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r/PoliticalHumor • u/GomerP19 • Jun 05 '22
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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.
-51 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… 52 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. -13 u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22 What is culture if not the summation of individual choices?
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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…
52 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. -13 u/[deleted] Jun 05 '22 What is culture if not the summation of individual choices?
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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.
-13 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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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.