Wednesday, April 03, 2024

Adidas Bans Fans from Adding '44' to German Team Soccer Shirt

The "SS" in that style of font is a Nazi symbol for the "Schutzstaffel," or "protection squads."

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#1 | Posted by censored at 2024-04-02 09:42 PM

Somewhere poor little ssentinel sits pouting in disappointment

#2 | Posted by ChiefTutMoses at 2024-04-02 09:59 PM

Canceling Hank Aaron. That's a shame.

There's nothing wrong with 44 in Hitlerian circles, is there? They have some other magic numbers, and unless it's one of them, this seems like a font issue and the misguided judgment of some clueless designer.

A little closer to home, when my millennial son was in 8th grade, an art assignment was to draw something in the style of a modern artist. One kid in his class drew the Campbell's soup can, and the two s's were drawn much like these 44s. I brought it up to the art teacher who played it off as boys being boys ...

... except the following year, the same kid burned a flag with obvious Jewish symbolism.

When I saw the white supremacists' parade in Charlottesville, I swear I could see this kid's face on every one of those pieces of trash.

#3 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2024-04-03 01:06 AM

That's a really unfortunate font choice.

#4 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2024-04-03 08:12 AM

That's a really unfortunate font choice.

#4 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG

Yes they should have chosen something other than Comic SSans

#5 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-04-03 09:53 AM

When will this anti-Nazi persecution end?!

It's been like, 10 or 15 years, people. Get over it already!

#6 | Posted by censored at 2024-04-03 06:45 PM

#6 | Posted by censored

I certainly hope that was an attempt at humor.

#7 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2024-04-03 09:40 PM

I certainly hope that was an attempt at humor.
#7 | POSTED BY GALAXIEPETE

In today's world, there's really no telling, is there?

"In world World War II, which happened like, 10 years ago, there were very fine people on all sides." - Donald Trump (probably)

#8 | Posted by censored at 2024-04-04 01:35 AM

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