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freeplessinseattle

(3,508 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2015, 04:46 PM Jun 2015

Pic of Nazi armband wearer in Seattle last week

Not so freepless here sometimes

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Jay Trinidad, a professional photographer who lives on Bainbridge Island, was on his way home on Thursday evening when he saw a man with a red swastika armband sitting in the passenger waiting area of the downtown Seattle ferry dock. He took an extraordinary photo of the man.

They did not exchange words. "I was walking around the terminal and then I saw him," Trinidad told me today. "I'm like, 'He's really doing that? Today?' There were people sitting next to him. There were a lot of people around. It just struck me as bizarre... Here's a guy with Nazi armband and no one is pointing and saying, 'What is going on there?'"
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What struck me about this was the complete brazenness on the day the whole country was learning about Charleston," Trinidad said. "It struck me as him basically sticking his middle finger up to everyone who could see him."


http://www.thestranger.com/blogs/slog/2015/06/19/22418798/a-man-wore-a-bright-red-nazi-swasitka-armband-on-a-seattle-ferry-last-night

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Pic of Nazi armband wearer in Seattle last week (Original Post) freeplessinseattle Jun 2015 OP
He probably lives a miserable life. It must suck to constantly live your whole life filled with hate Cali_Democrat Jun 2015 #1
yep, the hate is toxic through and through. n/t freeplessinseattle Jun 2015 #2
I would not have approached him as would've feared him. I might've asked a ferry worker about uppityperson Jun 2015 #3
I sure as hell wouldn't have got on the ferry! Behind the Aegis Jun 2015 #4
Nazi got exactly what he wanted. Exposure. progressoid Jun 2015 #5
Good for him gratuitous Jun 2015 #6
Straight out of Central Casting ThoughtCriminal Jun 2015 #7
My Grandfather Tree-Hugger Jun 2015 #8
 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
1. He probably lives a miserable life. It must suck to constantly live your whole life filled with hate
Tue Jun 23, 2015, 04:50 PM
Jun 2015

It must be exhausting.

uppityperson

(115,680 posts)
3. I would not have approached him as would've feared him. I might've asked a ferry worker about
Tue Jun 23, 2015, 04:59 PM
Jun 2015

him. I'd certainly have kept an eye on him though.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
6. Good for him
Tue Jun 23, 2015, 05:21 PM
Jun 2015

I really don't care what in-bred, stone-brained dumbasses like Mr. Nazi think, say or do. As long as their insanity doesn't become the official stand of my government, let him stew in his own hateful juices.

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