If they believe the comic is mocking her, saying that she overreacts to a mere symbol on a pleasant acting man. That a pro-Nazi person drew this saying people overreact too much.
To be clear, this is not my view, but I can see someone thinking that, as I had to think what was the artist meaning by this for a moment. That is why I am thinking that people might be reporting it, and the perma ban might be to anti-Nazi people not understanding the comic.
The Nazi is being “polite” but the framing of the Nazi identifiers are still portrayed with the visual cues of horror.
If it’s your first time here and you’re not familiar with the artist, she often makes comics about people gaslighting her or dismissing her very valid concerns.
I did not see it at first until it was pointed out, but the guy defending the nazi is wearing a red hat.
Also it may be reference to that Nazi bar saying. Where you first have a nice polite Nazi coming to your bar, then another time he starts bringing friends and those eventually start bringing friends and they stop being nice and polite and they drive away your usual customers and now you have a Nazi bar.
So maybe it's more about how normalized naziism has become and how they are much more out in the open now. As a warning, because many don't seem to realise this or don't think the problem is as out of hand as it already is, with many people, symbolized by the guy in the red hat, which may be a MAGA hat, not caring at all.
I can definitely see where you're getting that. Especially if you're not from the US or maaaaybe Canada too. There are enough tells here to me as an American to show that the artist is mocking both the people the main character (the blonde) is talking to in this comic. The red hat, the way the red hat guy is dressed, I also know that this has been a talking point in America especially for awhile, that why should we care as long as long as the literal Nazi is being nice? Etc, etc...but if you don't have those cultural clues, or if you're neurodivergent, I can definitely see how you could interpret this as being pro-Nazi. I also have read a lot of this artist's work and know that she's anti-fascist. But also without that, I can see how this might come across as pro-Nazi instead. I do like this artist, but I also feel like it could've been made more clear what she was going for. It's obvious that a lot of people who don't have all this context thought this was a pro-Nazi comic, so that does say that there's some room for improvement on the delivery.
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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Aug 07 '26
And my response would be, explain to me how THIS FACE seems pro Nazi when they see a Nazi symbol