Why Neo-Nazis are Using the Detroit Red Wings Logo, Explained

First they steal the Swastika which the Indians had used for many millenniums. Then they stole the Confederate Flag. Now this.

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The Red Wings issued a formal statement on Saturday, vehemently disavowing any use of their logo an condemning the event, called “Unite the Right,” which brought together several far-right, alt-right, and neo-Nazi groups in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“The Detroit Red Wings vehemently disagree with and are not associated with the event taking place today in Charlottesville, Va.,” the team’s representatives write. “The Red Wings believe that Hockey is for Everyone and we celebrate the great diversity of our fan base and our nation. We are exploring every possible legal action as it pertains to the misuse of our logo in this disturbing demonstration.

The logo is used by a group called the Detroit Right Wings, a white nationalist/neo-Nazi organization based in Detroit. The DRW sent a delegation to the Unite the Right protests, which arrived last night.

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In case there were still any doubts about the DRW being an explicitly Nazi organization, check out the logo.

The Red Wings original logo is a winged car wheel — a callback to Detroit’s proud legacy as the auto manufacturing center of the post-World War II nation (which, coincidentally, also mobilized and re-tooled significantly to produce tanks, jeeps, and other vehicles for the Allied war effort against the Nazis). Here:



This is the logo of a hockey team.

The “Right Wings” logo replaces the spokes in the car’s wheel with jagged angled lines, which form a pattern of the lightning bolt symbol used by the SS:

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