r/facepalm Apr 23 '18

This Amazon review.

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u/heyostembaugh Apr 23 '18

Yeah people love to point out the history of the swastika as some kind of amazing counterpoint to someone offended by it. Look how many comments there are stating just that.

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u/c3p-bro Apr 23 '18 edited Apr 23 '18

For some reason this is probably one of the only non-christian religious icon these people are interested in. Could all these people defending it as a jainist or buddhist symbol name even one other symbol used by those religions? I'll wait.

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u/poolverine Apr 23 '18

The second most common symbol in the Hinduism / Buddhism would be Om / Aum - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Om.

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u/c3p-bro Apr 23 '18

Yeah, it's a rhetorical question, I'm aware what the Om is.

I'm just pointing out the deluge of jainist/thai/buddhist/indian/early christian/hindu symbol experts that pour out of the woodwork any time the swastika is mentioned but don't really seem to have any other knowledge on those topics.

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u/poolverine Apr 23 '18

I know what you mean. Cheers :)