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Germany bans neo-Nazi group Hammerskins (www.bbc.co.uk)
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German authorities crack down on the skinhead group known for organising far-right concerts.

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[–] Ertebolle@kbin.social 38 points 10 months ago (2 children)

"Hammerskins" sounds like a bunch of guys who hang around smashing each other's genitals with hammers

[–] acwern@sh.itjust.works 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The stupidest thing about it is that the name is based on some imagery from the film for The Wall by Pink Floyd which very much made the point of "Fascism bad"

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

Sometimes satire is too good and just looks like how it is for the people who believe what you're satirizing.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Why do they have the dumbest names?

Proud boys sound like a bunch of children who never had their parents acknowledge them.