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"The student, who identifies as Jewish, stated that he thought placing the swastikas on campus would compel the University to take action in support of the campus Jewish community" (www.northjersey.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

In the US, neonazis fuck up the symbol so often that it makes no sense to differentiate between the two. I don't even think most neonazis know there's a difference.

I don't think you're going to get rid of that symbolic appropriation either. Once you see a family member murdered by someone carrying a symbol, you're never going to see that symbol the same again. A trauma has been fused to it.