A TikToker confronted a person in her neighborhood who was waving a Nazi Swastika flag in their front yard reportedly to "protest" vaccine mandates.
User @imnotcryingshutup posted a video of herself approaching a group of people with various anti-vaccine protest symbols, only to find someone else already confronting the person holding the swastika.
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The ensuing argument saw the man admit he "does [his] own research" on YouTube and recommends she do the same.
She replied:
"I'm not gonna go do research on YouTube for something that is so out of your realm of knowledge."
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When confronted about why he was flying the Nazi flag, the man only answered he was doing it intentionally to be provocative.
"Free speech doesn't have to be appeasing," he responded.
"You want to be heard, you don't want to just sit there and hide."
Dumbfounded, the woman responded:
"You also don't have to have that [the swastika] up in our neighborhood. This is our neighborhood. We live here."
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The woman, whose name is Kelley Mills, is based around the Salt Lake City area and shortly before encountering the man, posted a video of the Salt Lake City area's march for women's reproductive rights.
"Salt Lake city made me all kinds of emotional today," she wrote, shortly before encountering the anti-vaccine protesters that subsequently ruined everybody's day.
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The use of Nazi imagery unfortunately has a long and storied history in the USA, one which began to rear its ugly head again circa 2016.
It's almost like someone gave the bigots the OK to come out and parade their ignorance in the light of day.
