More on the gym Nazi
La Presse looked into the story of Nazi symbols worn at a gym with further discussion of the burden of proof needed to declare wearing hate symbols to be a hate crime.
The line “never lose your smile” was not recognized by anyone in the story as a Nazi slogan. You’ll find a lot of sites, including Amazon, selling patches with a skull and those words. But the Anti‑Defamation League lists it on this page as a Nazi slogan.
jeather 16:03 on 2026-01-31 Permalink
The point of a dogwhistle is that other people won’t recognize them, so when they get too popular new ones pop up. The skull is better known, though again I think it only really hit the big time when that Democratic politician was found to have it as a tattoo.
Kate 16:37 on 2026-01-31 Permalink
I was reminded of this, which would’ve been made between 2006 and 2010.