On: Chaos in Hong Kong as hundreds of masked men assault protesters, journalists

[benj111]

Is there a symbolism with the white? Or was it an arbitrary colour?

I believe Brown was chosen for the Nazi SA uniforms because they were cheap.

[trevyn → benj111]

I assume it was for maximum contrast with the black that many of the protesters wear, to help distinguish friend from foe.

[chewz → benj111]

> I believe Brown was chosen for the Nazi SA uniforms because they were cheap.

No, it was taken from Harvard's University colors, I believe.

> Hanfstaengl composed both Brownshirt and Hitler Youth marches patterned after his Harvard football songs and, he later claimed, devised the chant "Sieg Heil"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Hanfstaengl

[benj111 → chewz]

"Brown-colored shirts were chosen as the SA uniform because a large number of them were cheaply available after World War I"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung

Harvard university is Crimson?