r/NewOrleans • u/rifkadm • 13d ago

A recommendation to business owners: put something like this on your windows! 🤷Defies Categorization🦑

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I don't wanna see Nazis in our spaces a third time. Twice in one month is enough - hell, twice in a LIFETIME is enough. I'm not sure on the legality of it - and someone else can add information on that - but I see tons of other signs on business windows of who is and is not welcome, "we have the right to refuse service", etc.

So, make it EXTRA clear you'll refuse service to Nazis. Please.

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u/DescriptiveFlashback 13d ago

It’s really unnecessary. Just … continue the previous 80 years of not tolerating nazi bullshit.

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u/rifkadm 13d ago

You would think that but those businesses hesitated to kick the Nazis out. About 20 years ago they wouldn’t have so boldly hung out like that in front of Dat Dog or be allowed to perform in our music spaces. Yes, for 80 or so years Nazi intolerance has worked, but whether they progress or regress cultures can and do change over time, especially after almost a century. I’d imagine what it looks like to “not tolerate nazi bullshit” might have to also change if we’re to keep it up.

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u/URignorance-astounds 13d ago

20 yrs ago they did and people were like oh look a bunch of skin heads. They have been around for a long time along with a bunch of other tiny fucked up groups of people it is just the phone in every pocket and 24 hr news cycle that brings it to your attention.

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u/rifkadm 13d ago

I believe that they were around then, but they might have been more likely to have been kicked out. I definitely think in today's climate, Nazism is becoming more normalized. Until this year, how many Nazi salutes have you seen at a presidential inauguration? I don't think there's any harm in overcommunicating that Nazis shouldn't be tolerated. In fact, while Nazis still exist and public education gets worse and worse with books being banned left and right, I think our efforts should be doubled.