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There is nothing wrong with the symbol. There is everything wrong with nazis.

The swastika never stopped being used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.

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I’m an above-middle-aged white man who lives in America. The first thing people think about when they see a swastika is not a symbol of divinity and spirituality. It’s unfortunate, but it is reality.

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So your go-to answer for your ignorance is that everyone that looks like you and is around your age is just as ignorant as you are?

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It’s usually a matter of observing context, and many people fail to do that immediately. Including myself.

The first thing that should pop into a persons head is why is there a swastika on a coin that predates the Nazis by a thousand years. One or two web searches would answer that question.

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That doesn’t really matter, especially since we’re talking about an ancient coin which existed ages before Nazism did.

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Given what I’ve witnessed neighbors posting on NextDoor about government-controlled weather as a conspiracy to drive down land prices, and how “fema is stealing donations”, I’m going to go out on a limb to suggest that it does matter because most people aren’t quite detail oriented as you’re expecting them to be.

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