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Reddit’s April Fools’ experiment

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Re: Reddit’s April Fools’ experiment

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Post by jstanley »

Buttons840 wrote: post #18
baby wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When are we going to see this beautiful sign back in our culture as a positive symbol :( that and the Hitler mustache. I'm guessing we need a few hundred years before we can use these things without it being associated to Nazism.

You need to explain yourself better. You seem to be opposed to Nazism, but in favor of their symbol. Why?

Because it's a symbol that existed before they did. Why should they have the ability to wipe the symbol out of use just because they used it for bad things?

Re: Reddit’s April Fools’ experiment

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Post by chipperyman573 »

Buttons840 wrote: post #18
baby wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When are we going to see this beautiful sign back in our culture as a positive symbol :( that and the Hitler mustache. I'm guessing we need a few hundred years before we can use these things without it being associated to Nazism.

You need to explain yourself better. You seem to be opposed to Nazism, but in favor of their symbol. Why?

The Nazis stole the symbol from a religion (I believe Hinduism, may be wrong).

Re: Reddit’s April Fools’ experiment

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Post by Fizzer »

beefhash wrote: post #5

It's worth nothing that the admins did actively ban users trying to make swastikas. /b/ tried and found that out the hard way. Reddit's content policy[1] was still applicable and was very much enforced. [1] https://www.reddit.com/help/contentpolicy/

Where does your link say that swastikas are not allowed? Does a swastika "encourage or incite violence"?

I'm curious since I don't ban swastikas on my site, although some of my users ask me to.

Re: Reddit’s April Fools’ experiment

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Post by chaosphere2112 »

Buttons840 wrote: post #18
baby wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When are we going to see this beautiful sign back in our culture as a positive symbol :( that and the Hitler mustache. I'm guessing we need a few hundred years before we can use these things without it being associated to Nazism.

You need to explain yourself better. You seem to be opposed to Nazism, but in favor of their symbol. Why?

Presumably a reference to the long history of the symbol prior to its appropriation by the Nazis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

Re: Reddit’s April Fools’ experiment

#25

Post by nkristoffersen »

Buttons840 wrote: post #18
baby wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When are we going to see this beautiful sign back in our culture as a positive symbol :( that and the Hitler mustache. I'm guessing we need a few hundred years before we can use these things without it being associated to Nazism.

You need to explain yourself better. You seem to be opposed to Nazism, but in favor of their symbol. Why?

Doesn't seem odd as the symbol was used for thousands of years before the nazis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

Re: Reddit’s April Fools’ experiment

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Post by rjbwork »

Buttons840 wrote: post #18
baby wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When are we going to see this beautiful sign back in our culture as a positive symbol :( that and the Hitler mustache. I'm guessing we need a few hundred years before we can use these things without it being associated to Nazism.

You need to explain yourself better. You seem to be opposed to Nazism, but in favor of their symbol. Why?

Swastikas are an ancient symbol of many religions and cultures across the world, and is usually a symbol of sacredness, good, luck, god, and other such meanings. In fact, the name itself comes from a sanskrit word. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#Hinduism

You'll see it in much stonework on their temples and other buildings, especially as it does not have the associated stigma in Asia as it does in the West.

Re: Reddit’s April Fools’ experiment

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Post by joshuamorton »

monksy wrote: post #10
beefhash wrote: post #5

It's worth nothing that the admins did actively ban users trying to make swastikas. /b/ tried and found that out the hard way. Reddit's content policy[1] was still applicable and was very much enforced. [1] https://www.reddit.com/help/contentpolicy/

If it's anything it would be the moderators of r/Place. The admin's job is more of administration level (sitewide), and it's more of picking up where the mod privileges end. There are subs where swastikas are allowed.

The moderators of place are the admins, since it was an official reddit function ;)

Re: Reddit’s April Fools’ experiment

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Post by yannyu »

Buttons840 wrote: post #18
baby wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When are we going to see this beautiful sign back in our culture as a positive symbol :( that and the Hitler mustache. I'm guessing we need a few hundred years before we can use these things without it being associated to Nazism.

You need to explain yourself better. You seem to be opposed to Nazism, but in favor of their symbol. Why?

The swastika predated the Nazi party and Hitler by several millennia, and is still an important part of several religions and cultures. Wishing for the swastika to become un-stigmatized isn't really so controversial from that perspective.

Re: Reddit’s April Fools’ experiment

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Post by berberous »

Buttons840 wrote: post #18
baby wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When are we going to see this beautiful sign back in our culture as a positive symbol :( that and the Hitler mustache. I'm guessing we need a few hundred years before we can use these things without it being associated to Nazism.

You need to explain yourself better. You seem to be opposed to Nazism, but in favor of their symbol. Why?

Not OP, but probably for aesthetic reasons. It's symmetrical, and has been a religious symbol for 11,000 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

Re: Reddit’s April Fools’ experiment

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Post by ahakki »

Buttons840 wrote: post #18
baby wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When are we going to see this beautiful sign back in our culture as a positive symbol :( that and the Hitler mustache. I'm guessing we need a few hundred years before we can use these things without it being associated to Nazism.

You need to explain yourself better. You seem to be opposed to Nazism, but in favor of their symbol. Why?

I assume because the swastica has many uses that are far older than it's modern western usage [0]

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

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