The new swastika? (1 Viewer)

[St. Widge]

Bottomline:
If Jews find it offensive, then it IS offensive. Same rules as any other minority, RIGHT?

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Only if most or at least many find it offensive. And, as I've told you before, neither John Stewart nor my boss, who is a Jewish woman from New York, find it offensive.

 

[DadsDream]

I'll buy that.

On the other hand, that scarf may represent a lot of things to a lot of people. To me, it'll always represent Arafat, his band of merry PLO cutthroats and their legacy.

 

[Optimusaint]

i find this whole discussion funny, considering that the swastika isnt solely a nazi symbol, just as not everyone who wears a black and white keffiyeh does so with any political significance.

the swastika has roots in several religions and world cultures, and was used as a symbol by the nazis. i think it was originally called a fylfot, or four footed cross.

so i guess, in a sense, the title of the thread isnt so incorrect. literally, the keffiyeh IS the new swastika, because just as the swastika was taken from its nonviolent origin by a radical political party to be used as their symbol, so has the keffiyeh.

on a related note, theres a nice placard in Ernst Cafe in New Orleans about the peaceful origin of the swastika, most likely because people constantly question the use of the symbol on their floor tiles.