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Few years ago they banned the swastika from their airforce

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53249645

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More messed up is that it took them this long to do it

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Academy_(Finland) The air force academy still has the swastica in its flag.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapland_Air_Command And many other units under finnish airforces

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I regularly see people try to defend Finland using it because it predates nazism, but so what. Acknowledging it is forever tainted by association and that maybe they should distance themselves from it isn’t admitting some type of defeat.

People probably rocked Hitler moustaches before him too, but you don’t see people running around with them anymore (except one comedian in my country that I absolutely despise).

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Actually no, they are still using it

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CW: Swastika crap

Presidential flag of Finland:

The flag features Finland’s highest state-decoration, the cringely named “Cross of Liberty”

Notable recipients includes Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler.

Both the flag and the decoration is currently in active use by the Finnish state

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