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Those aren't nazi symbols silly. They are buddhist symbols abused by the 3rd reich!
by paines 9y ago
Those aren't nazi symbols silly. They are buddhist symbols abused by the 3rd reich!
- Jaruzel 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
- darklajid 9y agoNot helpful. Sometimes technically correct isn't correct enough or good enough. The symbol was - in large parts of the world - tainted by the Nazis. By Germans (I'm one). Sorry for Buddhists that suffer in Europe, but I am a supporter of the ban of this symbol (and lots of other speech, Free Speech is a different concept from elsewhere).
- mjevans 9y agoThis definitely is a case where use and intent should matter. I agree with making the reverence of a /Nazi/ symbol something to censor for the public good. However, use in a historically accurate context? Or even an alternate history, either of which should present it as a symbol being used to spearhead hate and atrocities? I feel like that is a truthful non-worshiping view that should be retained. Uses outside of that context, such as the symbol's older geometric and religious meanings (probably identifiable by their lack of historically / physically WW-II ties) should be fine.