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Small nitpick on 2 - If you visited India you will find "Swastikas" on the doors of many of the Hindu & Jain households. It is a symbol of auspiciousness and g
by nocoder 9y ago
Small nitpick on 2 -
If you visited India you will find "Swastikas" on the doors of many of the Hindu & Jain households. It is a symbol of auspiciousness and good luck, the association with hatred is very recent and perhaps limited to western world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
- matt4077 9y agoIt's this sort of completely irrelevant, shallow, bad-faith argument that makes me afraid of what the future holds. Within the context of this debate, the Swastika is a symbol of genocide, and fascism, and nothing else. To suggest that you can't tell, and that these people chanting "Jews will not replace us" may have just been buddhists is ridiculous, and sad.
- ryanbrunner 9y agoThis is a solved problem though, context and reasonableness can always be taken into account when someone is charged for a crime. For example, Swastikas used in a Hindu / Jainist context are perfectly legal in Germany where the "Nazi swastika" is banned.