Trump administration insiders are furious over reporting that the U.S. Coast Guard, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, will no longer classify the swastika as a symbol of "hate."According to the Washington Post, the branch of military service has decided that swastikas and nooses ...
The symbol predates the Nazis coopting of it by a few thousand years. Used to mean peace forever or something. Only became the symbol of fascism because the Nazis misappropriated it
Pre-WW2 use of the swastika: all good.
Post-WW2 use of the swastika, specifically in the context of this discussion (for armed service members in the western world): very, very not good.
The swastika does stand for a symbol of peace when it leans in the counter-clockwise position. But, the Nazi swastika is backwards. Thus, it is inherently a symbol of hate.
Its fair for the wrong reasons.
It’s fair because it is a peace symbol.
Its wrong because it is and will be used as a hate symbol.
yeah, that’s cool, but it’s for nazis now.
I don’t see why people are down voting this. It’s true, and doesn’t necessarily call for the return of the symbol in any way. The Nazis took a lot of symbols for themselves, but some of them will be forever associated with them now. Nobody can really save the sunwheel symbol at this point.
Some modern Pagan/Heathen religious movements might try to reclaim some symbols while being staunchly anti-nazi, but it’s hard for them to do that while people have little education other than “Nazis used this” and not knowing the history. I believe some of these symbols are beyond redemption at this point, especially the swastika, and it’s better to focus on those that have no Nazi ties or maybe ones that are so loose that they don’t really matter.
Cool, if any recruits can prove that they got their swastika tattoo prior to 1939, then it’s not a hate symbol. But still, don’t invite them in though, they can’t come in until invited.