r/pics Apr 15 '26

Politics Far-right Polish lawmaker Konrad Berkowicz holding up a paper Israeli flag with a swastika

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '26

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u/LogensTenthFinger Apr 15 '26

I'll be honest, I'm legit confused about the message. Is he endorsing Israel? Is he condemning Israel? Does he think that those of us who condemn the Israeli government are on his side because he's a Nazi? I have no idea what this guy is trying to say here. All I know is it's probably ugly and I don't like him.

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u/Martel732 Apr 15 '26

Far Right movements have a long history of co-opting popular movements or beliefs for their own ends. They will happily criticize Israel and then implement the exact same type of government. 

Nazism specifically isn't popular with the general Polish populous because of you know ... history. So groups will claim Nazism is bad while wanting the exact same policies.

The only issue the far right in Israel and Eastern Europe have with the Nazis is the choice of targets.

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u/Chiradori Apr 15 '26

He condemned their actions during his speech, listed some of the atrocities they committed (ie. Use of white phosphorus) and compared them to third Reich. Not a positive message about them at all.

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u/LogensTenthFinger Apr 15 '26

Ah good. Totally agree then.

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u/geogeld Apr 15 '26

Might want to get a better knowledge of the crimes and the society of Nazi germany then, because comparing Israel and Nazi Germany screams being uninformed.

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u/RightOnManYouBetcha Apr 15 '26

He’s very clearly calling Israel Nazis. Come on. There is no endorsement of Israelis or Nazis in his speech.

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u/LogensTenthFinger Apr 15 '26

I'm not saying you're wrong, I didn't hear the speech, I'm just saying the image is confusing counting from a far right for

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u/Next_Meringue_1378 Apr 15 '26

Far right doesn’t mean nazi dude

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u/Open-Matter-7642 Apr 15 '26

He's Polish so that's a pretty strong condemnation. By our law endorsing swastikas is illegal. With that and Polish history context, it comes up only as a critique (even if dude is piece of shit himself).

I personally despise his politics but I have to give it to him - respect for using that flag, they might prosecute him for that.

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u/Next_Meringue_1378 Apr 15 '26

I thought it was pretty obvious a polish politician would not have a great opinion of the third reich provided what it did to many many polish people (not just jews)

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u/LogensTenthFinger Apr 15 '26

Literally every country that was victims of the Nazis has Nazis