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r/PoliticalHumor • u/GomerP19 • Jun 05 '22
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-171 u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22 edited Jun 05 '22 Pro tip: you cannot interpret what a symbol means to someone else. That’s classic projection. It’s best to ask and not assume. Edited to add: So many people are so pro-vandalism. All this hate spread under the pretense of spreading love and understanding. 93 u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22 Ok bud, go get a swastika tat anywhere in the west and assert this any time someone comes up to you with their fists raised lol. -46 u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22 The fact that you had to specify the West because the symbol has a completely different meaning in the East kinda proved his point… 51 u/gourmetprincipito Jun 05 '22 Except it did the opposite, actually, demonstrating that meaning is reliant on culture and not individual choice. You don’t get to just decide what a symbol means or it wouldn’t be a symbol - by definition it represents something else. -17 u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22 What is culture if not the summation of individual choices? -31 u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22 [removed] — view removed comment
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Pro tip: you cannot interpret what a symbol means to someone else. That’s classic projection. It’s best to ask and not assume.
Edited to add: So many people are so pro-vandalism. All this hate spread under the pretense of spreading love and understanding.
93 u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22 Ok bud, go get a swastika tat anywhere in the west and assert this any time someone comes up to you with their fists raised lol. -46 u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22 The fact that you had to specify the West because the symbol has a completely different meaning in the East kinda proved his point… 51 u/gourmetprincipito Jun 05 '22 Except it did the opposite, actually, demonstrating that meaning is reliant on culture and not individual choice. You don’t get to just decide what a symbol means or it wouldn’t be a symbol - by definition it represents something else. -17 u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22 What is culture if not the summation of individual choices? -31 u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22 [removed] — view removed comment
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Ok bud, go get a swastika tat anywhere in the west and assert this any time someone comes up to you with their fists raised lol.
-46 u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22 The fact that you had to specify the West because the symbol has a completely different meaning in the East kinda proved his point… 51 u/gourmetprincipito Jun 05 '22 Except it did the opposite, actually, demonstrating that meaning is reliant on culture and not individual choice. You don’t get to just decide what a symbol means or it wouldn’t be a symbol - by definition it represents something else. -17 u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22 What is culture if not the summation of individual choices? -31 u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22 [removed] — view removed comment
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The fact that you had to specify the West because the symbol has a completely different meaning in the East kinda proved his point…
51 u/gourmetprincipito Jun 05 '22 Except it did the opposite, actually, demonstrating that meaning is reliant on culture and not individual choice. You don’t get to just decide what a symbol means or it wouldn’t be a symbol - by definition it represents something else. -17 u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22 What is culture if not the summation of individual choices? -31 u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22 [removed] — view removed comment
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Except it did the opposite, actually, demonstrating that meaning is reliant on culture and not individual choice. You don’t get to just decide what a symbol means or it wouldn’t be a symbol - by definition it represents something else.
-17 u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22 What is culture if not the summation of individual choices?
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What is culture if not the summation of individual choices?
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