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Beware of 88

Beware of 88 By Elton Camp My poem, vile bigotry was mocking A comment came, against it talking Any trace of civility it did lack I’ll admit that I was taken aback “I know what’s wrong with you. You’re a lover of the filthy Jew.” His rant continued for a full page One filled with hate and rage His pen name he then did state A strange one, it was Wolf88 Another, supporting words did spew His screen name contained 88 too Could this mere coincidence be? I pulled up Google so I could see I learned about Neo-Nazi code That from hate groups flowed The evil meaning I then did get The eighth letter of the alphabet HH the insane Hitler did heil Thus the comments full of bile

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Date: 2/6/2013 2:48:00 PM
wow, i would freak out getting a comment like that. i certainly hope that the administrators of this site did something about it. i didn't know about the number 88 being used that way - thanks for enlightening me. good poem!
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Elton Camp
Date: 2/6/2013 4:39:00 PM
Ilene, happily it didn't take place at this site, but at one of the other places I post. Both 88 and 14 are code words used by Neo-Nazis. It started in Germany where Nazi words and symbols are verboten. Then the use spread to the Internet among folks with that mentality. Elton

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