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To: markomalley

One nit to pick: it is not a “Hitler salute” it is an Olympic salute.


2 posted on 09/06/2018 6:06:55 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: rjsimmon

Has anyone else ever realized that the so-called NAZI SALUTE was once a common sight in olden Greek and ROMAN events? In Rome, gladiators raised their RIGHT arms in salute to the Emperor and intoned, “Caesar, we who are about to die salute you!!”
When I was in early grammmar school during WWII we saluted the flag each day by raising our RIGHT hand in salute. during the war that was changed to “hand over the heart”.
We raised our Right hands in salute, but we were NOT Nazis.


4 posted on 09/06/2018 6:21:08 AM PDT by CaptainAmiigaf ( N.Y. Times--We print the news as it fits our views)
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