MMA-themed T-shirts ape Nazi imagery even if they don't use the authentic symbols

I have the Tam Lawlor lawlormania shirt but i don’t wear it.

i mean this is just bad ass

also use Nazi imagery

I had to double check the subject a couple of times after I saw the picture of your “smoking gun”. Come on, besides the shirt being sickenly tasteless in fashion terms, and really hurting to watch, I can’t really understand what the heck you’re aiming at.

Is there a conspiracy behind this? All MMA-fans being undercover Nazis and Tapout, Silverstar and others funding another crack at world domination?

If companies decide to use imagery that is the same as or extremely similiar it is disgraceful especially if its by design. They should as has been done pull the t-shirt or whatever it may be from sales and apologize. This however is a fine line to walk along.

The general theme of most MMA apparel through my viewpoint is not neo-Nazi influenced, (I’m European, Swedish to be exact ) are there similarities yes. Depends of how one views the history of the different elements that are used. One must remember that the Nazis (WWII) borrowed everything from everywhere. These different elements in the designs have been used globally within many countries and still do and has nothing to do with nazism even though they were also used by them.

In this post a smiliar discussion took place:

If you first look at the nazi symbol in that post:

1: Diving eagle is a common military symbol used by armed forces around the world and long before the WWII the eagle in every pose was popular. Just google around for coat of arms of different noble families,cities and countries.

2. The diving eagle is holding a swastika. Now eagles holding different objects isnt really revolutionary. I even think that it might be one of the most common combinations (might be exagerating) of images there are. Because it aint hard to find official insignias (badges, medals, etc), coat of arms, etc both civil and military with that combination.

Below in the link its an American pilot with crew in front of his plane in WWII

Diving eagle riding a lightning bolt holding a bomb.

Now if this t-shirt design is to similiar I don’t know it wasn’t what i thought of when i saw it even though I’m very familiar with Nazism and their imagery due to being addicted to historical documentaries as well as discovery channel and other channels with the same content.

The t-shirt I discuss above might have borrowed nazi-styles imagery but it could also have borrowed from the american armed forces imagary but then thats not saying much cause in Europe this kind of imagery didnt show up circa 1910-1945 its been around for hundreds of years. Its also seen and used around the world, today and of old.

To me MMA apparell looks like a blend of styles. Hip-hop and Metal as well as inspired by militarism and different styles of tattooing. But thats through my eyes.

Then again one could argue that if thats is the first thing some people see and identify it with the discussion should end there which is a valid point.

I could write for ages about this discussion but I’m already sick of it and don’t feel like it anymore and I even considered deleting the whole f-ing post.