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minus-squareRoidingOldMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoThat makes it the ancient religious symbol that Nazis were originally copying.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoThe swastika exists in both orientations and any rotation, but the Nazi-symbol was the flipped version of the one depicted.
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·1 year agoYes, so reversing it makes it actually the original religious symbol, and NOT the nazi symbol.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoThis “orientation” debate is pointless, especially since Elon is absolutely the type of shithead to do that for plausible deniability, but even further: https://www.greecehighdefinition.com/blog/2019/1/22/ancient-greek-origins-of-the-swastika-in-archaic-greece They weren’t copying the Hindu/Buddhist/Dharmic symbols, though you better believe Aryan theorists had opinions on it.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoIn form, yes, but the intent is clearly for it to be the Nazi symbol.
minus-squareMacN'Cheezus@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoIt is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Nazi_Germany
minus-squareChapulinColorado@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoHe was probably referencing the one on his tattoo on a mirror?
Isn’t that backwards?
That makes it the ancient religious symbol that Nazis were originally copying.
The swastika exists in both orientations and any rotation, but the Nazi-symbol was the flipped version of the one depicted.
Yes, so reversing it makes it actually the original religious symbol, and NOT the nazi symbol.
This “orientation” debate is pointless, especially since Elon is absolutely the type of shithead to do that for plausible deniability, but even further:
https://www.greecehighdefinition.com/blog/2019/1/22/ancient-greek-origins-of-the-swastika-in-archaic-greece
They weren’t copying the Hindu/Buddhist/Dharmic symbols, though you better believe Aryan theorists had opinions on it.
In form, yes, but the intent is clearly for it to be the Nazi symbol.
It is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Nazi_Germany
He was probably referencing the one on his tattoo on a mirror?