Re:Wrongfully Accused: The Swastika Is Not Hitler's Hakenkreuz
by collegeburner on Sunday October 17, 2021 @10:44PM
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This provokes an interesting question then, is it also ok for Christians to use this symbol? I am unfamiliar with its significance in the religion but it appears there was some significance well prior to the nazis, I wonder if it retains any use there still or if it is gone. Nazis had some more direct association with this symbol in Christianity so maybe it is sketchier than the Indian version.
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Re:Wrongfully Accused: The Swastika Is Not Hitler's Hakenkreuz
by chasil on Sunday October 17, 2021 @11:45PM
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I think that, if you are using it with the best of intentions, and in true honor of its origin, then the symbol belongs to you as much as any.
Re:Wrongfully Accused: The Swastika Is Not Hitler's Hakenkreuz
by Ancapistani on Monday October 18, 2021 @01:04AM
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I own a quilt that my great grandparents brought with them from Germany, which is predominately decorated with hakenkreutzen. They came to the US in the early 1920s, so it was obviously not associated with Naziism.
I’m certainly not going to be throwing it away, and I’ve made a point to show it to my children and explain its significance. But… I’m also not going to be posting photos of it online, or putting it on display in my home. It’s a part of my family’s history that is very easily misinterpreted today, and it’s simply not worth the potential for offense or controversy.
I’ve got a Confederate flag, too, that was allegedly flown over the Arkansas state capitol during the US Civil War. It’s the “first national flag”, which I’m fairly confident most people wouldn’t even associate with the Confederacy without being told what it is. I’m still not going to be displaying it, for much the same reasons.