r/comics • MangaKaiki • Aug 07 '26

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u/AFourEyedGeek Aug 07 '26

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.

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u/Possible_Tomatillo_5 Aug 07 '26

Also, did people miss the end where the “red hat guy” defends the nazi? So, not understanding the comic seems like user error to me.

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u/ThatInAHat Aug 07 '26

So media literacy is dead.

The comic is showing the artist’s experience of having her fear and disgust about a person being a Nazi being dismissed because “he was civil.”

It’s not “pairing” being a Nazi with good behavior.

It’s just showing an actual truth that there are people like the second customer who will literally excuse someone being a Nazi so long as they’re “civil.”

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u/Possible_Tomatillo_5 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26

Super weird that you interpreted it that way.

  1. Nazi comes into business
  2. Cashier serves customer as usual
  3. Cashier notices nazi symbols all over customer, realizes, and is horrified for doing business with nazi
  4. Red hat guy dismisses her horrified reaction because nazi was “civil” and normal

Conclusion: Red hat guy normalized nazi and cashier thinks the whole thing is insane.

If you think that the message of this series of events is “be like red hat guy,” you just might be red hat guy.

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u/ThatInAHat Aug 08 '26

Exactly.

I’m absolutely baffled at how anyone reads the comic and thinks “clearly this comic is about red hat guy being right.”

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u/Possible_Tomatillo_5 Aug 08 '26

The takeaway is that nazis and nazi sympathizers are getting way too comfortable in our “civilized” modern society.

Edit: quotes around civilized

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u/ThatInAHat Aug 09 '26

I know their nonsense got deleted, but it’s wild the way they just keep accusing everyone of maliciously wanting to spread propaganda-nazi propaganda. Like. They couldn’t just even consider that maybe they were wrong about their interpretation. Nope. Op and everyone else must literally want to spread nazi propaganda

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u/ThatInAHat Aug 08 '26

“You wish to ignore the primary message.”

No, my dude. That’s you. That’s what you’re doing.

Or maybe not ignoring it. Maybe just deliberately not seeing it, or misinterpreting it.

“To push the idea that people embracing that openly hateful identity are good people.”

Neither I, nor this comic’s creator, are saying that at all, and frankly, it’s pretty vile of you to accuse me of that.

Nazis are bad people. Full stop. They can be civil sometimes. That’s actually pretty important to know because it’s insidious.

She’s literally sharing an example of some creep trying to gaslight her about an actual Nazi who came into her place of business and you’re accusing her of “pushing the idea” that Nazis are good people.

Absolutely wild.

The point of the comic is literally that people will dismiss Nazis as long as they’re “civil” and that that is deeply disturbing.

Hence, y’know. The deeply disturbed expression on her face.