The photo above is the stage at CPAC. It was pointed out on Twitter here.
It’s patterned to be almost identical to the Odal Rune, a rune used by the Nazi SS in it’s core iconography. This rune has been used by Neo Nazi and white supremacist organizations for decades.
We have to recognize, and really grapple with the fact that Conservatism is Nazism. This stage is no accident. The design is intentional, as is all professional design.
The noose on the capital lawn, put there by neo Nazi insurrectionists, was no idle threat. The Republican party is the political wing for this fascist, murderous movement. This stage is saying loud and clear to Neo Nazis and other such monsters that Conservatism is theirs, now.
Any Republican official participating in CPAC is collaborating with this modern Nazi movement. Any Republican official attending the event is complicit, and should be considered dangerous to any non-white non-Christian non-Hetero person.
This isn’t new information, but it’s never been so brazen. There are countless pictures of Republican officials like Lindsay Graham and others flashing white-power hand signs alongside violent fascists like the Proud Boys and others. The Oathkeepers are an armed, trained, and well-connected militant wing of this Nazi movement.
The stakes of keeping this party out of power could not be higher. This stage says it all — they are not going to stop with destroying democracy. That symbol is a symbol of genocide, a symbol of mass murder on a scale directly understood by a diminishing few.
People need to begin preparations for what’s to come should we lose congress in 2022, and keeping both houses in Congress has never been more important in the entire history of our country. The Republican Party and Conservatism in the US has gone full Nazi. There can no longer be any doubt.