• snooggums@midwest.social
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    3 months ago

    …says he’s just a collector of WWII shit.

    Isn’t is funny how nobody collects the stuff from the Allies?

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      3 months ago

      I don’t want to nitpick but plenty of historical gun owners love both sides weaponry and display both. Personally, I know a friend that owns a STG 44 and a ppsh and a tommy.

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        3 months ago

        Collecting multiple kinds of guns is a bit different than collecting all of the other things that are clearly nazi branded propaganda. Having one or two guns isn’t really collecting in the same way as having a bunch of nazi branded everyday use items with the red black and white swastika flag.

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          3 months ago

          I’m not disagreeing that was my point. However the people who are in that hobby normally get other kit than just guns. What matters is how it’s displayed.

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      3 months ago

      There actually is a pretty large WW2 Allied collector and reenactor community. I know a guy with a Jeep with a mounted quad MG.

      Just don’t ask too many questions about the other team.

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      3 months ago

      To be fair, it is more intriguing to collect the stuff of the objectively bad guy. A lot of it is like, it feels almost unbelievable, so nazi memorabilia helps ground that reality that, yes, it actually happened (and how it might have happened)

      Of course there is nuance to this, though