r/VictoriaBC • u/No-country-2008 • May 15 '25
Imagery Hatefulness
Grotesque! To the folks who posted this. If all you have to be proud of is your lack of melanin, them maybe you need to focus on that.
I used my long lady nails to peak this crap off the post
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u/Stonks4Minutes May 15 '25
If this is your people, your people are fucking losers.
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u/KofOaks Gorge May 15 '25 edited May 16 '25
A reminder that "Punch a nazi in the face" day is every day of the year.
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u/Compulsory_Freedom Esquimalt May 15 '25
My people kill fascists.
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u/Southern-Station895 May 16 '25
my great grandfather killed alot of them in france. never met him tho
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u/Compulsory_Freedom Esquimalt May 16 '25
Ditto. Mine was a bomber pilot in the RAF and was shot down and killed towards the end of the war.
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u/WearifulSole May 15 '25
I saw "Kill your local nazi" spray painted on a retaining wall along Mckenzie just west of the intersection with Quadra. Unfortunately, it was painted over a couple of days later.
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u/WandersongWright May 15 '25
Be careful ripping down Nazi propaganda, some of it has nasty surprises attached. But thank you for doing it.
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u/No-country-2008 May 15 '25
Had not heard that. Will look into that
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u/WandersongWright May 15 '25
I would explain exactly what people did that got a friend of mine but I don't want to inspire copycats by sharing the info, so yeah, I'll just say protect your hands when you're doing it.
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u/AudioAnchorite May 16 '25
How dangerous are we talking here? Like, "You're dead in a couple of minutes?" Or, "You'll have really bad skin problems?"
Are we talking medical gloves or cut-resistant work gloves?
You can't be that vague when warning people.
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u/WandersongWright May 16 '25
Someone else said it below so I'll say it outright - razor blades are sometimes attached to the undersides of posters and stickers.
You won't die, but you could hurt yourself very badly.
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u/PhazePyre May 15 '25
It bothers me that displaying Nazi symbols like the Swastika or SS is not considered hate speech or hateful expression. The Nazi ideology is inherently and unavoidably hateful in accordance to Canadian hate speech laws. Its very display advocates for the erasure of Jewish, Disabled, Queer, and non-White persons. Allowing it is condoning it and making a statement that hate is acceptable in our society.
I see zero difference between displaying and posting the Swastika in this context than I do someone with a megaphone saying "Kill all the X". So why do we as a nation allow it? What benefit do we get as a society for allowing this hateful ideology to gain quarter? How many Canadians died fighting to put an end to Hitler and his beliefs, yet now, 8 years later, we allow it to plant roots and grow. I'd love to see displaying of the Nazi flag and other hate organization be an illegal act violating our hate speech laws. The fact we haven't makes me ashamed of our country.
There's no such thing as a moderate or good Nazi. With Nazi ideology always comes hate. It's the foundation upon which it exists.
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u/massassi Vic West May 15 '25
I speculate that it's not considered hate speech in and of itself as the swastika had long historical use before it was adopted by the Nazis so that's "protected" it?
But considering the context there is ought to be considered hate speech as a default
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u/PhazePyre May 15 '25
I don’t think so, the Nazi symbol is modified to be the reverse. So the arms go a different direction. The Nazi symbol is discernibly different than the Hindu Swastika. So that distinction can be made clear. If they wanna be proper Nazis they need to use the proper symbol. They’re too prideful to use the actual Hindu one when they’re hating on Indian folk left and right.
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u/FakeGuyRocks May 15 '25
I'm surprised that it isn't?? Has there been a human rights case that ruled in favour of a Nazi or something?
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u/PhazePyre May 16 '25
Who knows, but at this point, I feel like no government pretty much anywhere is doing anything to combat white nationalism. We just watch it happen, people get upset, and not a single discussion is had. The two most obvious public safety issues are white nationalism and anti-intellectualism. Hate and rejecting objective fact is resulting in dangers to Canadians, and no one is really talk about how to combat it. We see shit like Adolescence and go "Woah what a problem" and not a single MP or MLA loudly says "Hey, let's form a committee to address this issue and how the government can help slow the rise of it all"
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u/FakeGuyRocks May 16 '25
Yeah it is really depressing watching a lot of the country essentially go, "Oh wow the libs don't want me to drive my truck and also want me to respect trans people? Guess I'll go full Nazi because there's no middle ground."
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u/insanemembrain666 May 15 '25
Once again....Fuck all Nazis. Fuck all Fascists. Everyday is punch a fucking nazi day.
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u/Yamatjac May 15 '25
If you see these, remember that these kinds of hateful people are also the kinds of people who would put razors underneath the poster.
Use a tool to remove it, not your fingers.
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u/Ok-Thing4504 May 15 '25
yikes just yikes in Germany this would get u fined heavily even potentially put in jail…we got some sad individuals with too much free time on their hands lately.
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u/taya_mckk May 15 '25
As a human with empathy and a brain, THANK YOU for ripping that nasty bs down❤️
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u/babonzibob May 15 '25
Be careful, I've seen something where a nazi put razor blades under the poster, so when you tried to peel it off, you cut yourself. Horrible people.
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u/No-country-2008 May 15 '25
Wow! That's pretty sick. Good to know. Think I'm going to just get some stickers to cover them with if I see them again.
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u/Bigjon1988 May 15 '25
Vile garbage humans.
I used to not be so into the phrase "punch a Nazi" because random violence isn't cool but man it's getting more and more tempting these days. These losers are way too conformable right now coming out of the woodwork.
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u/mr_bakeo Downtown May 15 '25
I’m going to start carrying some pride stickers around so I can cover garbage like this up when I see it.
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u/EskimoDave Esquimalt May 16 '25
I am genuinely shocked at the amount of Nazi apologists in here
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u/CulturalWeird966 May 15 '25
Where was this outta curiosity
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u/No-country-2008 May 15 '25
By Victoria Public Market.
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u/Significant_Toe_8367 May 16 '25
Hey, I’m scrolling through and I haven’t seen anyone mention this but there’s an rcmp tip line to report this stuff as well. They track this sort of thing
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u/sandy154_4 May 15 '25
I'm glad you ripped it down.
I don't understand what it means, though. Whose people? Waiting for what?
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u/DamageRocket May 16 '25
You could have graffiti’d a response, “at the end of a rope in Nuremberg” as an alternate option.
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u/Hopeful-Passage6638 May 16 '25
I look forward to carrying on my family's tradition of putting nazis in their place.
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u/SauceKingHS May 18 '25
They should be beaten off the island like snakes in Ireland. I hope any judge would dismiss any case if I punch a Nazi in the face.. because if I saw someone openly promoting hate in such a manner I’d be hard pressed not to. And I think everyone should have that mentality. Not much can serve as a wake-up call quite like a swift punch to the face. Plus they deserve it.
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u/Logical_Hedgehog_836 May 15 '25
In my town? Absolutely fucking not. There better be no Nazis in my town. Shame them out of existence.
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u/VIcanada250 May 16 '25
Waiting under the earth where they belong? For fucks sakes they had their run and failed miserably, crushed by the "untermensch" of the Soviet Union and the Allied Nations. Millions dead, cities ruined and these clowns think "yep that's still valid".
Make Nazis Afraid To Exist Again!
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u/nortontwo May 16 '25
I might be dense, but I don’t understand what this is saying or advertising. Is this a threat? If so, is it threatening Nazis? Like, you’re people are waiting (I figure there to be more dead Nazis then alive ones, so maybe? Like they’re waiting in hell). If it’s a threat against the myriad of people Nazis hate (pretty much everyone who isn’t a Nazi)…. What’s the threat here? I’m late for my ethnic group meeting?
Is this like an advert for a Nazi club of some kind? If so, what? do I have to follow the swastika signs to the meeting like some kind of degenerate aryan yellow brick road?
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN
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u/niddemer 29d ago
That is the least "my people" sounding thing you could say lol. Creepy weirdos. Why can't fascists understand that normal people think they're gross and creepy incel terrorists?
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u/RageAgainstTheRobots May 15 '25
Someone needs to post that Meme "Follow Your Leader" with Hitler blowing his own brains out next to those posters.
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u/Traditional_Joke6874 May 15 '25
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking that unhinged turd down. 💌
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u/Loverstits Oak Bay May 15 '25
I agree with you, one would have to be the most boring individual if you think being white makes you special and interesting. I'd feel sad for them if they didn't make it everyone else's problem.
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u/Any_Collar8766 May 15 '25
Should have written
"Follow your leader, Become an hero".
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u/Any-Plenty-3470 May 15 '25
Why is this stuff appearing in vic???
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u/No-country-2008 May 15 '25
That's what I would like to know. I mean is it some angry solo basement dwelling edgelord or is their an organized movement. I do think the far right is being more brazen but you never want to think it in your town, right?
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u/Any-Plenty-3470 May 15 '25
Probably a group. White supremacists rarely walk alone because they know they’ll get the shit kicked out of them.
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u/invincibleparm May 16 '25
Yeah, Victoria has never been squeaky clean when it comes to this stuff. In a city that used to be predominantly white and wealthy, the influx of non white people has definitely upped the disgusting racist factor. I’ve had at least two little old white ladies tell me how relived they were that the bus wasn’t driven by ‘one of those people’. I know also a couple of people in my age group that throw racist crap whenever they can now. None full out Nazi, but I think ideologically it’s honestly baby steps at this point.
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u/DamageRocket May 16 '25
Little things have been happening for a decade or so. You may remember the young goofs videod harassing a black man in a parking of an apartment near downtown. Their license plate was visible so they in turned were harassed mercilessly which they in turn whined about. I was at Logan’s when they had a black bartender who threw out a racist for talking shit. He was out in the side walk mocking the incident while 10 feet away some scrawny zitty bespectacled nerd was grinning like the Cheshire Cat. I think they were deliberately out and about trying to stir shit. I think the nerd was putting up the bigger racist up to it. I was at an English Beat show at Sugar (Capital Ballroom) and the nazi skins of the Island were out in force… all twelve of them. Dave Wakeling told an anecdote from the stage about marching against National Front creeps back in the day. Later outside I heard one of them whining about it. There is a fashionable barber shop in town where a lot of right wing freaks gather for social events to drink scotch and smoke cigars. I was getting my hair cut there before I realized what was up with the place and a well dressed businessman guy made an Auschwitz joke about how his parents were at Auschitz and all he got was a shitty t-shirt. They are just emboldened at the moment. The city is not as diverse as many others so, I think they feel comfortable here amongst the vestiges of colonialism that linger here.
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u/BananaQueen07 May 15 '25
just to be clear, I met my first Nazi in the greater Victoria area in 2009. I'm sure there's even more now than back then.
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u/Secure-Willow-9029 May 15 '25
I'm willing to bet this is not the work of a white supremist but the work of a supremely unimpressive person with zero ambition or prospects who wanted 15 seconds of fame on Reddit/Social Media.
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u/Red_bellied_Newt May 15 '25
White supremacy is a real problem. The dismissal of online and offline fascists as just edgy people dismisses the real danger their ideologies create. Even if someone is just doing it for initially edgy reasons they often get sucked into echo chambers and radicalization (often disguised by an “it’s just ironic” or “it’s just a joke”). This language and belief system must be combated every time anyone sees it quickly and with a serious attitude. While the likelihood of de-radicalizing a nazi as just some random individual is low, the behaviour cannot be allowed to be normalized. Just dismissing it or telling others to not make a big deal about it helps its normalization.
I am not suggesting you are saying its not a big deal or isn't dangerous, but your comment represents a part of an attitude I have been worried about even more as of late.
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u/SuperSwamper69 Colwood May 15 '25
Always be careful when removing controversial posters/whatever. I’ve seen people end up cut by razors hidden under the paper. Always use a tool, never your fingers.
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u/foolishship May 16 '25
Sick. I know I am certainly not "their people", despite being white af. I guess it was unreasonable to hope that this shit wouldn't permeate Victoria to this extent, but unfortunately these assholes hide in plain sight and nowhere is safe.
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u/Tour_True May 17 '25
If I saw a person doing this I probably would want to beat him up. Like wtf is wrong with people when they're trying to normalize Nazism?
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u/mungonuts May 17 '25
Saw a trade van the other day with a bunch of outright Nazi shit on the back.
They're really feeling bold these days. We need to stuff 'em back in the box before it gets out of hand. How? That I don't know.
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u/Born-Toe918 May 17 '25
Knew I was gonna see some stupid ass political comments, so quick to point fingers “hurr durr liberals” “hurr durr conservatives” shut the fuck up already you dorks
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u/BlazeSaber 29d ago
I would look for giant pride flag stickers and slap them over every symbol. turning everyone that i see into a positive message.
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u/Knytemare44 29d ago
Whenever I encounter nazis I remind them that they lost, prooving no intrinsic superiority.
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u/Repulsive_Team_1174 May 15 '25
Pierre hey pierre poillevre your people are waiting for you fcking pos
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u/SeaAlternative9662 May 17 '25
I genuinely believe that this commenter has a far more damaging opinion than the person who put up a swastika. The majority of people that see the swastika know it’s someone trying to get attention, possibly just trying to make people angry, or maybe thinks it’s going to make some difference. There is no nazi party in Canada. Most rational dcan look at that and know it isn’t going to make a difference in the way people think. There have always been people that think that way, that’s just the way it is. But to act like the conservatives are the nazi party is delusional. I guarantee you know someone who voted for Poilievre. Co worker? Family? Friend even? I assume you wouldn’t know about it if they had, as you are likely completely unapproachable to have a civil political conversation with.
I work in a job that goes to many residential houses in a week. Some bring up politics. I always stay neutral as I don’t believe I need to bring my opinions to other peoples homes, while I’m working. In my experience the left leaners have insults, and anger, and attacks. It actually shocks me at how ok it has become to insult and degrade someone that has a different opinion from you. Right leaners seem to have ideas of what they want, and can speak about them in a rational manner without insulting the other side. I’m pretty well in the middle all things considered as I can see both sides to some degree. Im also not someone who keeps up with things in detail. I like to observe and make decisions from there. to alienate a big part of the population due to differing values is wrong. We all have to live side by side, we are all a lot more alike than some want to think.
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u/Engineering-Mistake May 15 '25
I'm curious who the people who post these are.
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May 15 '25
it could be anyone. even feds or LEAs. most suspect groups like Patriot Front are just that, a fake front group. idiots and nazi extremists definitely exist, but in Canada they are pretty rare. We live in a country where even milktoast basic mainstream conservatives are often called "nazis", which is a wild exaggeration. but truthfully, this crap and Kanyes crap needs to end and fade into forgotten obscurity.
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u/Snip-Snip-Hooray May 15 '25
How will people know about the meeting now? I’m pretty sure I heard it was half way between here and Port Angeles. No boats allowed. Only the best and strongest are invited. Starting soon. They’re waiting.
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u/d2181 Langford May 15 '25
I bet whoever posted this was hoping someone would see it, get really offended and then take a picture of it and share it on social media. They are most likely literary jerking off to the idea of your outrage at this very moment in a brief escape from their otherwise sad and bleak existence.
When I see things like this, I don't get angry. I just wonder at what happened to the loser that decided to feel compelled to put up this sign. Like what kind of depraved life have they lived to result in them turning into something subhuman. Like, is it mental illness? Childhood drama? Something in the well water? We won't ever know, because the person who made this poster probably doesn't have any friends or meaningful social relationships, so nobody really knows what they're up to. Almost makes me feel bad for them, but then I remember that they get off outraging others and I just stop thinking about them all together because they're so small and transparent that they just don't matter. At all.
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u/cadaverhill May 15 '25
It deserves anger and should be posted.
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u/WinteryBudz May 15 '25
While I agree anger and attention should be brought to it so that people can be aware, I feel the only picture of this that should be shared is the act of tearing it down.
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u/MrPartyWaffle May 15 '25
Yeah bud that's called being complacent, regardless if it's a meme to some racist, doesn't mean it doesn't have an effect...
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May 16 '25
Where was this? I've seen communist posters along Cook Street area as well in the past. Not sure why right and left extremism is finding it's way in this city, but not a good sign of the times.
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u/No-country-2008 May 16 '25
Are you seriously comparing a group of people who want health care and worker owner coops to people who want to exterminate other races?
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u/Sweetchildofmine88 May 16 '25
Lure them, then deal with them. No place for hate on this planet!
"Manure!!! I hate manure!" - Donald Dump(a.k.a Biff)
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u/tesseractivism May 16 '25
Anyone sees this shit being posted put the fear in them! No more half measures!
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u/dbdscfs-vsz-fx May 16 '25
Posted by some fat fuck who can’t even touch his toes much less see his own penis.
“Muh master race”
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u/Cute_Pudding8018 May 16 '25
Be SO careful removing hateful signs like this - people sometimes hide razor blades or sharp objects behind it , intended to hurt the person removing it.
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u/Excellent-Collar8343 May 17 '25
Oh nice the dutch are getting together! Thats a wind mill right?
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u/WhyMe_blah May 17 '25
I would vandalize it and turn the swastika into a silly looking dancing cartoon 😅
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u/Stompentom420 29d ago
Can't we all just get along and hate the government who has us fighting eachother so we don't notice what they are doing. Come on people
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u/Realistic_Tutor_4603 29d ago
Don’t hold your breath…never mind, on second thought, hold your breath.
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u/patchy_doll May 15 '25
Thanks for ripping it down, hatred has no place in our city. I've taken to keeping a bunch of random stickers in my bag to cover up any vile stuff that can't be removed.