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Whats wrong with swastica? It's a holy symbol.

On the off chance that you don't know, what's wrong with is that it is (or is very close to or easily mistaken for, depending on the style chosen) a symbol of Nazism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#Use_in_Nazism

I tried reporting content labelled as "nazi flag" in an iOS app to no avail. I submitted multiple tickets in different places, sent multiple emails to Apple and to the application developer.

Yet nazi flags are still present on the home page of Divoom application. Also present in this ages 4+ rated application are plenty of drug symbols and other assorted strangeness.

I spent way too much time with this and am amazed just how non-responsive Apple has been.

That's odd, I'm not a daily Divoom user myself but I do use it often, and I have never seen any nazism or drug symbols in their galleries. Where exactly did you see this kind of imagery?

https://imgur.com/a/0Iu0w9C

That's really odd. I'm not disputing what you see on your end, but in my install of Divoom for iOS, I can't see those artworks, even if I search for "nazi flag" from within the Galleria screen.

This is for the Divoom Timebox btw. Maybe it is different for other devices.

But serious question. Am I crazy for not thinking this belongs here? I feel like I'm in an alternate universe where nobody cares about this stuff.

I don't think you're crazy. I would rather not see that kind of stuff myself.

From wikipedia:

>The word swastika comes from Sanskrit: स्वस्तिक, romanized: svástika, meaning 'conducive to well being' or 'auspicious'.

I know. For a Westerner, it's weird walking around India and seeing them all over the place. The fact that they are authentically a religious or good-luck symbol in some cultures doesn't change the fact that, in Western culture, they carry Nazi symbolism, intentionally or unintentionally.

The India ones are the original. Asshole Nazis took that and flipped it...so what you see in India is NOT the one Nazis use. Look closer at their differences.

Not to beat a dead horse, but I know. It doesn't change the fact that, in Western culture, swastikas of all stripes carry Nazi symbolism, and the fact that the Hindu one has subtle differences doesn't prevent it from being perceived as Nazi symbolism, intentionally or unintentionally. (I am very definitely not accusing Indians of Nazism (although let me say nothing about Modi here). I am only saying that choosing to carry that symbology into Western culture must come with an awareness of the consequences, whether or not they are just, or historically reasonable.)

The names Adolf, Hitler and his moustache aren't making comeback any time soon either, that's just reality.

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