• GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    Nope, but the europeans sure did one under that symbol in both configurations

    it seems like a lot of you are coming at me because you think I’m against the Buddhist use of the swastika, which is not the case. I simply don’t trust anyone in the west who uses it, be they Buddhist or otherwise shrug-outta-hecks

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      1 month ago

      Why should they erase part of their own culture because europeans systematically massacred people under a symbol that has the same shape. They did it under every shape you can think of.

      • GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's]@hexbear.net
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        1 month ago

        never did say anything about them erasing their culture, but when you’re in the west where it’s primarily recognized as a hate symbol you could exercise critical thinking.

        It’s sure dumb, but imagine some idiot knowing about German history but not about Buddhism. I’d take such an idiot vandalize the Buddha accidentally over any idiot thinking “Nice swastika bro”.