• Tankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        2 years ago

        Cuz it looked cool in Triumph of the Will and the alternative ways of looking cool on a parade take a shit ton of training and discipline and coordination that they can’t pull off.

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        Probably feudal times, when heretics and rebellious women were burnt at the stake.

      • GarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        In addition to other comments, they probably have some feeling that it intimidates potential protestors to be carrying a flaming stick.

        Maybe they are also going for causing a variation of the “suspension bridge effect” in their followers to be carrying and surrounded by dangerous objects.

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        2 years ago

        At least they’re not tiki torches from walmart this time.