• ricecake@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    They can have whatever they want, but you’ll have to forgive people for thinking that you align with people who display the same symbols as you.

    I assume anyone flying a swastika is antisemitic, when to be fair, they might just be a fan of the Nazi stance on affordable housing and infrastructure.

    If you have a problem with symbols you identify with being co-opted by people you don’t, take it up with the people you disagree with who took your symbol, not the people who also disagree with them.

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      1 year ago

      I assume anyone flying a swastika is antisemitic, when to be fair, they might just be a fan of the Nazi stance on affordable housing and infrastructure.

      Or they’re Hindu and it’s got nothing to do with Nazis at all.

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        1 year ago

        Yes, that’s sorta why I picked that example. It’s a symbol that’s been used in other contexts and is almost entirely associated with a specific negative use case.

        If you see a guy walking around with a swastika arm band, do you really think "oh, look at that man showing pride in his Hindu beliefs”?

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          1 year ago

          If they’re dressed in Hindu garb, sure. I wouldn’t assume they’re a Nazi then. Granted it’s not what we’re likely to see.