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Re:Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting C... by gruez on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @03:01PM (#23705131)
Is it me or does the design for the "Hoplite Armor"[1] look like the hong kong flag[2]? I did some digging and it looks even closer to the variant that the hong kong protesters are using[3]. Why would "anti-government extremists" (as described by the article) in America use this design?

[1] https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2020-06/30/2...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Hong_Kong

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Bauhinia_flag

Re:Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting C... by notahacker on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @03:16PM (#23705294)
The 'bloodstained' variant the company used is associated with the Hong Kong protests; not hard to see why the symbolism might appeal to people who style themselves as anti-government extremists. I'm sure the design's resemblance to the Hawaiian shirts already used by the Booglaoos helps it sell too. The vendor's website acknowledges both forms of symbolism.
Re:Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting C... by RickyInHell on Thursday July 09, 2020 @03:47PM (#23784278)
because why wouldn't we, Hong Kong is a movement that most boogaloo bois would support including me
Re:Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting C... by monocasa on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @03:03PM (#23705151)
A lot of boogaloo boys have a hardon for the hong kong protests, viewing it as a right wing militia standing up to a communist government.
Re:Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting C... by gruez on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @03:16PM (#23705290)
>right wing "militia"

>no weapons

???

Re:Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting C... by monocasa on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @03:17PM (#23705301)
I didn't say they were correct in their assessment.
Re:Facebook Has Been Profiting from Boogaloo Ads Promoting C... by RickyInHell on Thursday July 09, 2020 @03:50PM (#23784309)
but the problem with that statement is that a lot of boogaloo boys don't think the same way because that's the idea of the movement, freethinking