Croatian right-wing singer Marko Perkovic and fans perform pro-Nazi salute at massive concert
Croatian right-wing singer Marko Perkovic and fans perform pro-Nazi salute at massive concert
Perković, whose stage name is Thompson after a U.S.-made machine gun, had previously said both the song and the salute focus on the 1991-95 ethnic war in Croatia.
A hugely popular right-wing Croatian singer and hundreds of thousands of his fans performed a pro-Nazi World War II salute at a massive concert in Zagreb, drawing criticism.
One of Marko Perkovic’s most popular songs, played in the late Saturday concert, starts with the dreaded “For the homeland — Ready!” salute, used by Croatia’s Nazi-era puppet Ustasha regime that ran concentration camps at the time.
Perkovic, whose stage name is Thompson after a U.S.-made machine gun, had previously said both the song and the salute focus on the 1991-95 ethnic war in Croatia, in which he fought using the American firearm, after the country declared independence from the former Yugoslavia. He says his controversial song is “a witness of an era.”
80 years later, the number of Ustasha supporters exceeded the number of Ustasha victims in World War II. People really do have short memories.
Shit like this should have been rooted out before they became a full member of the EU. This will only embolden Nazi in other EU nations.
While I know it won't happen, it would be so fucking funny if they arrested all of the like 500k attendees for the salute
Fucking clowns, I hate Thompson so much
So, can't support Palestine in the EU, but Nazi salutes and support are good.
I mean, it's technically illegal here, just that the government turns a blind eye when it's popular
Its fine, netanyahu gave them the "H-Word Pass" (its like the "N-Word Pass" but for "heil hitler") /s
How is a "pro-Nazi salute" different from a "Nazi salute"?
I've always wondered what the difference is between a "nazi sympathizer" and a nazi
Maybe they're only a Nazi if they're a card-carrying member of the NSDAP, otherwise they're only a sparkling fascist.
None .... it's always OK to punch a Nazi ... and its also OK to punch a Nazi sympathizer
Well Finland and some Ukrainians joined the Axis because Russia (USSR at the time) was their enemy
And
Thailand joined the axis to reclaim land from Britain and France
They weren’t Nazis but maybe they were sympathetic?
Nothing at all.
Thank you for asking the important question. I came here to up-vote your comment.
It´s because he makes a living with it
pro-Nazi salute?
You mean ehhhh
A Nazi salute?
"what's the difference between a nazi sympathiser and a nazi?"
What do you have when a person sits down at a table with 3 nazis?
4 nazis.
They're the same picture.jpg
Dumbasses.
This shit really is just on the rise globally huh ? Time to bust out the Ole M1 Garand
It has been equally present here since independence basically. The concert just drew them out of the woodworks more than usual
right wing
Nazi
You don't have to say it twice...
Napalm is a problem solver. Just sayin.
What if it's just an ancient Roman salute from the heart to the sun?
So this means their visas are being checked and converts are being cancelled... Right...? Riiiight???
They are croatians in Croatia, what visas are you taking about?
The current administration is very anti-antisemitism, I'm sure they'll get right on it.... Any minute now.....
Real antiaemitism is not critisized by the.governments and pro israel people but condemn anti occupation people
the salute focus on the 1991-95 ethnic war in Croatia, in which he fought using the American firearm, after the country declared independence from the former Yugoslavia.
Ah the old reliable anti-communist gotta fascist rule.
There was little to no actual anti-communism at play at that point (although it was still relevant symbolically). Both sides were already capitalist. Yugoslavia had been on the path of liberalisation for quite a while before the breakup.
Btw, that excuse that Thompson and his fans regularly use is bullshit, the phrase was picked by Croatian extremists (especially the paramilitary HOS) in the 90s because it was used by ustašas (fascists) half a century earlier in the first place.
Hey, be wary of a ban in case you dehumanize Nazis in some Lemmy communities.
When scrolled past this post i assumed it was news about some gay party somewhere, then I noticed the women aren't dressed for that, than i noticed the headline was about something nazi happening at the party and only then i realised the gay part was only in my head because of the shirtless dude doing the nazi salute the headline is talking about. How is it possible all these right wing conservative people are so against anything gay but then decide to look like that and how are all of their likeminded people so ok with it? If i showed up to a pride somewhere they'd beat me up for it. So strange.
I’m not a fan of him at all, but I have to say that every information in this article is misleading. Of course that the small minority of retards did the salute, however, this for sure is not a representative of the whole event. Marko did not perform this salute. This is a lie. I hope they get criminally prosecuted.
By “criminally prosecuted” the poster refers to the fact that the nazi salute is illegal in Croatia — a fact mentioned in the article.
the small minority of retards did the salute
The words "za dom spremni" are the salute, and everyone participated in that, Thompson initiated it.
