Gray Wolf in conjunction with Turkish flag and arms fire is pretty unique. Smells like Nazi.
You get sensitized if it’s in the news regularly. I would expect it to be less well known oversees.
Feels like the gray wolf isn’t defined enough as a fascist symbol that there’s plenty of latitude for non-fascists to use it. Like if that account is known to use it that way it’s one thing, but otherwise it’s probably just a coincidence. The swastika is the most widely known symbol of hate these days but even now you can go see it on all kinds of temples in Asia, so if even that gets used in a non-nazi way these days surely the gray wolf isn’t only defined as a fascist symbol.
Gladaed@feddit.org 3 hours ago
blurb@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
It’s not that that account is known to use it, it is that Turkish ultra-nationalists are known to use it. A lot.
Now I don’t really care about it being used in that tweet as it is obviously a joke, nor do I believe that everything that makes someone uncomfortable should be censored, but at least one should be honest to themselves to recognize that that symbol has a shitty meaning behind it with the context that is present here.
CaptainBasculin@lemmy.bascul.in 14 hours ago
Grey wolves are considered as a historic symbol by Turks, similar to how a bald eagle is treated by americans or dragons to Chinese people. You can also see ultra-nationalist people of these countries use these symbols a lot, but it doesn’t change the meaning of these symbols to the majority of the country’s population.
blurb@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
It does. I’m Turkish and the only places I’ve been seeing the gray wolf from are the “ülkücüler”.
CaptainBasculin@lemmy.bascul.in 5 hours ago
O durum senin cahilliğin git biraz tarihini oku
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
Everything I don’t like is fascism
blurb@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
Alright bro :D. Sorry for not knowing about Turkish politics and culture as much as you do.
menas@lemmy.wtf 1 hour ago
Here Grey wolf are regularly attacking in the street, sometime with knife, and some murder of exiled people opposed to Erdogan seems to be related to this guys. Just fascists