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Originally Posted by St.Roostifer
I'm not really into symbols and stuff but I agree with the poster that started this thread. Modern people do not know history worth a ****. This symbol has been used by many ancient cultures and most weren't even white. Yet our history books leave out this tid bit of info to solely focus our attention on Nazi Germany that made it such a horrible thing. The swastica did not commit the crimes of Nazi Germany, Nazi Germany did.
Before Nazi Germany, the swastica was known as a sign of peace and prosperity ( its why Hitler chose it, likely propanganda) but because modern humans have been dumbed down by their government , history books, the media etc, so people associate with something horrible despite its origins that predate Nazi Germany by thousands of years.
Essentially, people have been brain washed. Nothing new really since this has been going on forever. I'm not advocating running around with a swastica on the front of your T-shirt, just to recognize that one ******* has imprinted the wrong association with this symbol. A symbol that truly stands for peace and prosperity and not what Nazi Germany used it for.
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nobody disagrees with that. the thing is you can't really revive the original swastika in a western setting because nazis in all western countries have made it their symbol. so it will usually be associated with racism. maybe if you go to india and include it in the way it was traditionally included, then nobody will care.
sort of like the 6 point star that almost got rick ross killed. it was originally a jewish symbol but because it has been co-opted by a gang it has a different meaning now in certain places. but in other places its just the star of david.