i kinda feel for the few legit indian hindu people in the replies doing the "actually its not a swastika, the swastika is a sacred and ancient hindu symbol, this guy actually has a hakenkreuz on his backpack which is just some nazi bullshit", like i appreciate your efforts to reclaim it but that ship has well and truly sailed guys
They really need to shut up. The Nazis use the centered Swastika as well as the 45 degree one, and if Hindu swastikas get mistaken for Nazi ones I've never seen it in the wild. It's not their problem, it's never been their problem, and unless they're going to start skinning Nazis it will continue to not be their problem.
I don't know how common it is but there is confusion. This year California passed a bill banning displaying hate symbols in public and they had to amend it to specify they don't mean Hindu swastikas
In the west the ship has sailed. If you come to India (or other parts of Asia) you'll see the Hindu/Buddhist swastika everywhere. In India it's on temples, delivery trucks, in people's kitchens
But yeah it would be quite an ordeal to get everyone to change what they call the Nazi symbols now
i kinda feel for the few legit indian hindu people in the replies doing the "actually its not a swastika, the swastika is a sacred and ancient hindu symbol, this guy actually has a hakenkreuz on his backpack which is just some nazi bullshit", like i appreciate your efforts to reclaim it but that ship has well and truly sailed guys
They really need to shut up. The Nazis use the centered Swastika as well as the 45 degree one, and if Hindu swastikas get mistaken for Nazi ones I've never seen it in the wild. It's not their problem, it's never been their problem, and unless they're going to start skinning Nazis it will continue to not be their problem.
I don't know how common it is but there is confusion. This year California passed a bill banning displaying hate symbols in public and they had to amend it to specify they don't mean Hindu swastikas
In the west the ship has sailed. If you come to India (or other parts of Asia) you'll see the Hindu/Buddhist swastika everywhere. In India it's on temples, delivery trucks, in people's kitchens
But yeah it would be quite an ordeal to get everyone to change what they call the Nazi symbols now