-USA made Nazi salutes & Roman salute myth as proven by the historian Dr. Rex Curry
"Stop the Pledge of Allegiance"
robotic group-chanting to flags, Nazism, flag fetishism, and the modern
swastika as "S" symbolism for "Socialism." Recent historical research shows
that the term "ancient Roman salute" is often erroneously used in reference
to the stiff-armed salute of the National Socialist German Workers' Party
(NSGWP). A recent article at opinioneditorials.com garnered a lot of
attention on the topic. Here is a photograph of the so-called Roman salute.
http://rexcurry.net/roman_salute_roman_salute_roman_salute.jpg
Wikipedia and Paul Barlow are also announcing the findings. Barlow has
extensively edited and corrected material on Wikipedia about the Roman
salute so that it adopts and reflects the new discoveries by the noted
symbologist Dr. Rex Curry (author of "Pledge Of Allegiance Secrets").
Barlow has fought against many people who have attempted to edit Wikipedia
to cover-up the findings. Barlow's work has been repeatedly deleted or
altered on Wikipedia by apparent neo-Nazis, socialists and others who want
to maintain old propaganda on the web site.
http://rexcurry.net/wikipedia-lies.html
The stiff-arm salute came from the "Bellamy salute," the hand gesture
described by Francis Bellamy in 1892 to accompany his Pledge of Allegiance
to the flag of the United States. The early Pledge began with a military
salute that was then extended out toward the flag. Francis Bellamy was a
socialist in the USA and he promoted military socialism and the Nationalism
movement.
In a Wikipedia article, Barlow answered the following question posed by a
Wiki reader: "The description of the salute states that the hand is extended
'palm upward' toward the flag, so why does the picture clearly depict
students performing the salute with their palms facing down? Barlow gave the
answer that he had learned from Dr. Curry's work: "Because they are not
doing it right. It's easier just to extend the arm from the heart gesture."
Dr. Curry's discovery (referenced by Barlow) was that the original salute
was performed with the palm down by children perfunctorily extending the
initial military salute (Barlow's "heart gesture" comment might be a result
of his ignorance of the original military salute).
http://rexcurry.net/book1a1contents-pledge.html
Bellamy's socialist rituals in the USA were the origin of the salutes of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the Peoples' Republic of China, and the
National Socialist German Workers' Party, and it inspired their robotic
chanting and worship of government and flags and symbols in their government
schools (socialist schools).
http://rexcurry.net/ussr-socialist-swastika-cccp-sssr.html
On November 17, 2006, Barlow referenced evidence supporting Dr. Curry's
discovery that the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics followed the
lead of the USA in the modern use of the swastika as overlapping "S" letters
for "Socialism," adopted later by the National Socialist German Workers'
Party. Shortly thereafter Barlow's work was deleted. Barlow wrote that he
intends to keep working on the topic in order to restore the work to
Wikipedia's article on that topic.
Another modern influence for the Roman salute myth is "The Oath of the
Horatii" a famous painting by Jacques-Louis David in 1784. It is a very
modern myth, circa 2006. The first time that Jacques-Louis David's painting
was concocted as an excuse for the Roman salute myth was about a year ago on
Wikipedia. It was done by a wikiling writer who was trying to cover-up Dr.
Curry's work showing that the gesture originated in the USA's early Pledge
Of Allegiance. It is more revisionist history air brushed on wakipedia.
David's painting inaccurately depicts an event, and it is an event that
might not have even happened. There is no evidence that any David painting,
nor any painting at all, inspired the original straight-armed salute in the
pledge of allegiance to the U.S. flag. Jacques-Louis David never used the
term "Roman salute" to describe his painting nor to describe anything. There
is no evidence that David even possessed such a concept as "Roman salute,"
or that the concept even existed at that time. Here are other points about
the artist David: The artist did not actually see the event that inspired
him; The artist was not even attempting to discover the actual scene nor to
paint it as a factual record; The artist has never referred to the scene he
fabricated as showing an "ancient Roman salute"; The artist has never
referred to the scene he fabricated as showing "salutes" at all; David's
painting "The Tennis Court Oath" does not show other people taking an oath
or performing a "Roman salute" (and ditto for David's painting "The
Distribution of the Eagle Standards"
http://rexcurry.net/pledge-distribution-of-the-eagles.html ) The artist
never represented the painting as showing other people joining in an oath;
The word oath is singular in the painting's title, not plural; The painting
shows a single person in the center taking an oath; Again, the actual event
that inspired the artist (The Tennis Court Oath
http://rexcurry.net/pledge-jacques-louis-david.html ) did not occur as David
painted it; The actual oath occurred by signing a documentary oath. The
artist was not present for the event; The artist never claimed that the
event that inspired him occurred as he painted it.
http://www.rexcurry.net/pledgehoratii.html
No one else described Jacques-Louis David's work as a Roman salute. That is
because the term "Roman salute" developed in the late 1930's. The Oxford
English Dictionary supports Dr. Rex Curry in this regard.
http://rexcurry.net/roman-salute-oxford-english-dictionary.html
The term "Roman salute" developed decades after Jacques-Louis David's life.
When the term "Roman salute" developed, the straight-arm salute was a
decades-old ritual in government schools in the USA where the gesture was
compelled with robotic chanting of the Pledge Of Allegiance.
Even so, none of those sources of the modern term "Roman salute" said a
thing about artwork by Jacques-Louis David as a source, mistaken or
otherwise.
Wikipedia often functions as an anonymous bulletin board where people make
stuff up as they go along. They begin by repeating a mythical phrase (the
Roman salute) which they eventually abandon as an error (after being
disabused by Dr. Curry's work) and then they sieze upon a neo-classical
painting to continue in their efforts to cover-up the discoveries about the
Pledge's poisonous legacy. The arguments that such people make make have not
been repeated in history.
They know (but they will not allow it to be stated on wikipedia) that
Bellamy explained how the salute was created and that it had nothing to do
with anything suggested about any neo-classical painting nor the Roman myth.
They know that Francis Bellamy said that the Pledge's salute started simply
as a military salute that was then extended out toward the flag. They know
that Bellamy never said the phrase "Roman salute," and there is no evidence
that such a concept ever existed in his head, nor in anyone's head at that
time.
They cannot tie any neo-classical painting myth to the origin of the salute
of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSGWP). They cannot show
that the NSGWP's leader based his salute on any painting nor on the Roman
myth. The NSGWP's leader referred to his salute as "the German salute" and
he said he first saw it in a German Beer Hall.
http://rexcurry.net/swastika-hanfstaengl.html
It all occurred after decades of travel (from 1892) by Germans, other
Europeans, and Americans, visiting and immigrating to and from the USA where
the gesture had been mandated in ritual chanting in government schools
(socialist schools) for decades. When German National Socialists adopted it,
the American salute had even appeared in films, photos and other media.
All credible modern writers now concede the discoveries by Dr. Curry,
establishing that the gesture was not an ancient Roman salute.
http://rexcurry.net/roman_salute_roman_salute_roman_salute.jpg Roman Salutes
from ancient Rome are a myth.
Opinion Editorials reported on the many references to Dr. Curry's research
and discoveries on Wikipedia. It might be the most referenced historical
research on Wikipedia. Even Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales, Wikipedia founder, has
publicly noted the historian's influence on Wikipedia. Wikipedia writers
have reviewed and verified the research. Some Wikipedia writers use it
without attribution in apparent attempts to bolster their own credibility.
In the past, Wikipedia's Roman salute article was even worse, and claimed
that the salute was a Roman salute (until Dr. Curry's work was disproved
that claim). After that, Wikpedia's Roman salute article was improved. The
article went downhill fast as wikilings deleted facts and concocted a new
myth. Wikipedia has experienced many short bursts of accuracy (such as when
new discoveries by Dr. Curry are publicized) but accurate periods are often
short at Wikipedia.
Here is another example. A recent web search for "British Union of Fascists
and National Socialists" (BUFNS) showed Dr. Curry's work on top, and showed
no article at all on Wikipedia. Wikipedia leaves the public with the
misimpression that the BUFNS never existed, or that its name-change never
occurred. That glaring omission at Wikipedia has gained a lot of media
attention for a long time, and yet the omission was still there in a recent
web search. It is turning wakipedia into a laughingstock.
http://rexcurry.net/british-union-of-fascists-sir-oswald-mosley.html
Amazon.com adopted as its policies recommendations advocated by Dr. Curry
and reported in Opinion Editorials.
http://www.opinioneditorials.com/guestcontributors/rcurry_20061027.html
Amazon's web site deletes and discourages use of the common 4-letter
shorthand n-word for "National Socialist German Workers' Party" within
Amazon's reviews, product information, tags and other uses. By fighting the
shorthand term, Amazon encourages customers to learn and to use the actual
accurate name of the monstrous group: National Socialist German Workers'
Party. http://rexcurry.net/amazon-com-book-reviews-tags-discussions.html
For a long time, Dr. Curry has exposed widespread ignorance in the media and
in the general public about what the 4-letter abbreviation abbreviates. That
etymological ignorance has grown through overuse of the hackneyed shorthand
term in print and in government schools (socialist schools). Dr. Curry
advocated that the shorthand term should be avoided, unless it is used in
conjunction with the full actual name of the Party. Amazon is helping Dr.
Curry to reverse the ignorant habit within the media and the public.
Flags Of The World FOTW and North American Vexillological Associations NAVA
members have also recognized Dr. Curry's work.
http://rexcurry.net/north-american-vexillological-association-nava.html
and http://rexcurry.net/fotw-flags-of-the-world-vexillology.html
Wikipedia has previously informed its readers about Dr. Curry's work in an
Opinion Editorials article showing that the former Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics may have preceded the National Socialist German Workers' Party in
using the swastika as overlapping "S" letters for "Socialism."
http://www.opinioneditorials.com/guestcontributors/rcurry_20060929.html
and at http://rexcurry.net/ussr-socialist-swastika-cccp-sssr.html
And similar discoveries by Dr. Curry regarding the Brazilian Integralist
Action Party.
http://rexcurry.net/swastika-brazilian-integralist-action-aib-greek-sigma.html
Wikipedia and Vexillological groups have also announced similar discoveries
by Dr. Curry regarding the British Union of Fascists and National
Socialists.
http://rexcurry.net/british-union-of-fascists-sir-oswald-mosley.html
The British Union of Fascists and National Socialists is often compared with
the American First Committee that was operated contemporaneously in the USA
by Charles Lindbergh. The BUFNS is sometimes called the "Britain First
Committee."
Another Wikipedia article on the "Bellamy salute" references Dr. Curry's
work showing that Charles Lindbergh and other Americans were photographed
performing the early straight-arm salute to the U.S. flag, and that those
photographs were used later to imply cooperation with German National
Socialists.
http://rexcurry.net/america-first-committee-charles-lindbergh-wikipedia-org-wiki.html
A photograph of Lindbergh performing the salute is at
http://rexcurry.net/america-first-committee-charles-lindbergh.JPG
In his Pulitzer prize winning biography "Lindbergh," author A. Scott Berg
also agrees with Dr. Curry's assertion that photographs of Americans
performing the early Pledge salute were used to imply cooperation with the
National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSGWP). It is interesting to note
that when the "Lindbergh" biography was written, the author Berg failed to
make Dr. Curry's discovery that the American salute was the origin of the
German Socialist salute.