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hay rick

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4. Culture war busybodies appear to be part of the Nazi/authoritarian tradition.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 09:58 AM

Dec 11

From the Wikipedia article on Fraktur, which was a traditional German typeface:

Martin Bormann issued a circular (the "normal type decree&quot to all public offices which declared Fraktur (and its corollary, the Sütterlin-based handwriting) to be Judenlettern (Jewish letters) and prohibited their further use.

"Woke" and "politically correct " have a heritage.

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Another new font for Marco Rubio! [View all] hay rick Dec 11 OP

Little Marco should stick with his area of expertise; Trump's genitals. Norrrm Dec 11 #1

I can't possibly imagine what a German 1936 typeface was aimed at, can you? muriel_volestrangler Dec 11 #2

Culture war busybodies appear to be part of the Nazi/authoritarian tradition. hay rick Dec 11 #4

Hitler actually hated "Gothic" fonts; he banned them in 1941. sir pball Dec 11 #5

I stand corrected - I was thinking of things like Streicher's "Der Stürmer" muriel_volestrangler Dec 11 #7

Too woke for Trump... sop Dec 11 #3

More importantly is what the words mean. Kid Berwyn Dec 11 #6