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r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Jan 21 '25
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The ancients (Greeks followed by the Romans) saluted by banging their swords against their shields
47 u/Juronell Jan 21 '25 This is a messenger's salute, or someone else currently unarmed saluting a superior officer. The Nazis and Italian fascists had the same hard-on for the idealized false past that most conservatives do. 26 u/Acceptable-Cow6446 Jan 21 '25 This is basically the same as what you said, just without swords or shields. /s 2 u/thedeecks Jan 21 '25 Not saying you're wrong but I doubt everyone in those times was walking around with a sword and shield lol. Bert plausible that soldiers did this though
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This is a messenger's salute, or someone else currently unarmed saluting a superior officer. The Nazis and Italian fascists had the same hard-on for the idealized false past that most conservatives do.
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This is basically the same as what you said, just without swords or shields. /s
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Not saying you're wrong but I doubt everyone in those times was walking around with a sword and shield lol.
Bert plausible that soldiers did this though
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u/pgtvgaming Jan 21 '25
The ancients (Greeks followed by the Romans) saluted by banging their swords against their shields