NAZI ITEMS THAT GLORIFY NAZISM
ARE ALLOWED BY EBAY
A lot of fascinating research concerns eBay. Much of the work examines tips
and tricks for selling items in online auctions. Most of the work is puff,
with very little critical analysis of the web site. More information
is needed to aid sellers in navigating eBay's esoteric and oddball rules.
For example, one rule states that eBay "will deem inappropriate and remove
listings of items whose primary value is that they are from or promote organizations
that glorify hatred, violence, racial or religious intolerance...." and the
rule refers to the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSGWP) among
others. That rule creates glaring hypocrisy when compared to the special
exception that eBay makes for the sale of collectibles from the NSGWP, including
stamps and coins.
Any review of eBay's stamps and coins from the NSGWP shows that they are
offensive items that were made by real, live German National Socialists to
glorify German National Socialism and its leaders.
In comparison, many items are banned that were not made by real, live German
National Socialists to glorify German National Socialism.
For example, a historic photograph of the early Pledge of Allegiance to
the flag of the USA was removed by a worker at eBay. In the ban
of America's flag heritage, an eBay worker cited the "anti NSWGP" rule, as
if to state that the early pledge was an artifact of German National Socialism
or intended to glorify hatred, violence, racial or religious intolerance.
The eye-popping eBay letter is can be found in searches of the web and at http://rexcurry.net/ebay-sucks.html
That ban of the flag salute photo was stark hypocrisy compared to eBay's
aid for stamps and coins made by real, live German National Socialists to
glorify German National Socialism. The auction site allows stamps from
the NSGWP that show the swastika flag being saluted.
The actual implementation of eBay rules has had an effect that seems pro-NSWGP,
while suppressing items that are critical of German National Socialism.
The bizarre behavior at eBay might be explained by the ignorance of eBay
workers. They probably attended government schools (socialist schools)
where they were taught propaganda and lies about the Pledge of Allegiance
and its history of National Socialism in the USA. The workers are probably
not aware that the early Pledge of Allegiance used a straight-arm salute
that was the origin of the salute of German National Socialism, as discovered
by the historian Dr. Rex Curry (author of "Pledge of Allegiance Secrets").
On the other hand, if eBay is aware of Professor Curry's work, then
the question arises whether eBay has made a decision to ban some Pledge of
Allegiance items on the grounds that they were sources of German National
Socialism.
The eBay policy might result in other odd outcomes. There are photographs
of U.S. athletes at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin giving the straight-arm salute
of the U.S.A. There is the danger that eBay workers will strike sales of
U.S. athletes giving the U.S. salute, and that eBay workers will label them
as artifacts of German National Socialism.
A little known secret about the Olympics is that the games have an official
salute. It is a straight-arm salute like that of the former National Socialist
German Workers' Party. Dr. Curry showed that both salutes originated
in the United States from an Amercian National Socialist, Francis Bellamy.
The straight-arm salute was the early gesture of the Pledge of Allegiance
(1892), written by Bellamy, a self-proclaimed National Socialist who espoused
"military socialism." The pledge spread the straight-arm salute and
Bellamy's socialist dogma in the USA. Participation in the Olympics by the
USA influenced the games to adopt the same straight-armed socialist salute
used for the pledge. The Olympics spread the straight-arm salute and the
socialist dogma worldwide.
The leader of the German Workers' Party was so impressed with the dogma of
National Socialism that he renamed his party the National Socialist German
Workers' Party. He also turned the swastika 45 degrees to the horizontal
and pointed it clockwise to highlight the "S" shape to symbolize the party's
"socialism," as discovered by Professor Curry, author of "Swastika Secrets."
The anti NSGWP rule at eBay has banned sales of items showing or analyzing
the swastika and explaining its use as overlapping "S" letters for "Socialism."
That ban was stark hypocrisy compared to eBay's aid for stamps and
coins made by real, live German National Socialists to glorify German National
Socialism. The eBay auction site allows stamps from the NSGWP that
show the swastika symbol on a flag and being saluted with the straight-arm
salute. The actual implementation of eBay rules has had an effect that seems
pro-NSWGP, while suppressing items that are critical of German National Socialism.
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A nationwide boycott of eBay is protesting eBay's hypocrisy regarding
Nazi items that glorify Nazism. Ebay abets sales of Nazi stamps and coins,
for example. eBay's Nazi stamps and coins show offensive items that were
made by Nazis to glorify Nazism, Hitler, hatred & racism. Hypocritically,
eBay banned the sale of a historic photograph of the USA's original Pledge
of Allegiance (which was the origin of the Nazi salute) while allowing Nazi
stamps that show the Nazi flag saluted.
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A nationwide boycott of eBay is protesting eBay's hypocrisy regarding items
that glorify Nazism. Nazi items that glorify Nazism are allowed on eBay for
auction. For example, Ebay abets sales of Nazi stamps and coins, and openly
admits it in written policies. Any review of eBay's Nazi stamps and coins
shows that they are offensive items that were made by Nazis to glorify Nazism,
Hitler, hatred, violence, racism and religious intolerance. http://rexcurry.net/ebay-sucks.html
Ebay banned the sale of a historic photograph of the original Pledge of Allegiance
to the flag of the USA. The ban was stark hypocrisy compared
to eBay's aid for Nazi stamps and coins. Many Nazi stamps bear the
Nazi flag being saluted, and eBay abets the sale of those Nazi stamps. In
the ban of America's flag heritage, Ebay cited it's policy against
other "Nazi" items, believe it or not! The eye-popping eBay letter
and the photo are at http://rexcurry.net and at the url cited above and can be found in web searches for the historian Rex Curry.
EBay claims that it "will deem inappropriate
and remove listings of items whose primary value is that they are from or
promote organizations that glorify hatred, violence, racial or religious
intolerance, such as the Aryan Nation, Hitler Youth, Nazis, neo-Nazis,
etc." That is a glaring contradiction of the special exception that Ebay makes for Nazi items that glorify Nazism.
A review of Nazi items on eBay suggests that eBay's removal of items
to which eBay objects is inconsistent or selective. In addition to
Nazi items that eBay policy openly abets, there appear to be many items that
violate ebay's remaining polices, and many of those items are not removed.
At the same time that eBay aids Nazi items that glorify Nazis, Ebay
also removes items that denounce Nazism. Thus, whether eBay intends
the outcome or not, eBay's behavior gives the appearance that eBay is included
in "organizations that glorify hatred, violence, racial or religious intolerance,
such as the Aryan Nation, Hitler Youth, Nazis, neo-Nazis, etc." Ebay's
Nazi-like conduct leaves the appearance that eBay is an organization that
removes and censors opposition to Nazism.
Even more bizarre is that Ebay has removed items that denounce Nazism and
then eBay claimed in canned emails that the items that denounced Nazism "violated
eBay's Hateful or Discriminatory policy..." (sic).
Ebay's self-confessed "hateful or discriminatory policy" is one of many reasons why Ebay and its "hateful or
discriminatory policy" of hypocrisy and its outrageous fees are being replaced by
competitors (e.g. Yahoo Auctions - which post auctions free of charge).
Questions raised by Ebay's ban of a historic US flag photo include the following
(and any answers are not clear from Ebay's letter):
Is Ebay acknowledging that the USA's original pledge
of allegiance (which used a straight-arm salute) was the origin of
the Nazi salute? That historic discovery was exposed by the historian Rex
Curry.
Does Ebay believe that historic photographs of America's
original pledge violate laws in countries that ban Nazi depictions? (Selling
or displaying Nazi artifacts is illegal in France. Germany is similar. In
other words, is the U.S. pledge a Nazi artifact? Is it illegal to display
/ sell historic photographs of the original USA pledge in France and/or Germany?)
Ebay's "hateful or discriminatory policy" evinces
hatefulness for liberty and it shows eBay's discrimination against Americans
in order to adopt un-American and authoritarian behavior in other countries.
Ebay recently suspended a seller who had a five year
history on ebay and a 100% positive rating by customers. Ebay suspended
the seller in order to ban the sale of a book criticizing Adolf Hitler's
bizarre signature. The book can be found at http://rexcurry.net
and in web searches for the historian Rex Curry. Ebay acted unilaterally
and without any complaint from any of its customers. Why did eBay do that?
Most people have never seen Adolf Hitler's bizarre
signature and it seems that Ebay intends to keep it that way, and keep its
customers in the dark and ignorant.
Another recent disturbing act of suppression of historical truths on
ebay involved an eBay employee who goes by the name "Shea" and who tries to remain semi-anonymous on eBay while also
refusing to converse or answer questions about his, or eBay's, policies. There have been other
incidences in which eBay has tried to suppress America's heritage concerning
the pledge of allegiance, including actions of the "Community Watch
Team with eBay Trust & Safety." A search of the internet shows Shea
otherwise identified as acting on behalf of Bill Cobb of ebay. It is
not clear what relationship there is between Shea and Oscar or Kimbal or
Jake or Murphie who are also identified on the internet as acting on behalf
of Bill Cobb and Community Watch Team at eBay Trust & Safety.
The banned book about Hitler's signature should not have been banned
because Ebay's policy specifically allows books about historical information
from WWII and information criticizing Nazis. Ebay policy also specifically
allows the book as a War documentary or about victims of war or violence.
Ebay's "hateful or discriminatory policy" evinces
hatefulness for the US Constitution and discrimination against the First
Amendment right of Free Speech.
When asked for a comment, customer service at eBay
clammed up. Ebay customer service is notoriously bad, and the eBay
website seems designed to prevent emailing, or phone calls to eBay. Ebay's
website is designed to force customers to use webpage forms that can then
be easily ignored and prevent customers from complaining to higher-ups about
Ebay employees who are rude, hateful, disciminatory and who need to be fired
before they destroy eBay. Customers who are victimized by eBay are
shut-out and have no alternative but to take complaints public.
Whether eBay customer service intended it or not, the effect of the hateful and discriminatory
policies at eBay is to cover-up for Nazism, racism, aryanism and totalitarianism.
Ebay risks leaving the appearance of trying to rehabilitate Nazism, racism and
Aryanism by suppressing critics of those horrid dogmas.
That is why eBay is becoming a
bad place to do business and why eBay's competition is growing fast.
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Ebay also has a shocking practice that involves suspending accounts in such
a way that eBay interferes with transactions that have been paid for but
not completed. Their system can sabotage agreements that have
already been made, and interfere with communications between the buyer and
seller in their efforts to wrap up the matters. Ebay does this without
giving explanation to all parties involved, so it leaves a misimpression
of what is happening, and eBay does not honestly state to the parties that
eBay is the cause of the interference and of the inability to finish the transaction
or the inability to even communicate. That is why eBay is becoming such a
bad place to do business and why their competition is growing by leaps and
bounds.
THE EBAY LETTER
Dear ______,
We regret to inform you that your eBay auction..........has been ended.
All fees associated with this auction have been credited to your account.
The item you have listed does not appear to be consistent with eBay guidelines.
In accordance with our Offensive Materials policy, eBay does not permit Nazi
items to be sold on our site. This means that items that bear any markings
of the Nazi party are prohibited on eBay. This applies even if the offending
symbols have been cropped, edited or otherwise covered or altered in the
image or description of the item. Prohibited items also include those that
are advertised with Nazi terms, including but not limited to: Aryan nation,
Hitler, Hitler Youth, HJ, NSDAP, NSKK, Nazi, Neo-Nazi, RZM, SS, or Third
Reich. Sellers may not use techniques to circumvent our policy, such as substituting
XX or other double letters to signify SS items.
Exceptions to this rule are as follows:
- Stamps and coins are allowed even if they contain offensive symbols.
- Non-propaganda books and movies about WWII or Nazi Germany, even if the Nazi symbol appears on or in the item
- Mein Kampf may be sold provided that it is not a German language edition
of the book. Also sellers must state in their listing that they will not
ship this item outside the United States.
Items from or related to Nazi Germany are sought after by collectors and
historians the world over. However, eBay is now a worldwide community, with
many of its users residing in countries where the possession or sale of items
associated with hate organizations in general, and the Nazi Party in particular,
is a criminal offense.
eBay has always exercised prudence in determining what it must disallow in
order to foster a worldwide trading community. However, eBay will deem inappropriate
and remove listings of items whose primary value is that they are from or
promote organizations that glorify hatred, violence, racial or religious
intolerance, such as the Aryan Nation, Hitler Youth, KKK, Nazis, neo-Nazis,
etc.
eBay will review listings that are brought to its attention by its global
community, and will look at the entire listing to determine whether it is
in violation of our policies.
For more information on this policy, please visit:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/offensive.html
For information on infringing, prohibited or questionable items, please view:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/items-ov.html
For more information on why eBay has ended an auction, please visit:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/png-endauction.html
Future auctions listed that fail to meet our listing guidelines will be ended
early and repeated violations may jeopardize your account status. We value
you as a member of our community and wish to continue our relationship, so
we respectfully ask you to refrain from any violations of the Listing Policies
or User Agreement in the future.
We thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Regards,
Customer Support (Trust and Safety Department)
eBay Inc