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The Nazis stole the swastika. Should we consider it unfair to factor the use of that symbol in to our judgment about whether someone is/supporting/identifying a
by AgentME 6y ago
The Nazis stole the swastika. Should we consider it unfair to factor the use of that symbol in to our judgment about whether someone is/supporting/identifying as a Nazi?
Symbols don't have fixed inherent meanings.
- gus_massa 6y agoThe problem is that is is interpreted as a Nazi symbol even when it is used with it historical meaning, even when it has not the Nazi symbol rotation/orientation/details. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika > In Japan, the swastika is also used as a map symbol and is designated by the Survey Act and related Japanese governmental rules to denote a Buddhist temple. This caused some controversy, for example https://www.tofugu.com/japan/japanese-swastika/ https://www.tofugu.com/japan/japanese-swastika/