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CPAC Stage Compared To Nazi Symbol On Social Media

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By Saturday afternoon there had been nearly 100,000 tweets that compared the CPAC stage to the ODAL Rune
Comparisons of law makers to fascists and Nazis isn’t uncommon these days, but on Saturday the hashtag #Nazi was trending alongside mentions of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), where former President Trump is set to speak on Sunday. This time it wasn’t Republican lawmakers who were compared to Nazis however, but rather the similarity of the stage to an ancient Norse symbol used by Nazis was noted by thousands of users on Twitter. By Saturday afternoon there had been nearly 100,000 tweets that compared the CPAC stage to the ODAL Rune, which was used by a unit of the insidious Waffen SS, the initially named the SS-Volunteer Division Prinz Eugen (SS-Freiwilligen-Division «Prinz Eugen») – later the 7th Volunteer Mountain Division. That unit was formed in 1941 and took part exclusively in action against the communist-led Yugoslavian partisans during the Second World War. Many on Twitter shared images of the symbol along with photos of the CPAC stage: However, it is important to note that the Odal rune, also known as the Othala rune, predates the Nazi movement and the Third Reich by centuries and it first appeared between the 3rd and 8th centuries. While it was adopted by Nazi Germany, and has been used by various neo-Nazi groups, it seems dubious to think that the design was intention. As of Saturday afternoon the fact check website Snopes.com could only suggest it was «unproven» that the stage at CPAC 2021 was intentionally designed to look like an early European rune.

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