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nimrod3434

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nimrod3434··on Auschwitz Is Not a Metaphor
Maybe I'm giving people too much credit, and I'm sick of arguing about this because, in my mind, seeing a bunch of swastikas isn't going to make me anti-semitic.

I even sometimes find it funny (especially when people draw the arms wrong); but maybe for others it really is just a way to spread their ugly hatred, and that's not at all what I'm trying to defend.

I think the problem with this argument is that we're both actually right, but only in certain situations.

nimrod3434··on Auschwitz Is Not a Metaphor
Right, apologies for not catching that. The point still stands though, you have to understand the context behind the usage before you attribute its meaning.

Trolls/kids will always go for the taboo, regardless of their actual beliefs... simply because they're taboos. Maybe if we stopped recoiling in fear everytime some idiot draws a swastika they'd stop doing it.

Actually, that's exactly what will happen in something like 20 years. Ancient history stops being taboo.

nimrod3434··on Auschwitz Is Not a Metaphor
As a Polish person, the reason kids draw swastikas is precisely because of the taboo and rustling jimmies. They are not anti-semitic and likely don't really know anything about it.

These writers whose families weren't even directly affected by the war should get over themselves.