Over the weekend we reported on the MarineCorpsSS Facebook page. It seems that some who have served in the Marine Corps Sniper community are butthurt over the Corps’ wise choice to ban the use of the Nazi doppelsigrunen insignia of the SchuetzStaffel. Considering that the symbol is forever associated with the systematic killing, torture, and enslavement of approximately twelve million people at the hands of the SS, it’s no surprise that reasonable folks are flabbergasted at the thought of Marines wanting to identify with the device. Quite frankly it’s anti-American.

Apparently after our report, someone reported the page to Facebook, that by its own admission is, “A page dedicated to keeping the SS symbol alive and well in the Marine Scout Sniper community”. Facebook deleted the header image that featured the offending Nazi insignia. So naturally, the owners of the page have posted a retort. It’s absolutely hilarious considering the message the Nazi symbology they hold so dear sends to others. And, it pretty much outs them as the Nazi lovers they so long to be.

We didn’t out them, but is it any surprise that they were? Here are their two previous headers. Notice that their small photo lost the lightning bolts first so as to disguise their intent.

First it looked like this

and then, it changed to this

At this point I am sure the group has garnered the attention of NCIS who are probably, at this very moment, perusing the fan list to see if any are still on Active Duty. Not to mention DHS, the Southern Poverty Law Center as well as the Anti-Defamation League who are all ardent anti-Nazis. Of course, the answer to this mess is simple; stop being a wannabe Nazi.

I’ll leave you with this.

The Facebok page is www.facebook.com/MarineCorpsSS

In early 2012 a group of USMC Scout Snipers brought dishonor on themselves and the country when photos of them standing in front a flag emblazoned with Nazi symbols were made public. Naturally, once they were called out on the practice by responsible parties, the behavior ceased. As a community, Marine Corps Scout Snipers moved on. However, despite the fact that this was all over the news and Internet, a Facebook page that makes the following claim has popped up, “A page dedicated to keeping the SS symbol alive and well in the Marine Scout Sniper community”. The argument holds that SS stands for Scout Sniper and it’s just a coincidence (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) that the stylized version of the SS looks exactly like a Nazi symbol.

The Sigrune SS symbol used in the Facebook header photo is unique to Nazism and is nothing to be proud of. In fact, it is so heinous, it is illegal in modern Germany. The side by side lightning bolt symbol was created specifically for Nazi Germany’s Schutzstaffel, a paramilitary organization that swore allegiance to Adolph Hitler. One of the SS’s elements was responsible for instituting the “Final Solution” or genocide of not only European Jews but also those of many other ethnic groups including Roma (Gypsies) and Slavs. All-in-all it is estimated that the SS was responsible for the killing, torture, and enslavement of approximately twelve million people.

Hardly something to want to emulate or hold dear. The owners of the MarineCorpsSS page should be ashamed and anyone who supports them should be as well. The US suffered almost 200,000 KIA in wiping the Nazi menace from the earth. Those who emulate our enemies dishonor our dead and the sacrifice of our greatest generation. Worse yet, the behavior is being perpetuated by those associated with the military. How can anyone justify the adoption of a symbol associated with such abhorrent behavior?

The Facebok page is www.facebook.com/MarineCorpsSS

UPDATE – Since I worked on the article last night, the owners of the Facebook page have updated their small icon so that those not directly looking at the page will not see the use of the SS runes.

I guess this introduces an interesting issue I hadn’t even considered. I know that the SS runes were used by Scout Snipers, but what about the average person that doesn’t know this and just sees the runes associated in some way with the EGA? This takes on a whole new aspect now doesn’t it? The context is lost and the Marine Corps is directly associated with Nazism. Even worse…

I personally am finding it pretty damned ironic that folks who vilified Ice-T for his song, “Cop Killer” now think he’s an OK dude because he defends the Second Amendment for what it is.

Ice-T: Not really. You can strap explosives on your body, they do that all the time.

Ice-T: Well, I’ll give up my gun when everybody does. Doesn’t that make sense? If there were guns here, would you want to be the only person without one?

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, anchor, Channel 4 News: So do you carry guns routinely at home?

Ice-T: Yeah, it’s legal in the United States. It’s part of our Constitution. You know, the right to bear arms is because that’s the last form of defense against tyranny. Not to hunt. It’s to protect yourself from the police.

Anchor: And do you see any link between that and these sorts of incidents (Aurora)?

Ice-T: No. Nah. Not really really. You know what I’m saying, if somebody wants to kill people, you know, they don’t need a gun to do it.

Anchor: It makes it easier though, doesn’t it?