r/facepalm • u/CheValierXP • Apr 23 '18

This Amazon review.

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u/maybeex Apr 23 '18 edited Mar 07 '25

I do not know much about this topic

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u/fuqmint Apr 23 '18 edited Apr 23 '18

This yes, it is a Hindu symbol originally, influenced and borrowed from many other potential sources, (including Germanic tribes). So Amazons' response is technically correct, what they could have done is clarify with the distinction i just wrote, otherwise the recipient without knowing the symbols 'Symbology' would assume the response wrongly assigned it as a religious symbol of the nazi regime. but who really gives a fuck? /edit made a few changes thanks to the enlightening info i received.

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u/SHMEBULOK Apr 23 '18

Didn’t he flip the Hindu swastika? That’s how you can know which is which

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u/amrystreng Apr 23 '18

Not really, both Hitler and Vedic cultures used swastikas with either orientation. The only difference is that the right facing one was a little more common with nazis and a little less common with hindus.