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How do people find that offensive?

• big_chungus 7y ago
  It is probably best known as part of nazi ideology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan This is no the only use, of course, but that doesn't matter. Good luck being a Hindu and displaying a swastika.
  • saagarjha 7y ago
    Or being ethnically Aryan :/
    • wizzwizz4 7y ago
      > Scholars point out that, even in ancient times, the idea of being an "Aryan" was religious, cultural and linguistic, not racial. — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan
      • saagarjha 7y ago
        Right, it's an ethnic concept: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Aryan_peoples https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Aryan_peoples