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[kadotsu]

Exclusive footage of the design meeting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYVK_OqyUzk

 

[Nikodemos]

ITT: people don't know that both directions of a swastika are actually common in old depictions.

Nazis didn't invent the rightwards point. They just stole it and misappropriated its meaning.

 

[wandering]

ITT: people don't know that both directions of a swastika are actually common in old depictions.

Nazis didn't invent the rightwards point. They just stole it and misappropriated its meaning.

And also that the term "swastika" doesn't equate to the Hakenkreuz, and that "manji" is Japanese. It's not just a Japanese religious symbol, guys. It comes from India.

And yeah, which way it faces doesn't mean "peace" vs. "war" or whatever urban myth. Left-facing is more common in Buddhism, and right-facing is more common in Hinduism. That's it.

 

[Zen Aku]

Are these the same idiots from the juice bag squeezers company?

 

[Rentahamster]

ITT: people don't know that both directions of a swastika are actually common in old depictions.

Nazis didn't invent the rightwards point. They just stole it and misappropriated its meaning.

And also that the term "swastika" doesn't equate to the Hakenkreuz, and that "manji" is Japanese. It's not just a Japanese religious symbol, guys. It comes from India.

And yeah, which way it faces doesn't mean "peace" vs. "war" or whatever urban myth. Left-facing is more common in Buddhism, and right-facing is more common in Hinduism. That's it.

There is a difference. The Nazi version is rotated 45 degrees. Like the shirt in the middle.

 

[Vital Tundra]

First of all, waaaaaay to soon.

Secondly, how are you going to take it back by still calling it a swastika? Gotta use another name.

 

[Sai-kun]

is this gay culture???

 

[wandering]

There is a difference. The Nazi version is rotated 45 degrees. Like the shirt in the middle.

Sure. But the tilt is the problem, not the way it's facing.

 

[Shaanyboi]

It never went away in some places. Map symbol for temples.

You'd have to be crazy to wear that in the western world, though.

Except those aren't swastikas

 

[richiek]

Except those aren't swastikas

They're called manji in Japan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#Asia

On Japanese maps, a swastika (left-facing and horizontal) is used to mark the location of a Buddhist temple.

 

[tcrunch]

KA Design promised: "The swastika is coming back