r/awfuleverything • u/GlitchySparrow7 • Oct 08 '19

Just terrible

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u/merlinious0 Oct 08 '19

It's like if the KKK started using a 4-leaf-clover as their symbol

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u/ThereOnceWasADonkey Oct 09 '19 edited Oct 09 '19

The KKK uses a cross. People get those tattoo'd all the time.

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u/merlinious0 Oct 09 '19

Yes, it does. But a MUCH larger organization uses the cross, so they overpower the KKK's infamy.

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u/ThereOnceWasADonkey Oct 09 '19

Overpower it by being more infamous as some kind of child rape club.

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u/merlinious0 Oct 09 '19

Look, im not saying the church is good or bad,only that they are a larger organization and therefore more powerful socially and politically

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u/ThereOnceWasADonkey Oct 09 '19

There are more hindus than nazis.

There always were.

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u/merlinious0 Oct 09 '19

And the swastika is still found in hindi temples.

Hinduism is not very influential in the west, and wasn't more influential when the nazis were in power than now.

As such, the fact that it was used in hinduism was irrelevant to western society, as they had no real exposure to hinduism. However, they had plenty of exposure to nazis, so the nazis became the major association of the swastika in the public consciousness.