I'm all for it, but what kicked it off?

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[–] 5 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Explain please. All the ones I see in the image are shaped like four adjoined letter L's which is the same way around that the Nazis used. Or are you referring to the fact that most of them aren't stood on a corner, diamond-wise?

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I totally forgot it's also mirrored. Thanks for pulling it up

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago*

    Yes and no. The one the Nazis used was / is also a symbol used in Asia. (And really, everywhere. It's a fairly basic pattern.) The Nazis used it because of their obsession with Aryans. Sometimes it's at an angle, sometimes it's not.

    Generally in the west, unless it's on a statue of budda, any swastika-ish symbol since the ~1930s is going to be a reference to Nazis though.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I reckon it's the latter, I noticed it too. Nazis are the only ones who use it tilted like that, as far as I know.

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  • [–] -2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Let's be real here, they're the only ones that use it at all anymore.

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