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I do actually agree that the Nazi witch hunt has got a bit out of hand. To me, not knowing the guy personally and only having screenshots of his Instagram account to go on, Simon's obsession with all of that stuff makes him seem more like a try-hard edge lord that should have grown out of it decades ago than a full blown neo nazi. However, regardless of intent, posting symbols such as The Wolfsangel, which despite having other historical meaning, is almost exclusively neo-Nazi imagery, is fucking gross. It's easy to pass things off by saying "it's meant to be provocative" when you're never likely to be affected by racist violence.
With that in mind, I think concentrating solely on Simon's sketchy online presence has really over-shadowed the issue at hand, which is that Temple Donuts have attempted to co-opt the BLM movement as a publicity exercise, whilst knowing full well that a member of their management staff has been the perpetrator of racist abuse within their workplace. If they were really so concerned about systemic racism surely they would have addressed it when it arose in their establishment first?
Of course, this is all just my take on the subject and I'm no more well informed than anybody else who's got access to Instagram.