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Good Golly. Just watched an episode of Panorma about racist, violent, anti-Semitic, football supporters in the Ukraine and Poland. Apparently there's a club of supporters that likes to give the old Nazi salute. In addition to setting things on fire in stadiums and wearing their white power gear, one set of them does militia style training and has a Confederate flag on display in their club house.
In a thousand years, I would not have expected to see such scenes from Poland and the Ukraine. All I can think of is about this kid I went to elementary school with whose Ukrainian mother came in to show us the fancy painted eggs. Certainly, 99% of all residents of these two countries are probably completely disgusted and fall on the painted egg rather than the painted swastika side of things, but still shocking! And the police chief who said, "Oh, that is not a Nazi salute, they are just pointing," was so unable to believe his own lie he couldn't even look at the camera.
Anyway, you could look for it if you're interested. I wouldn't say it was educational, but I found it more disturbing than those old Dateline specials about the militias in Idaho.
In a thousand years, I would not have expected to see such scenes from Poland and the Ukraine. All I can think of is about this kid I went to elementary school with whose Ukrainian mother came in to show us the fancy painted eggs. Certainly, 99% of all residents of these two countries are probably completely disgusted and fall on the painted egg rather than the painted swastika side of things, but still shocking! And the police chief who said, "Oh, that is not a Nazi salute, they are just pointing," was so unable to believe his own lie he couldn't even look at the camera.
Anyway, you could look for it if you're interested. I wouldn't say it was educational, but I found it more disturbing than those old Dateline specials about the militias in Idaho.