• 2ugly2live@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I was talking about this with my friend and she was like, “I heard it’s just a Roman Salute.” Be ready to be surprised at how many people will defend this crap.

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      It really is sad how many things that little fuck nugget has ruined. In this particular instance I mean Hitler.

      Swastika? Neat, simple little geometric shape. Independently created by a few different cultures. Ruined.

      “Roman salute”? Kinda neat looking, again simple. And again probably independently invented in a few places, but definitely Roman. Ruined

      The charlie Chaplin mustache? More widely adopted after WWI as a style that would fit under a gas mask. Ruined

      I’m not trying to campaign to rehab any of these things or apologize for musk. Just kinda sad how all this cool shit got tainted.

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        So I think this is a fascinating odd corner of history.

        The “Roman” salute is definitely not Roman, and it’s not of fascist invention either. It’s an urban legend among the classical studies people: a made-up non-fact that circulated around the fringes of classical scholarship for a couple hundred years.

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        4 days ago

        That’s what I told her. I let her know that anyone trying to correct her with that is trying to play games.