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"The student, who identifies as Jewish, stated that he thought placing the swastikas on campus would compel the University to take action in support of the campus Jewish community" (www.northjersey.com)
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[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Normally I would play devils advocate and agree with you, but when someone explicitly draws/presents a swastika as a swastika… it’s a swastika.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 points 1 year ago

"Swastika" is the Sanskrit word for the symbol. Hakenkreuz ("hooked cross") is the German word for a visually similar symbol.

The Hindu meaning of the symbol is not offensive. It is the German association of the symbol with the Nazi party that is offensive.

This is the first time I've encountered an attempt at de-appropriating the term "swastika" from the Nazis, but it's not an unreasonable correction.