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      10 months ago

      Could be 88 Rising. The asian music production company that has some great Asian artists.

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            Not used to be. Still are. Symbols can represent a lot of things, and it’s an ignorant person to assume that they MUST represent the bad one.

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              That’s exactly what the Nazi’s say. These two lighting bolts? It’s nothing bro! I just like the number 88! 14 is my lucky number! Etc etc

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                See it’s funny you say that. My neighbor had a pumpkin that I SWORE was two lightning bolts, til I looked at it properly and it was the KISS logo. And say what you want about being a KISS fan, it’s a lot better than the conclusion that was initially reached. Benign explanations for things exist, and you have to look at more than a license plate to get an idea of someone’s beliefs.

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              it’s an even more ignorant ass person who ignores cultural context. i see a white person in the us waving around swatstikas and 88 i’m not going “well, in india and china…”

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                Sure sure. Unfortunately, this photo doesn’t have any of them. We have a license plate, with the words “BOOG88” from Indiana. Sure, it COULD be a reference to the two things OP alludes to. Or it could be someone born in 88 who loves the movie Open Season, or any of a dozen other rational explanations that don’t lead to blind hate. Innocent until PROVEN guilty and all that jazz.

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                  or we could like, NOT enable obvious dogwhistling by bending over backwards to give people the benefit of a doubt

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      Why are you surfing lemmy and driving? And don’t gimme that "I’m a passenger " bullshit, eyes on the road Fam!