A hugely popular right-wing Croatian singer and hundreds of thousands of his fans performed a pro-Nazi World War II salute at a massive concert in Zagreb, drawing criticism.
One of Marko Perkovic’s most popular songs, played in the late Saturday concert, starts with the dreaded “For the homeland — Ready!” salute, used by Croatia’s Nazi-era puppet Ustasha regime that ran concentration camps at the time.
Perkovic, whose stage name is Thompson after a U.S.-made machine gun, had previously said both the song and the salute focus on the 1991-95 ethnic war in Croatia, in which he fought using the American firearm, after the country declared independence from the former Yugoslavia. He says his controversial song is “a witness of an era.”
How is a “pro-Nazi salute” different from a “Nazi salute”?
I’ve always wondered what the difference is between a “nazi sympathizer” and a nazi
Maybe they’re only a Nazi if they’re a card-carrying member of the NSDAP, otherwise they’re only a sparkling fascist.
None … it’s always OK to punch a Nazi … and its also OK to punch a Nazi sympathizer
Well Finland and some Ukrainians joined the Axis because Russia (USSR at the time) was their enemy
And
Thailand joined the axis to reclaim land from Britain and France
They weren’t Nazis but maybe they were sympathetic?
One of them shows you that the media is complicit
It’s an ustaše salute, they were buddies with Nazis.
Good point, but unless the ustashe independently invented it, I’d consider it a Nazi salute.
unless the ustashe independently invented it
They did, they weren’t instructed by German nazis on what words to use. Not that it makes any difference, ustašas were just the local variant of fascists.
I don’t think it’s right hand salute, if you mean the thing Musk did
Thank you for asking the important question. I came here to up-vote your comment.
pro-Nazi salute?
You mean ehhhh
A Nazi salute?
Dumbasses.
right wing
Nazi
You don’t have to say it twice…
Napalm is a problem solver. Just sayin.
fucking Nazis.
edit: whoever downvoted this sentiment, fuck you too, Nazi sympathizing scum.
So, can’t support Palestine in the EU, but Nazi salutes and support are good.
Its fine, netanyahu gave them the “H-Word Pass” (its like the “N-Word Pass” but for “heil hitler”) /s
I mean, it’s technically illegal here, just that the government turns a blind eye when it’s popular
This shit really is just on the rise globally huh ? Time to bust out the Ole M1 Garand
It has been equally present here since independence basically. The concert just drew them out of the woodworks more than usual
You probably can only bust a nut. Right wing conservatives are on a rise and nobody with a playstation, Netflix subscription and a plan to have no kids so they can travel is going to take on the streets.
Well i don’t have Netflix i have a media server. I dont have a Playstation i have a pc. And I dont like traveling. So what now ?
Oh, than by all means, take M1 and headshot some nazis.
Right wingers and Nazism is not too different from each other now.
Nazism has always been a right wing ideology.
the salute focus on the 1991-95 ethnic war in Croatia, in which he fought using the American firearm, after the country declared independence from the former Yugoslavia.
Ah the old reliable anti-communist gotta fascist rule.
There was little to no actual anti-communism at play at that point (although it was still relevant symbolically). Both sides were already capitalist. Yugoslavia had been on the path of liberalisation for quite a while before the breakup.
Btw, that excuse that Thompson and his fans regularly use is bullshit, the phrase was picked by Croatian extremists (especially the paramilitary HOS) in the 90s because it was used by ustašas (fascists) half a century earlier in the first place.
80 years later, the number of Ustasha supporters exceeded the number of Ustasha victims in World War II. People really do have short memories.
Shit like this should have been rooted out before they became a full member of the EU. This will only embolden Nazi in other EU nations.
While I know it won’t happen, it would be so fucking funny if they arrested all of the like 500k attendees for the salute
Fucking clowns, I hate Thompson so much
Hey, be wary of a ban in case you dehumanize Nazis in some Lemmy communities.
