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That's not a Nazi swastika, for the record.
It doesnt matter how pedantic you try to get. At this point every swastika is a nazi swastika unless you find it in a Buddhist temple.
I find that insulting to the cultures and people who have used it for a thousand years and continue to do so. I'd rather be pedantic than dismissive of their much older beliefs.
That's on the Nazis and the people that still tolerate them and fly their symbols.
I think people who can't appreciate context or nuance are also partly to blame. You can't "take something back" if you never try.
Fuck them baltics, eh?
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It's a symbol, often used by the baltic cultures, often symbolizing sun, god, or perkūnas (a god similiar to zeus). And boy was it popular.
Many traditional clothes, chests, doors, furniture are often decorated with svastikas.
It's a neat little symbol and fuck the nazis trying to monopolize it.
I am a baltic person and haven't heard it before or seen it before.
That's extremely surprising. At least here in Lithuania we were taught about it in schools. Also during folk festivals like "Mėnuo Juodaragis" or "Kilkim Žaibu" there are tradesmen, they often have accesories for sale including the sun symbol.
Where are you from?
Near the baltic sea (relatively) and also Lithuanian but don't really attend festivals.
That cake looks pretty fancy for a racist gag. My understanding is that swastikas are pretty widespread as a generic "holy" decoration in India and Asia. I'm wondering if that image isn't originally from a bakery from that region.
Or The Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette. It was build before WWII. All the rest except one that doesn't exist any more, were built after WWII so we didn't put bent crosses on them.
Why?
A Nazi swastika is tilted at 45°, and points to the right (though the one in this cake could point either direction depending on which side you're looking at).
A swastika in this style is a religious symbol used in many eastern faiths and belief systems, including Buddhism.
The Nazi flag used a 45° rotated swastiska. However horizontal swastikas were also commonly used by the Nazis.