Talking about the Swastika

[Zebra]

in Germany the swastika is really history,
you can be fined for showing it.

how is that in the US?

I think you can often see it?

 

[Zebra]

the term Swastika is rare in Germany
it is called Haken.kreuz = cross with hooks

 

[konradv]

in Germany the swastika is really history,
you can be fined for showing it.

how is that in the US?

I think you can often see it?

It’s not illegal, but it is extremely creepy how normalized it’s become. Back in the day waving it would rightfully get your ass kicked.

 

[Zebra]

It’s not illegal, but it is extremely creepy how normalized it’s become. Back in the day waving it would rightfully get your ass kicked.

on TV i sometimes see Swastika flags in the US
it is a strange sight

 

[Zebra]

why i thought of this topic:

in the Baden.Württemberg parliament some deputee had smeared the Swastika onto a paper, causing a skandal.

that deputee has now resigned

 

[braalian]

Only place I ever see a swastika in public is tattoos on white guys who’ve spent a lot of time in the joint

 

[Zebra]

Only place I ever see a swastika in public is tattoos on white guys who’ve spent a lot of time in the joint

and those flags?

 

[braalian]

and those flags?

What, like confederate flags?

 

[luiza]

I think you can often see it?

You see it all the time when you think of Israel -- their new national flag .

 

[Zebra]

no, Swasti

What, like confederate flags?

no .... Swastika flags

 

[Correll]

no, Swasti

no .... Swastika flags

I have never seen a swastika flag in real life.


Neo-nazis, w.s. ect. are a vanishingly tiny fringe in America.

If anyone has given you a different story, they are liars.

 

[Litwin]

Only place I ever see a swastika in public is tattoos on white guys who’ve spent a lot of time in the joint

Asian faiths try to save swastika symbol corrupted by Hitler - The Mainichi

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[braalian]

no .... Swastika flags

No I don’t think I’ve ever seen a swastika flag in public.

I know a handful of guys (white guys obviously) with swastika or Nazi themed tattoos because they spent years in prison.

Honestly, most of the white power tats you see on guys who’ve done time aren’t as blatantly obvious to the general public as a swastika. More like 14/88, or the Aryan Brotherhood shamrock

 

[Correll]

No I don’t think I’ve ever seen a swastika flag in public.

I know a handful of guys (white guys obviously) with swastika or Nazi themed tattoos because they spent years in prison.

Honestly, most of the white power tats you see on guys who’ve done time aren’t as blatantly obvious to the general public as a swastika. Like 14/88, or the Aryan Brotherhood shamrock

AND, the ONE example of that I ran into, the guy wasn't actually a nazi, just a white guy who did some time at a serious prison and needed to join a gang to survive.

 

[braalian]

AND, the ONE example of that I ran into, the guy wasn't actually a nazi, just a white guy who did some time at a serious prison and needed to join a gang to survive.

Yes some of these guys are my buddies, are genuinely okay guys and they just needed to “fit in”. It can be a long and dangerous time in there if you’re not part of a gang

The only people in America that you’d see displaying swastika flags are actual extreme white supremacists. I’ve never seen such a flag displayed in real life and such people are the extreme fringe and not common at all

 

[Correll]

Yes some of these guys are my buddies, are genuinely okay guys and they just needed to “fit in”. It can be a long and dangerous time in there if you’re not part of a gang

The one guy I knew, he did a crime and did the time and seemed to put it behind him.

Got marriedl, got a job, raised a family. Last I heard was doing fine.

 

[braalian]

The one guy I knew, he did a crime and did the time and seemed to put it behind him.

Got marriedl, got a job, raised a family. Last I heard was doing fine.

Yeah one guy I knew for a while and was surprised when I found out he has a Nazi tattoo on his chest. Never would’ve guessed it.

Plus most of these guys have so much ink it’s easy to not notice a specific tattoo unless you’re really studying them.

And since they’re not the kind of guys most people would just walk up to and stare down, I think their tattoos mostly go unanalyzed by the public

 

[José]

The only people in America that you’d see displaying
swastika flags are actual extreme white supremacists.

braalian​

If you oppose the destruction of America's racial makeup and the genocide that's currently going on in the country, what's the dumbest thing you could ever do?

Associating your cause with a symbol that represents another genocide (at least in the popular imagination).

Those guys are practically begging for a Darwin Award even if they're not putting their lives at risk...

I'd give them a copy of Carnegie's best seller "How to Win Friends and Influence People" but since they can't outsmart a marmoset they'd probably use it to crack nuts... and this is coming from a hispanic who deeply sympathizes with their cause.

 

[Zebra]

there are two kinds of Swastika

if the hooks point to the right, it stands for Sunrise and good luck

if they point to the left, it stands for Sunset and bad luck


The Nazis chose the Sunset .... and bad luck ...

 

[Zebra]

Only place I ever see a swastika in public is tattoos on white guys who’ve spent a lot of time in the joint

how to get rid of such tatoos?