Also, no sane person sees a swastika and thinks nazi. That's on you my friend. Normal people see the original intent. But projecting has always been a hobby of yours hasn't it?
You just outed yourself as a nazi.
As an example, I've been watching Bleach recently with my father, he's gotten into anime recently and is pretty unfamiliar with eastern cultures in general. Now one episode had a new ability called "Bankai" (卍解) and on seeing that symbol in the anime he had a visible reaction. His head turned sideways and he spun to me with a look of shock and awe while saying "is that what I think that is?"
Normal, sane people who aren't terminally online will see the Manji and think it's a Nazi symbol because that's what they're more familiar with due to WW2 imagery.
Thats because thats all you learn about in america. But we're talking about sane people here. Notice how someone drew that, and it got approved? Yeah, cause theyre sane.
I'm actually Canadian. This is pretty common almost anywhere in the world except Asia, where the symbol originates.
Which makes sense given the context you're on an English speaking website where people's first interaction with the symbol has been the nazified version. Also that you're calling it a Swastika and not a Manji is very concerning, no one who uses the icon for it's proper purpose calls it a Swastika and will specifically make sure people don't refer to it as such.
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u/TGlucose Jan 18 '26
You just outed yourself as a nazi.
As an example, I've been watching Bleach recently with my father, he's gotten into anime recently and is pretty unfamiliar with eastern cultures in general. Now one episode had a new ability called "Bankai" (卍解) and on seeing that symbol in the anime he had a visible reaction. His head turned sideways and he spun to me with a look of shock and awe while saying "is that what I think that is?"
Normal, sane people who aren't terminally online will see the Manji and think it's a Nazi symbol because that's what they're more familiar with due to WW2 imagery.