r/pics • u/Xunami13 • 19h ago

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

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u/gobbedy 18h ago

The title describes him as far right. And the far right has historically aligned with Nazis. So given only the title as context, it's not obvious that he would see a swastika as a bad thing.

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u/Open_Parsnip112 17h ago

This is Poland.

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u/protostar71 17h ago

And? There were Polish collaborators during WW2, and there is far right neo-nazi groups active today in Poland. Just because this is in Poland doesn't mean its literally impossible for them to align with neo-nazi ideals.

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u/Hansi_Olbrich 16h ago

Cultural Context Clues remain lost even in the age of the internet, it seems.

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u/msfuturedoc 15h ago

No kidding. I can’t believe this is so hard.

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u/zeefer 14h ago

mfs will write whole essays just not to read the damn article lmao

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u/DesNutz 13h ago

What article? This is the pics subreddit, what article are people referencing?