Small victory against a neo-nazi yesterday.

[Ian David]

In an online game I play, some dude was using the screen name 88(name)88.

(I've deleted the middle part in case he googles himself and finds me to seek revenge).

I sent an email to the game company, along with links explaining how "88" is used as a neo-nazi slogan meaning "Heil Hitler."

I also asked, "If you change his screen name for him, may I suggest that you please change it to 'Shalom18?' Thanks!"

And guess what?

They did!

Some neo-nazi dude is now stuck with the name Shalom18.

Hah!



Happy Chanukah, fucker!

[MadMaddie]

1. Brilliant!!

[howard112211]

2. LOL. That is cool.

"Pwned" :)

[sakabatou]

3. LOLZ!

[rwheeler31]

4. Wonderful and too funny, keep it up.

[LuvNewcastle]

5. I didn't know that.

How do they get "Heil Hitler" from "88"?

[Texasgal]

6. I'm with ya...

never heard of this term...

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. H is the eighth letter of the alphabet, so 88=HH, or Heil Hitler

It also references the dual purpose 88mm antiaircraft/artillery guns, one of the most feared weapons of the German Wehrmacht during WW2.

[LuvNewcastle]

8. Thanks.

I learn something new around here every day.:)

[AwakeAtLast]

9. One of the many reasons I love DU

I didn't know that either!

[hootinholler]

10. AND 18 means AssHole!

:rofl:

Shalom18 = Peace, AssHole.

:rofl:


-Hoot

[rockymountaindem]

12. 18 is the Hebrew letter-to-number thingy for "life"

Since Hebrew uses the same characters for letters and numbers, the letters in the word "chai", when used as numbers, add up to the number 18. So 18 is considered an important, significant number in Judaism since it corresponds to the word for life. That's why Jews tend to make donations to Jewish charities in amounts that are multiples of 18 (like 36, or 180 etc.)

So it's a serious burn for that Nazi fellow :)

[hootinholler]

20. Thanks! I love learning new things.

I was applying the nazi's own number code to the response, seemed almost, magical ;)

-Hoot

[Ghost in the Machine]

16. Yeah.... or he could have just been a Dale Earnhardt Jr fan...

:eyes:

[mitchum]

18. or a pianoplayer

[alcibiades_mystery]

31. Notice that I did not judge the actual OP

I merely explained why neo-nazis use 88. For all I know, the OP's interlocutor COULD HAVE been a Dale Earnhardt fan. I made no claim on that point either way.

[Ghost in the Machine]

35. Oh I know.. and sorry if you thought the rolling eyes were for you..

.. they were for the OP. I know full well what ALL of the neo-nazi signs and symbols are... trust me on that.

I question the OP because he never stated that this person said/posted anything that led him to believe he was a neo-nazi.. just that his name contained the "88"s...


Peace,

Ghost

[alcibiades_mystery]

36. I agree

I found the OP's claim dubious if it was just a matter of the user name.

[Ghost in the Machine]

41. Usually the number 14 is also used with the 88...

14 signifies the "14 words of the Brotherhood" (Aryan Brotherhood), coined by David Lane.

There are any number of possibilities/reasons for someone having "88" by their name: year of birth, year of graduation, year of marriage, it was their football jersey number, or the number of their favorite player... or the Dale Jr. thingie. It's impossible to establish with the little/no context in the OP.


Peace,

Ghost

[Ian David]

11. Here

As a Neo-Nazi symbol
Eighty-eight is used as code among Neo-Nazis to identify each other.<2> H is the 8th letter of the alphabet, so 88 is taken to stand for HH which in turn means Heil Hitler.<3> For example, the number is used in the song "88 rock'n'roll band" by the neo-Nazi group Landser. The late convicted Order terrorist David Lane wrote "Fourteen Words" and 88 Precepts, and the numbers are often found in combination (1488, 14/88, etc.). This form of the number has inspired the naming of the groups Column 88, Unit 88, and White Legion 88.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88_%28number%29#As_a_Neo-Nazi_symbol

Racist Skinhead Glossary
Common terms of the movement
14/88: Common white supremacist code. 14 stands for the "14 words" slogan coined by David Lane, who is serving a 190-year sentence for his part in the assassination of a Jewish talk show host: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children." 88 means "Heil Hitler," as H is the eighth letter of the alphabet.
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?sid=384

[Brother Buzz]

13. That's pretty funny

Sometimes a bit of schadenfreude is appropriate and good for the soul.

I might have suggested Shalom4:20 - peace and smoke pot. ;)

[HipChick]

14. good on you mate..

:rofl:

[Hassin Bin Sober]

15. I've always loved you.

[Swamp Rat]

17. HAHAHAHA!!!!

:rofl: :yourock:

[varelse]

19. Sweet! (nt)

[arcadian]

21. How do you know he was a neo-nazi?

Other than your specualtion about his username? maybe he was born in 1988?

[immoderate]

22. Maybe he's an Oldsmobile...

:shrug:

-imm

[hfojvt]

24. or 1970

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fP5deDgjj4

[backscatter712]

23. PWN3D!!!

Nice one!

[Spider Jerusalem]

25. I used to make that assumption about anyone with the numbers 88 in their online usernames.

But...someone born in 1988 would now be 21, and a lot of people use the year of their birth as part of online names (and may not be aware of the other connotations).

[pipi_k]

26. Hah...at first I thought this was going to be yet another...

"I won a debate with a Neo Nazi asshole", to which I would have replied, "Yeah, fine...but did you change his mind, or just waste your time?"


But what you did do was even better.


Very funny, and I like it!

:7

[Ian David]

27. Update: There's another guy whose name is a variation of KluKluxKlan.

I'm reporting him now, and trying to figure out what I should suggest they change THIS guy's name to a name that professes his love for MLK, Jr.

[seeinfweggos]

32. blck-s-btfl

[Ian David]

33. Oooh! I'll save that for next time! Thanks! n/t

[SalmonChantedEvening]

38. You sir, are a genius. :)

Bravo! :yourock:

[Odin2005]

28. HAHAHA, brilliant!

:rofl:

[proud2BlibKansan]

29. LOL Reminds me of the highway they renamed in MO

A KKK group adopted it and had a sign put up with their name on it. So a state rep proposed naming that stretch of highway after a Jewish activist.

[rucky]

30. Maybe he was Chinese and superstitious?

Or a HAM radio enthusiast wishing you hugs and kisses?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88_(number)

[Ian David]

34. What about some of THESE guys?

[rucky]

37. Krikey!

[walldude]

40. What game is that?

Borderlands?

[-..__...]

39. Maybe the guy is really Jewish?

8 = 8th letter of alphabet = H

88 = HH

HH = "Happy Hanukkah" :smoke:

[Ian David]

42. LOL! Didn't think of that! n/t

[Name removed]

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[Clintonista2]

44. LOL!

[New Dawn]

45. Or what if he was just born in 1988.

I see a number of profiles that make you initially think they are a nazi because of the "88", but then you find out that they were just born in 1988 after looking through the stuff they put on there.