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You know, the swastika existed long before Nazis; see https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%8D#Translingual . You associating it with Nazis is a you problem.
The issue, of course, is that appropriation is a real thing and change common and popular perception is symbolism. Red baseball caps have been appropriated by MAGA, and aggressively used to symbolize support for a particular cult.
We're humans, dude. Everything we do in communication is symbolism, with subtext, connotations, and implications. Red baseball caps symbolize MAGA now to most people in the USA, whether you like it or not.
Coming from Canada. Fuck that. Not everything has to do with the USA.
It’s MAGA lettering, not the the red hat.
Oh, I think you'll find the US can cause plenty of problems for Canada. You even developed your own MAGA there for a moment, and your government is fighting it's own struggle with far-right conservatives. You think you didn't catch that disease from us?
Okay?
You realize red arm bands are still used? It’s only when it’s a swastika that it becomes political.
Same for a red hat.
I don’t know what any of that has to do with the conversation. But no fuck off, a red hat symbolizes nothing, just like a red arm band signifies nothing.
Requires the political message, but bloviate about, whatever that garbage was.