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The discussion also touches on how progressive critics and social media pundits have responded to these ads, often with hyperbole or misinterpretation. Attempts to link a denim campaign to Nazi ideology are dismissed as absurd and a reflection of cultural hysteria. The speaker argues that sensational claims about “fascist aesthetics” are just another example of how polarized discourse has become—where anything slightly traditional or beautiful is conflated with dangerous symbolism.