis did not like capitalism, although their problem seems to have been primarily with the financial sector, which, y'know. Jews.

I knew that fascism is not described as a coherent ideology, but man, Nazis on economics is a hot mess.

piminnowcheez on October 17, 2011 at 5:06 PM

The hashtag also looks suspiciously like a tic-tac-toe game. I'm not quite sure what to make of that, but I'm certain it must be insidious somehow.

Reverse Polarity on October 17, 2011 at 5:11 PM

It's a sharp sign, which, on the piano, means BLACK KEYS. RACIST!

pox on October 17, 2011 at 5:11 PM

@16 - And don't forget that Nazi meant National Socialist, which ill-educated conservatives often take to mean that the Nazis were liberals.

evilvolus on October 17, 2011 at 5:12 PM

@17 It must mean that the OWSers are promoting Global Thermonuclear War.

dirac on October 17, 2011 at 5:17 PM

@2 Love.

What with the Occupy Everywhere going global, maybe we could call the OWS peeps Global Socialists? Glozis it is.

That is, if it was actually a socialist movement and not just one that wants to see capitalism be actually regulated. Though I still like Glozis.

OuterCow on October 17, 2011 at 5:20 PM

I've always preferred to call it "poundsign". That's what they call it on a phone. Whatever you do, don't listen to those dangerous lunatics who call it an "octothorpe".

Fnarf on October 17, 2011 at 5:44 PM

@15, capitalism does not imply a free market. It implies that the investor/capitalist/bourgeoisie class controls the means of production, and that the banking and securities markets exist to accumulate capital for the interests of that class. In many cases, this means restrictions on the free market, as with the patent and copyright system, or subsidies to big business. As long as the interests of capital are put before the interests of the people, it's capitalism. All that "free market" mumbo-jumbo is propaganda. The same goes for "free" trade.

Cascadian on October 17, 2011 at 5:48 PM

This is what happens when you let people start using the old reliable number sign for letters and words and such.

Where will it end?

RonK, Seattle on October 17, 2011 at 6:36 PM

Wehrmacht soldiers slept in tents just like OWS!1!1!!!1!!!

Y.F. Redux on October 17, 2011 at 6:43 PM

This won't stick - the Nazis were waaay snappier dressers.

yelahneb on October 17, 2011 at 7:33 PM

I need the best legal minds in Puget Sound on this.

Ok.

Hempfest.

3 days of lawbreaking.

Pot. Drugs. Drug dealers.

No arrests.

Now, Westlake.

Tents.

Arrests.

Why are illegal drugs ok in Myrtle Edwards, but Tents are a major felony inviting arrest and forcible seizure?

Suggestion:

Decriminalize Tents.

Make Tents an unenforced misdemeanor.

Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on October 17, 2011 at 7:45 PM

Hashtag THIS, mofo!

Timrrr on October 17, 2011 at 8:06 PM

I suppose goddamn Twitter means we're stuck with "hash sign" and "hash tag," but I always liked (and still use) the term "barb" for the sign—it looks prickly, like barbed-wire barbs, but it started out as the acronym BARB, for button-at-right-bottom (on the telephone keypad).

Like STAR (the button at left bottom), BARB is short, descriptive, and doesn't need to be paired with another word like "sign" or "symbol."

"Hash" always makes me think of dog food. I'll keep on my lonely path of using "barb." And for OWS, maybe they can think of it as a burr under the saddle.

rob! on October 17, 2011 at 8:39 PM

@22: OCTOTHORPE.

venomlash on October 18, 2011 at 12:03 AM

Fascism is basically the tight collusion of the state and industrialists. Typically using state power (police/military) to enforce & defend industrial interests.

treacle on October 18, 2011 at 1:17 AM

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