r/vexillology • u/Minister_Kenway • 8h ago
Identify What flag is this?
Found on some alt-right lookin' feller's profile
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u/Kaktusman 8h ago edited 37m ago
I think it's a swastika and the rune "ethel", which literally means "home" and was used by Nazis in the war for "homeland".
Ethel survived in English as this letter "Ć".
EDIT: See this example of the English Ć: 1788 Announcement of the U.S. Constitution
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u/Chamych 7h ago
HĆm
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u/Brokewood 7h ago
HĆm is where the HĆrt is.
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u/No_Tumbleweed_6880 7h ago
Somehow you made a crazy good french-english bilingual joke.
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u/directionsplans 7h ago
Would you mind explaining it? I love bilingual puns but I donât speak French
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u/Leo115a 6h ago
I'm French and I guess that's because 'heart' is 'cĆur' is French, so they mixed both words
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u/PerformerOk3281 6h ago
I think itâs because heart in french is cĆur and he somehow made the word hĆrt work
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u/gottagouda Oregon (Reverse) 6h ago
Seems like the most likely. I kinda see the trump 45 things, but you wouldn't need the bottom part to make a 45. A ethel added in wth nothing extra would lead me to think thats what it is.
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u/Kaktusman 5h ago
Yeah the "secret 45" thing seems like jumping at shadows. If that's what they wanted, they probably would just put his face on it (why be subtle when you've committed already to a swatstika).
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u/I_dont_Know-25 European Union 8h ago edited 7h ago
Maybe a variation of a nazis flag to be somewhat discreet ?
Edit : or if asked, to be like " yeah, no, this is not a nazis flag, look it's not a swastika"
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u/Ernadski 8h ago
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u/bearkatsteve 7h ago
What? Allâs I see is a picture of a pole
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u/Nixon4Prez Northwest Territories âą Nova Scotia 7h ago
Maybe not to be discreet but rather to get around a ban on Nazi symbols?
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u/water_bottle1776 8h ago
Looks like some derpy nazi shit.
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u/LonelyContext 7h ago
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u/Billy3B 7h ago
A red flag
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u/manicpossumdreamgirl 8h ago
it's a cross + a swastika. but its going to be a maze.
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u/23Amuro 8h ago
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u/upthesnollygoster 8h ago
I was banned three days from Reddit for inciting violence. I posted this same quote.
Iâm not complaining.
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u/No_Potato_7211 7h ago
I'll stand on business. If the ban hammer must fall, then I will die with honor at the hands of a fool.
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u/Front-Cricket-3322 8h ago
alt right, looks like that symbol, I think you can guess
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u/GeneralBid7234 8h ago
I'm curious if this would get around the swastika bans in Germany, France and elsewhere.
It does look like both 45 and a swastika though.
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u/BigEasyh 8h ago
It's a flag for racist chuds too scared to just have a swastika
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u/MySixHourErection 7h ago
I thought the blue lives matter flag already served that purpose
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u/benemivikai4eezaet0 7h ago
This is a flag found in the home of Boyan Rasate, a Bulgarian leader of a neonazi organization. It's exactly what you think it is.
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u/Minister_Kenway 6h ago
Yup, that's it - I think you can make out the bulgarian letters Đ and Đ now, which makes the changes to the classic swastika make sense (assuming this is really a bespoke flag, made with himself in mind)
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u/Itsyaboyskinny-penis Austria 2h ago
I donât know if itâs correct, but I donât see why it shouldnât be. But finally an actual answer, Thank you, i had to scroll far too long fir this
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u/Thundrstrm 8h ago
Nazi flag mixed with a 45, possibly to tie together with Trump as the 45th president.
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u/DisregardLogan 7h ago
I honestly just think this might be reaching a little bit. Trump and Nazis are obviously tied together but I donât think thatâs what this is
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u/Free_Gascogne 6h ago
Its fckin stupid is what it is. Looks like an attempt to mash the swastika and the Othala rune, both alt-right appropriated symbols.
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u/ZedPrimus84 6h ago
Looks like a swastika mixed with an Othala rune which WS supporters often use. Never seen it in this configuration though.
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u/CrackByte 5h ago
This looks like a protest flag of some kind against the last Trump administration.
Looks like a 4 and 5 rammed together in order to make a swastika. Trump was the 45th President of the United States and made controversy at the time when he told the Proud Boys, a known white nationalist group, to "Stand back and stand by".
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u/cptbiffer 4h ago
It looks like a combo of 45 (trump's first term) and the swastika. Otherwise from the photo here's no way to tell if a supporter or a critic put this up.
Edit: OP said they saw it on an alt-right looking profile. So, assuming it's not a satire account, it looks like it's a supporter. More than that, an open and out nazi. Pretty gross.
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u/Present-Baby2005 8h ago
45 & 47 written as a swastika for Donald Trump the 45th & 47th president of the United States and his Fascist Movement.
FASCISM - (Political ideology) is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived interest of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.
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u/Soft_Web1248 6h ago
If you turn the pic 90° anti-clockwise the 47 becomes much more clear than the upright angle. 45 when upright, 47 from the side, combine them together and you get.. that.
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u/hyakinthosofmacedon Iroquois / Maori 7h ago
Might be a swastika mixed with an othala rune? Definitely Nazi though ofc
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u/MoonageDayscream 8h ago
It's a swastika and an upside down cross?Â
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u/Serious_Swan_2371 7h ago
I think cross mixed with swastika so like a religious Christian nazi
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u/PitedApollo 7h ago
Swastica with a line throgh in order to circumvent softare looking for symbols of hate
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u/Flying_Fox_333 7h ago
Isn't this one of those "windmills" Trump keeps complaining about?
But to answer the question this looks similar to a 2017 protest symbol design by Mike Mitchell. Albeit without the no symbol over the top and an extended arm for a 7 or cross as others have suggested.
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u/LeftStatistician7989 7h ago
All I know is that it's so close to a Nazi flag that nowhere/ nobody safe for me to be in the vicinity of would raise it.
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u/conrad_w 6h ago
There used to be a rule where shitty people had interesting flags.
This is just shitty people shitty flag
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u/Technoist 6h ago
Probably some 4chan or Reddit cellar boy nazi + MS Paint + Aliexpress custom flag design online order.
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u/MissNebraska 6h ago
I don't know for sure, I'm assuming this is swastika + upside down cross.
Might be from some black metal bend, there's quite a few of them that are neo nazies and proud of it, some band members even founded cults that worship Hitler as a diety.
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u/tButylLithium 6h ago
Looks to me like a dollar sign/swastika mash up. Maybe it's a statement on the state of the US
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u/mikehonchooo 6h ago
Reminds me of the chardee macdennis episode of Frankâs 4 Fâs flag that looked exactly like a swastika
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u/Khoalb 8h ago
Don't know, but my first impression is "Nazi, but as a lollipop."