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A few million people died under that misappropriated symbol though. It sucks you can't use it for its intended message anymore, but most peoples' sympathies lie
by jstarfish 9y ago
A few million people died under that misappropriated symbol though. It sucks you can't use it for its intended message anymore, but most peoples' sympathies lie elsewhere.
- domevent 9y agoA few times a few at least, and that’s only counting extermination in the KZ’s and VZ’s. If you consider the total casualties of the war, including combat deaths (even German) and civilian casualties outside of the camps, it’s more in the realm of 50-80 million. Subtract 3-5 million for the Pacific theater, and it’s still a lot. It also doesn’t help that neo-Nazis work today under the same banner.
- dbsvsv 9y agoHitler was also against smoking. His message resonated with people and caused them to kill. Maybe if he wasn't against smoking people wouldn't have followed him Would you smoke as a protest?
- pound 9y agoShould we also abandon cross? So many people died during the Crusades
- whatshisface 9y agoQuite a few people died on the crosses themselves, including one very well-remembered.
- krapp 9y agoTo be perfectly fair, though... it is a morbid symbol. Had the Romans been fond of hanging, Christians might be walking around wearing nooses around their necks.
- jstarfish 9y agoThe cross is a sign of solidarity for supporters of one particular person who died on it, not as a sign of solidarity for the people who put him on it.
- pound 9y agoSimilar things can be said about swastika, it's not a sign of solidarity with the people who were killing others during the war