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I know. For a Westerner, it's weird walking around India and seeing them all over the place. The fact that they are authentically a religious or good-luck symbol in some cultures doesn't change the fact that, in Western culture, they carry Nazi symbolism, intentionally or unintentionally.

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The India ones are the original. Asshole Nazis took that and flipped it...so what you see in India is NOT the one Nazis use. Look closer at their differences.

Not to beat a dead horse, but I know. It doesn't change the fact that, in Western culture, swastikas of all stripes carry Nazi symbolism, and the fact that the Hindu one has subtle differences doesn't prevent it from being perceived as Nazi symbolism, intentionally or unintentionally. (I am very definitely not accusing Indians of Nazism (although let me say nothing about Modi here). I am only saying that choosing to carry that symbology into Western culture must come with an awareness of the consequences, whether or not they are just, or historically reasonable.)

The names Adolf, Hitler and his moustache aren't making comeback any time soon either, that's just reality.

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