Comment on GOG sending emails with Nazi symbolism now?

banazir@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• banazir@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  They have since also posted an apology on Twitter:

  Picture of a tweet where GOG apologizes for the recent controversy over an email headline.

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• Rothe@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  What a pathetic excuse.

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• nope@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I mean the SS symbols on their own is bad enough but its not the only issue with this titel.

  Am I the only one seeing the wheel as a possible approximation of the Black Sun and the middle an approximation of the Kolovrat. (Which is heavily used by Slavic Nazis.

  Perhaps I’m pushing the association a bit far, but with the SS symbols it’s not that far fetched… Right?

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  • oblomov@sociale.network@sociale.network ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    @nope @banazir there's a distinct impression that the collection of symbols was specifically chosen to provide plausible deniability («it's not EXACTLY that thing») while still being a clearly recognizable dogwhistle. And honestly this just makes it worse.

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• zeezee@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  which is also abs bullshit

  this is the original title: “Slavic adventure 𖥞 ꥟ ϟϟ”

  those “ϟ” runes are Greek Koppa runes: Image

  which are an entirely different symbol to the Sowilo rune “ᛋ”:

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  so the whole “not displaying correctly” is completely fabricated (also you don’t fucking need two of them side by side)

  imo someone snuck in a neo-nazi symbol in an email and GOG were either okay with it (if their not sending the email in Germany thing is legit - tho people are saying they got it there as well) or they’re just too up their own asses to admit someone did send out a nazi dogwhistle and instead of investigating who and why they double downed on gaslighting - not a good look either way

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• Rogue@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  So they were aware of the nazi symbolism and still sent it out, just not in Germany where it’s illegal?

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  • skoell13@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I am German and I also received the email

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