Recently, there have been a bunch of social media posts trying to paint the vice presidential candidate…J.D. Vance as a Nazi.
Why You Might See Swastikas At A Gun Show
Jennifer Sensiba for The Truth About Guns
How? By highlighting Nazi imagery at a gun show:
What the people online aren't understanding is that you'll find things like this at just about any gun show. But, it isn't because gun owners are Nazis. The fact is that historical military gear of all kinds shows up on the tables for sale. In addition to Nazi collectibles, Soviet gear is common. Other things that show up from time to time include West German Cold War gear, Imperial Japanese guns and just about anything else that's both collectible and sellable.
For all of this, the draw is to collect historical artifacts. For some people, it's a particular part of history they're particularly fascinated with. For others, any kind of military history is interesting. Just like stamps, guns and signatures of celebrities, people just like to collect things, and the things people want to collect can vary widely.
Another thing that's fascinating about military memorabilia is the feeling of defeating enemies. For example, many World War II veterans came home with things they took from captured Nazi soldiers and facilities. People who had fought against the Nazis and the Imperial Japanese didn't embrace the ideology of the enemy. They wanted to remember defeating them and driving these disgusting ideologies into the dustbin of history.
The other thing that needs to be pointed out is that conservative gun owners would never embrace communism. They hate it. But, all of the gear, memorabilia and even guns from the communist bloc countries tend to be VERY popular at gun shows. Can we really say that a person who owns a Mosin-Nagant rifle, Makarov Pistol or AK is secretly a communist? That's just silly. Some may be, but the majority most likely is not. But, if a swastika from a captured Nazi flag someone's grandpa took home shows up, suddenly it must be there because Republicans are secretly Nazis.
So, no, this isn't a good dig against JD Vance or against Republicans. Like the recent memes claiming Vance had intimate relations with a couch, based on a false rumor, there's just not any truth to them. If the goal is to bash Vance, there are plenty of other things to dig up, like strange dolphin porn searches and past videos talking badly about Donald Trump. To just make stuff up both reflects poorly on whoever does that.
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How about spending time on the current activity and goals of government candidates instead of conjuring up dirt, making statements that cause suspicion and dislike based on either old changed beliefs and behaviors or based on NOTHING. People change, give them a chance, except when political candidates make a stand on issues one day and, by the next day, have totally reversed their stance. People do evolve. I just don’t believe it when politicians change their stated wishes when obviously they are pandering to get votes – they will say ANYTHING to win an election. I have to laugh at how Kamala has stated her Far Left position on many issues for years, including practicing what she preached when in office in California thru being VP with Lefty Biden and the Progressive wing of the Democrat Party – and suddenly, the other day, she is starting to sound like a Republican “agreeably” stating some of what Trump is stating. COME ON, such transparent pandering for votes – not shame on her, shame on those who support such lying tactics! WE CAN SEE RIGHT THRU YOU, KAM!